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Friday 25 March 2022
Mixed levels of price reduction pressure looming for diverse IC segments
Different IC segments will be experiencing mixed levels of price downward pressure at least in the first half of the year, according to industry sources.
Thursday 24 March 2022
Japan MLCC makers maintaining prices despite slowdown in CE demand
A slowdown in demand for consumer electronics devices has prompted Taiwan-based MLCC suppliers to cut commodity MLCC prices, but their larger Japan-based peers continue to keep prices...
Thursday 24 March 2022
Handset TDDI chip prices to fall further in 2Q22
Handset TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices will likely fall more significantly in the second quarter of 2022, as handset sales particularly sales by Chinese vendors...
Wednesday 23 March 2022
NOR flash supply stays tight
The supply of NOR flash memory particularly high-density chips remains tight, but suppliers are only capable of raising prices for part of their high-end products, according to industry...
Monday 21 March 2022
Yageo business transformation efforts paying off
Taiwan's leading passive component vendor Yageo will continue to advance its business transformation in 2022 by expanding its product lines and optimizing its shipment portfolios...
Monday 21 March 2022
Silicon wafer suppliers continue to see orders from foundries despite end-market slowdown concerns
Silicon wafer companies and other upstream chipmaking material providers continue to see their production capacities fully utilized by the still strong pull-in of orders from foundries,...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
PMIC supply to stay tight in years to come
The supply of power management ICs, particularly those demanding 8-inch wafer fab capacities, will remain constrained over the next several years, despite international IDMs keenly...
Monday 14 March 2022
Compeq to embrace strong 1Q22
HDI PCB specialist Compeq Manufacturing is poised to enjoy a particularly strong first quarter of 2022, thanks to improvement in logic chip shortages and a pull-in of customer orders,...
Thursday 10 March 2022
MCU, MOSFET makers gearing up for consumer GaN charger boom
With Apple reportedly designing its new 30W GaN charger with a new form factor, Taiwan-based MCU and power MOSFET suppliers are gearing up for a consumer GaN charger demand boom,...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
MediaTek seeing handset AP inventory swell
MediaTek has seen its inventory level for handset application processors (including 4G and 5G ones) swell to 160-180 days from past regular levels of around 100 days, due mainly to...
Monday 7 March 2022
Phison expects NAND flash shortfall from mid-May to June
The global supply of NAND flash memory is expected to be significantly tight between mid May and the end of June, due mainly to a substantial cutback in output at Kioxia-Western Digital...
Friday 4 March 2022
Taiwan IC supply chain wary of war impacts on consumer demand
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain remains unscathed by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, but experts are wary that worldwide economic development may suffer and...
Thursday 3 March 2022
Chip shipments for consumer devices back to seasonal pattern in 1Q22
With pandemic-induced stay-at-home economy gradually subsiding, IC designers are seeing their shipments for consumer electronics return to traditional sales pattern in the first quarter...
Wednesday 2 March 2022
Taiwan makers see promising PA demand for defense applications
Taiwan-based companies engaged in the supply of compound semiconductor power amplifiers (PA) for defense applications are optimistic about demand in the long term, according to industry...