Taiwan's OSATs are expected to slightly cut packaging or testing quotes for 2023 to bolster their capacity utilization rates, with price ranges up for negotiation with clients to...
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...
The microcontroller unit (MCU) supply will remain tight in 2023, buoyed by strong demand for automotive and industrial control applications, according to Ron Martino, executive VP...
China-based automotive chip supplier ChipOn Micro-Electronic has recently filed a listing counseling application with the Shanghai Securities Regulatory Bureau, paving the way for...
The top MCU vendors with the highest MCU shipments in 2021 were NXP, followed by Renesas, ST, Infineon, and Microchip – the five vendors accounting for 76% of the total MCU...
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers all intend to put a growing focus on developing mid-to high-end 32-bit offerings and expanding sales in non-Chinese markets to weather the impact of the...
China-based MCU suppliers have stepped up the development of their 32-bit offerings while further cutting prices for commercial MCUs to offload excess inventories, according to industry...
According to Infineon, its next-generation Aurix microcontroller will use embedded non-volatile memory, specifically resistive random access memory (RRAM), instead of embedded flash...
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...
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...
Generalplus Technology continues to see its 32-bit MCU shipments ramp up despite a slowdown in shipments of its consumer MCU offerings, according to the fabless chipmaker.
Automotive chips are on track for manufacturing process upgrades, with 40nm technology likely to replace 90nm as the mainstream process node in five years, according to industry so...
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...
Consumer 8-bit MCU inventories remain high, with the chip prices set to fall throughout the first half of next year, according to sources at IC design houses and distributors.
A pick-up in consumer MCU and CMOS image sensor demand starting the second half of 2023 would be the best-case scenario, according to industry sources, which see demand likely to...
