With the demand for memory driven by AI servers, the industry initially expected contract prices to ease and decline in the fourth quarter. However, sources within the supply chain...
TSMC has made adjustments to its foundry quotations for 2025 to clients to alleviate the effects of gross margin losses caused by high operating costs in overseas facilities and 2nm...
Android flagship smartphone prices are seeing notable increases, drawing significant attention. Between mid-October and November 2024, over ten Chinese smartphone brands—including...
GeChi Compound Semiconductor (GCCS), a Taiwan-based silicon carbide (SiC) crystal growth firm, forecasts that while oversupply will continue to keep SiC substrate prices at low levels...
China's solar industry has reached a consensus to curb domestic price wars by setting a price floor for solar modules. China Photovoltaic Industry Association announced a minimum...
Various companies are attempting more innovations in chip design for 2024. An observer in the integrated circuit (IC) design industry noted that while Apple and the Android camp have...
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly advancing high-value-added technologies such as High Bandwidth Memory 4 (HBM4) and Compute Express Link (CXL) to maintain their dominance...
The significant expansion of Chinese manufacturers' SiC substrate production capacity in 2024 has led to oversupply and a sharp decline in prices, rapidly expanding the applicable...
In response to the global shift towards smart retailing, major retailers in both Taiwan and the US are rapidly installing Electronic Shelf Labels (ESL), with the trend gaining significant...
Senior executives at ASML and TSMC will soon begin negotiations on equipment purchase prices for 2025. The outcome of the negotiations between the two parties influences not only...
The price collapse of 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrates is taking its toll on the 8-inch segment, where volume production has yet to begin but prices are already tumbling, according...
Prices of mainstream 6-inch SiC substrates have fallen since the beginning of this year and are expected to keep lowering as Chinese SiC substrate suppliers expand their production,...
Taiwan's memory chipmaker Nanya Technology continues to struggle, reporting losses for the eighth consecutive quarter in the third quarter of 2024, primarily due to a weak DRAM mar...
As general DRAM prices decline, recent forecasts indicate a divergence in the DRAM expansion strategies of Samsung Electronics (Samsung) and SK Hynix for 2025. Samsung plans on reducing...
Taiwan's industrial electricity prices will increase by 12.5% starting October 16, while residential rates remain unchanged. This significant hike presents challenges for the solar,...
