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Tuesday 22 March 2022
Server chip and component shortages likely to carry through 2022
Server-use chips and components remain in extremely tight supply, and their shortage will be more severe than that of notebook components and may stay unresolved through the end of...
Thursday 17 March 2022
Notebook chip shortages narrowing to manageable levels, says Asustek
Notebook chip shortages are improving to manageable levels amid a slowdown in terminal market demand for consumer electronic devices, but the supply of specific chips from US IDMs...
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
Silergy to ramp up PMIC shipments for car, server applications in 2H22
Silergy, which is dedicated to supplying power management ICs (PMIC), battery management solutions and other analog power components, expects the shipments of its third-generation...
Friday 11 March 2022
Notebook ODMs see unclear order visibility for 2H22
Taiwan-based notebook ODMs see a positive business outlook for the first half of 2022, but limited order visibility and new variables arising from the Russia-Ukraine war are significantly...
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...
Tuesday 8 March 2022
IC design houses seeking long-term contracts with notebook clients
Taiwan-based IC design houses are striving to reach long-term supply agreements with their notebook customers to support the order commitments required by their foundry partners,...
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...
Tuesday 1 March 2022
PMIC, MCU crunch compounded by COVID infections in Suzhou
The shortage of power management ICs (PMIC) and MCUs has been compounded by a recent surge in COVID-19 infections in China's Suzhou that caused many semiconductor firms to temporarily...
Friday 18 February 2022
Taiwan PWM IC suppliers reluctant to switch to 12-inch wafer fabrication
Power management integrated circuits (PWM ICs) using mature processes remain in short supply, but suppliers - particularly those mainly engaged in the consumer electronics sector...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Taiwan PWM IC suppliers encounter supply-side challenges
Tight 8-inch fab capacities, rising costs, and other supply-side challenges that have challenged Taiwan-based power management (PWM) IC companies over the past year may persist for...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Compal, Inventec see notebook shipments fall in January on chip shortages
Notebook ODMs Compal Electronics and Inventec saw both sequential and on-year falls in their January shipments due mainly to shortages of chips and components, particularly power...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Panjit to acquire up to 30% stake in Champion Microelectronic
Power diode maker Panjit International has announced plans to acquire up to a 30% stake in power management IC specialist Champion Microelectronic through open market transactions.
Wednesday 9 February 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2021

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Monday 7 February 2022
MediaTek readies growth roadmaps for next three years
MediaTek has completed its growth plan for the next three years, and plans to achieve medium double-digit sales increases in multiple product lines rather than just handset SoCs,...