Dedicated IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) continues to see weak demand for smartphone application processors, with replenishment demand unlikely to pick up until the...
With unclear business outlook from Taiwan's mobile SoC vendor MediaTek, its backend partners including ASE Technology, Powertech Technology (PTI), Sigurd Microelectronics and King...
Japan is set to officially tighten export controls on 23 semiconductor equipment items to China, starting in July, following the US-led containment against Chinese semiconductor industry...
The efforts of system device vendors to develop new chips in-house have been stalled since the third quarter of 2022, but they have recently resumed their "acceleration track," according...
Sporton International, a leading provider of product testing and certification services, has reported a mild increase in sales for February, thanks to significant demand from the...
IC backend houses warehouses have been filled with "wafer bank" inventories from fabless customers over the last two years, but the pressure has begun to ease, according to AH Liu,...
High-performance computing (HPC) chip demand has been difficult for IC test interface solution vendors to predict, but they anticipate recovery could start in the second half of 20...
Memory and logic IC backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) Group has reported revenue still edged up 0.16% on year to NT$83.93 billion (US$2.75 billion) in 2022, despite lackluster...
Dedicated testing houses King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and Sigurd Microelectronics both intend to keep their capex plans for 2023 flexible, since major clients are still resolving...
IC test interface solution providers are cautiously optimistic about their business outlook for 2023, citing persistent macro headwinds and the ongoing inventory adjustments for mass-market...
IC testing house Ardentec has broken ground for its second plant in Singapore, slated for completion in 2024. The new plant will double the company's capacity in the city-state.
AI-based system-level testing (SLT) solutions will be increasingly needed to support new chipsets and modules for server, industrial control and automotive applications, according...
IC test interface solution providers, which include probe cards and IC test sockets, are engaged in price negotiations with their fabless clients as demand for wireless devices falls,...
