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Wednesday 17 August 2022
Apple thrives in India while Android vendors suffer
Despite rising inflation and declining smartphone shipments, Apple is still thriving and expected to see record sales in India as other Android smartphone vendors braces for an economic...
Monday 1 August 2022
Robust Apple devices sales to bolster TSMC performance in 2H22
Apple devices successfully weathering headwinds hitting the handset and PC markets are significantly adding growth momentum to the vendor's close foundry partner TSMC, according to...
Thursday 28 July 2022
Sluggish Android phone sales dim OLED DDI demand prospects for 2H22
Android smartphone sales are poised to disappoint in the second half of 2022, casting a gloom over OLED display driver IC (DDI) demand prospects for the latter part of this year,...
Wednesday 27 July 2022
Destocking of handset power amplifier continues
Lackluster Android smartphone sales have led to significant inventory corrections of related power amplifier (PA) products, and there is no indication that such adjustments will end...
Monday 25 July 2022
Top-3 memory vendors to embrace RAM spec upgrades for new iPhones
The world's top-3 memory vendors Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology are poised to see their mobile memory shipments get a significant boost from memory spec upgrades...
Monday 25 July 2022
Apple reportedly scales up components orders for new iPhones
Apple has scaled up its components pull-ins from suppliers for new iPhones set for launch in September, looking to further expand its smartphone market shares at a time when Android...
Monday 18 July 2022
Camera modules for iPhones sustain regular shipment momentum
Shipments of high-end handset camera modules remain strong for new iPhones in the second half of the year, but stay in low gear for Android smartphones though vendors continue to...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Taiwan GaAs foundries to see fab utilization rates rise in 3Q22
GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) are both expected to see their fab capacity utilization rates pick up in the third quarter of 2022, according...
Thursday 23 June 2022
Handset vendors see inventory swelling at channels
Channel dealers and retailers are suffering from excess smartphone inventories, casting a shadow on the overall handset market outlook for the second half of 2022, according to industry...
Wednesday 15 June 2022
Android phone vendors gearing up for 618 shopping festival in China
Android phone vendors are gearing up promotional efforts to boost shipments during the upcoming 618 shopping festival in China, where smartphone sales have been sluggish since the...
Tuesday 7 June 2022
Top foundries, OSATs meet HPC boom with more advanced packaging solutions
Handset chips supply chain players share the view that their 2022 shipments for the segment will at best stay flat at 2021 levels, but HPC chip demand will continue to grow for datacenter,...
Thursday 2 June 2022
Cutting DDI production orders not an easy deal: Q&A with Chipbond Technology chair Fei-Jain Wu
Taiwan-based Chipbond Technology, now holding the world's largest backend capacity for panel display driver ICs (DDI), continues to deepen cooperation with local OSAT Orient Semiconductor...
Monday 30 May 2022
PA, DDI backend houses see stable shipments for Apple devices
Despite uncertainties in chip demand for handsets, TV and other consumer electronics devices, Taiwan's backend suppliers including ASE Technologies, Chipbond Technology and III-V...
Tuesday 24 May 2022
TSMC poised to sustain lead with integrated advanced processes in next decade
While chip manufacturing technology continues to advance toward sub-5nm processes, advanced packaging also has been widely recognized as a key segment to progress drastically with...
Tuesday 10 May 2022
Memory prices to rebound in 2H22, say IC distributors
Memory prices will be trending downward in the second quarter of 2022, but are likely to rebound in the second half of the year when new smartphones hit market shelves, according...