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Thursday 5 May 2022
GF strikes US$117 million supply agreement with US Department of Defense
GlobalFoundries has announced a US$117 million agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to provide a strategic supply of US-made semiconductors that are critical to national...
Thursday 5 May 2022
MediaTek, Realtek seek more available 16nm and 12nm fab capacity
MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor both continue to strive for more available 16nm and 12nm fab capacity for Wi-Fi core chips, according to industry sources.
Thursday 5 May 2022
Kunshan starts easing lockdown
The Chinese city of Kunshan has started easing its COVID lockdown, but local supply chains are unlikely to resume normal operations until mid- or late May, according to industry so...
Thursday 5 May 2022
AMD to roll out 5nm processors as early as September
AMD is expected to roll out its new-generation processors built using TSMC's 5nm process technology as early as September, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 4 May 2022
Goodix struggling amid supply chain pressure
China-based Goodix Technology, a supplier of fingerprint and touch ICs, saw its revenue and net profit continue to drop in the first quarter, saying its margins were affected by a...
Wednesday 4 May 2022
AP Memory expects logic chip shortage to ease in 2H22
Shortages of certain logic chips are expected to ease in the second half of 2022, according to WL Chen, chairman for Taiwan-based AP Memory Technology, who also expressed optimism...
Wednesday 4 May 2022
GlobalWafers strikes long-term deals for supply through 2025
GlobalWafers continues to strike long-term deals with customers demanding 8- and 12-inch silicon wafers, and compound wafers through 2025, according to company chairperson Doris Hs...
Friday 29 April 2022
Rohm, Delta team up for GaN power devices
Rohm Semiconductor and Delta Electronics have entered into a strategic partnership to develop and mass produce next-generation gallium nitride (GaN) power devices, according to the...
Thursday 28 April 2022
SK Hynix sees profits more than double in 1Q22
SK Hynix has reported operating profits jumped 116% from a year earlier to KRW2.86 trillion (US$2.26 billion) in the first quarter of 2022 when revenue climbed 43% on year to KRW12.16...
Thursday 28 April 2022
UMC sees gross margin top 40% in 1Q22
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) saw its gross margin climb to 43.4% in the first quarter of 2022, which beat its guidance given earlier this year, buoyed by fully-utilized...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Denso, USJC team up for automotive power semiconductors
Denso and United Semiconductor Japan (USJC), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC), have announced they will partner to manufacture automotive power semiconduc...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Pure-play foundries see automotive chip orders continue ramping up
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries continue to see orders for automotive semiconductors ramp up while stepping up their capacity expansion pace, according to industry sources.
Friday 22 April 2022
Notebook component shortages worsening on China lockdowns
A variety of notebook components including connectors, wirings, PCBs, plastics, metal parts and molds, all long in sufficient supply, have slipped into shortages due to production...
Friday 22 April 2022
DDR3 supply to fall short of demand in 3Q22
With tight logic foundry capacity easing, DDR3 and other niche-market memory demand has started picking up and is expected to outpace supply in the third quarter of 2022, according...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Wi-Fi SoC shortages improving
Wi-Fi core chip suppliers have obtained more available fab capacities at foundries, which are experiencing cutbacks in orders from other areas, and therefore are seeing their tight...