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Monday 25 March 2024
IC packaging and testing suppliers coping with electricity price hike
The Taiwanese government decided to raise electricity prices by an average of about 10% starting in April, with industrial electricity prices up by nearly 14%, the third consecutive...
Thursday 21 March 2024
Weltrend expects over 50% shipment hike in motor IC shipments
IC design company Weltrend Semiconductor expects its motor controller shipments to rise over 50% in 2024, propelled by robust thermal dissipation demand for AI servers.
Thursday 21 March 2024
Cadence encourages India-based IC design houses to target chips for global electric two-wheeler market
Cadence, one of the global EDA giants, expressed optimism for India-based IC design houses to differentiate themselves from global fabless semiconductor firms by designing chips for...
Wednesday 20 March 2024
IC distributor Zenitron strives for quarterly revenue growth
IC distributor Zenitron believes that the market has rebounded and the company is targeting quarterly revenue growth throughout 2024 with support from IT and automotive product lin...
Wednesday 20 March 2024
China promotes automotive IC self-sufficiency
The Chinese government is encouraging Chinese automakers to increase their use of Chinese semiconductors.
Friday 15 March 2024
IC backend houses see AI fuel next phase of growth
IC backend houses generally believe that the AI boom has kicked off a new growth cycle, with rising demand for advanced packaging set to fuel growth for testing service providers.
Thursday 14 March 2024
Taiwanese IC distributors to capitalize on handset and PC inventory shrinkage, AI chip boom in 2024
Taiwan's major IC distributors, including WPG Holdings, WT Microelectronics, Supreme Electronics, and Edom Technology, anticipate several significant trends for 2024 in the semiconductor...
Thursday 14 March 2024
Taiwan IC design firms join Arm Total Design platform to enhance ASIC service capability
The hot demand for AI chips and the trend for cloud AI tech differentiation attracted unexpected attention to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design services lately.
Thursday 14 March 2024
IC distributor ANStek sees strong orders for 5G communication
Taiwan-based Answer Technology (ANStek), which primarily distributes ICs for niche-market applications, has seen increased orders for 5G communication devices and good progress in...
Wednesday 13 March 2024
PCB specialist Zhen Ding actively growing IC substrate biz
Zhen Ding Technology, a PCB specialist, has been actively expanding its IC substrate business, with AI and automotive as the primary focus.
Tuesday 12 March 2024
Network IC market outlook remains uncertain
Despite supply chain inventory levels returning to normal, fabless chipmakers and IC distributors are still uncertain about network IC market prospects for this year.
Friday 8 March 2024
2024 Industry Outlook (7): The reflexive point of US-China relationship
Looking at the world's total GDP, which has increased 25 times over the past 70 years, we can also look at Taiwan's experience and find a few turning points in time to explore in...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Foundry execs unsure about India's IC manufacturing ambitions
Foundry executives, including TSMC CEO C.C. Wei, and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) chairman Frank Huang, are wary of India's ambitions in IC manufacture.
Wednesday 6 March 2024
IC design houses see limited development in automotive chip market
Amid polarized demand for automotive chips, Taiwanese IC design houses are experiencing growth constraints in this sector due to uncertainties, according to industry sources.
Friday 1 March 2024
WTO talks run late: no agreement on extending zero tariffs for digital trade, including IC design
During an extended WTO meeting, developed and developing members at WTO still could not agree on digital trade that may impact global IC design data transfers.