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Thursday 5 January 2023
From home appliance to automotive MCUs: China's Midea Group targets EV sector
Midea Group, China's largest maker of home appliances, has been extending its reach into semiconductors, especially the microcontrollers used in household appliances. Despite hurdles,...
Monday 19 December 2022
New Japan chipmaker Rapidus faces challenges to mass produce 2nm chips by 2027
Japan's newly founded advanced chips manufacturing company Rapidus aims to develop 2nm chips mass production technology through cooperation with mainly the US and foray into the foundry...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Automotive IDMs see delivery lead times shorten to 16-18 weeks
Automotive IDMs have seen their delivery lead times shortened to 16-18 weeks, still yet to reach the usual levels of 8-12 weeks, according to industry sources.
Monday 12 December 2022
Arm Tech Symposium 2022 China highlights software-defined car trend
Arm Tech Symposium 2022 China, held in early December, focused on discussing the software-defined car trend and four topics that highlight vehicle development in the post-Moore's...
Monday 28 November 2022
Infineon to use TSMC 28nm RRAM technology for next-generation automotive MCU
According to Infineon, its next-generation Aurix microcontroller will use embedded non-volatile memory, specifically resistive random access memory (RRAM), instead of embedded flash...
Monday 28 November 2022
Analog IC supply still tight; demand for automotive MCU also high, says Renesas
Although the automotive chip shortage is showing signs of easing up, analog IC chips continue to be stuck in a tight supply situation, according to Hidetoshi Shibata, CEO of semiconductor...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Supply of automotive MCUs, IGBTs to stay tight in 2023
The supply of automotive microcontroller units (MCU) and power insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) is expected to remain short in 2023, according to sources in the car industry...
Monday 3 October 2022
Asian automotive CIS, MCU vendors set to raise quotes on foundry cost increases
Asia's first-tier suppliers of car-use CMOS image sensors (CIS) and microcontroller units (MCU) have shown a relatively clear attitude that they would hike quotes to fully reflect...
Friday 30 September 2022
Renesas to initiate program to attract MCU orders
Japan-based microcontroller unit (MCU) leader Renesas plans to initiate a guaranteed supply program to attract more MCU orders, according to industry sources.
Friday 23 September 2022
TSMC advanced chips score high energy efficiency
Semiconductor energy efficiency has improved 1X every two years over the past 15 years, with advanced chips showing particularly strong performance, according to TSMC chairman Mark...
Thursday 22 September 2022
GigaDevice intros automotive MCU based on Arm Cortex-M33
GigaDevice has developed an automotive-grade MCU based on the Arm Cortex-M33 core, marking its entry into the car-use MCU segment, according to the China-based fabless company.
Friday 16 September 2022
Car OEMs should work closely with foundries, says TSMC executive
Automotive OEMs should work closely with IDM and pure-play foundries and consider building "buffer stocks" to ensure their stable supply, according to Ming-Cheng Lin, director of...
Thursday 1 September 2022
OSATs strive to grow revenues from automotive sector
Taiwan-based OSATs including ASE Technology, Powertech Technology Group (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Ardentec, Sigurd Microelectronics are all looking to grow revenues from...
Friday 26 August 2022
As Alibaba declares new RISC-V milestone, is automotive MCU the next battleground?
At RISC-V Summit China 2022, Alibaba Group's chip design subsidiary,T-Head Semiconductor, launched the Wujian 600 development platform based on the open-source architecture. According...
Friday 19 August 2022
Backend demand for automotive MCUs, MPUs stays robust
Backend demand for automotive MCUs and MPUs remains in high gear, with OSATs and packaging materials suppliers seeing clear order visibility through the end of this year, according...