Taiwan's OSATs are not only facing a notable decline in packaging demand for commodity MOSFET, MCU, PMIC and CMOS image sensors (CIS) for handset and PC applications, but also a situation...
IC design houses are bracing for a particularly weak third-quarter 2022 while also having difficulty negotiating lower foundry quotes, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Taiwan-based power management IC (PMIC) suppliers have shifted their focus away from the consumer electronics market, where their China-based peers are growing their presence, according...
Despite lingering handset sales uncertainty, mobile SoC vendors MediaTek and Qualcomm continue to roll out new high-end offerings, while Apple remains keen on developing high-performance...
Global demand for power management ICs (PMIC) have been expanding sharply for communications, industrial control, automotive and consumer devices applications, and their prices have...
MediaTek may see its sales disappoint in the second half of 2022, attributed to China mobile phone brands cutting their sales goals for second-half 2022, but will still manage to...
Texas Instruments (TI) has notified its clients that the supply-demand imbalance for analog chips, particularly power management ICs (PMICs), will ease in the second half of the year,...
XSemi, a joint venture between Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) and Yageo, has acquired a nearly 30% stake in Advanced Power Electronics (APEC), becoming the largest shareholder...
United Microelectronics (UMC) reportedly is mulling raising its 2023 quotes by around 6% for 22/28 nm processes that have been in strong demand, despite uncertainties associated with...
Power management IC (PMIC) designer Silergy still sees tight production capacity while anticipating increasing demand, with order visibility extending more than a year, according...
Power management IC suppliers, including those engaged mainly in the consumer electronics field, continue to see their supply remain constrained, according to industry sources.
Taiwan-based uPI Semiconductor, an Asustek Computer affiliate specializing in power management ICs, saw its net profits surge 135% on year to NT$401 million (US$13.4 million) in the...
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a fabless supplier of analog and power management ICs, has expressed caution about its operations in the second quarter of 2022 citing growing...
IC design houses, particularly those specializing in chips for handsets and other mass-market device applications, are under pressure to lower their prices amid sluggish end-market...
