Leadframe demand for packaging automotive and industrial chips has slightly dropped, and that for consumer electronics ICs continues to be adversely affected by the ongoing inventory...
Compound semiconductor demand for consumer electronics is unlikely to pick up until the middle of next year, while demand for automotive, industrial, military and other niche-market...
The global NAND flash industry generated US$13.71 billion in output value in the third quarter of 2022, down 24.3% sequentially, according to a recent TrendForce report. The industry...
Most of Taiwan's memory chips vendors have followed in the footsteps of leading international players such as Samsung Electronics, Micron, SK Hynix, and Kioxia to cut production in...
TSMC's overall fab capacity utilization rate is estimated to fall to 80% in the first half of 2023, with the utilization for 7/6 nm process capacity to see a widening fall, 5/4nm...
M3 Technology (M3Tek) is adjusting its inventory levels, which are expected to return to normal in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Taiwan-based power management IC (PMIC)...
The global DRAM market is forecast to reach US$29.3 billion in the second half of 2022, down 40% from US$49 billion in the first half of the year, according to IC Insights. Sales...
Small-size wafer foundry Episil saw its net profits climb 40.5% sequentially to a record-high NT$317 million (US$10.1 million) in the third quarter of 2022, thanks to brisk demand...
Vendors of consumer ICs are struggling against the bleakest-ever market sales, but those affiliated with major business groups or having good supply chain partners would more likely...
A delegation from India's Tamil Nadu state government visited Taiwan at the end of October, holding meetings with electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Pegatron, Taiwan Electrical and...
Taiwan's IC designers are caught in a dilemma over whether to maitain talent and R&D momentum, or to maintain profitability amid the lingering market uncertainties, according...
Foundries are expected to have more capacities to serve automotive chip clients as their capacity utilization rates for consumer electronics chips are declining amid sluggish end-market...
MCU demand for PC and other consumer electronics applications is expected to see a larger fall in the fourth quarter than in the third, and only 32-bit MCUs for automotive and industrial...
In response to sharp order cuts by downstream clients, an increasing number of smaller IC designers in Taiwan, especially those focusing more on PC-related chip solutions, have canceled...
Taiwan's power MOSFET and diode suppliers are strengthening their deployments in high-end power supply and server applications seeking to offset declines in shipments for consumer...
