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Wednesday 2 October 2024
Taiwan's IC design houses expect slow 4Q24, hope for 2025 rebound
Taiwan's IC design houses are anticipating a sluggish fourth quarter in 2024 but remain hopeful for a rebound in 2025, driven by increased demand in sectors such as PCs, network communications,...
Wednesday 25 September 2024
Taiwan IC design houses urged to accelerate migration to advanced nodes
Taiwan's government is urging local IC design houses to speed up their migration to advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes to avoid cut-throat pricing competition from China...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Taiwan IC design houses accelerate preparation of new AI-related chip products for 2H24
Taiwan's IC design houses are gearing up to prepare new AI-related chip products for the second half of the year, in response to positive feedback from both enterprise and consumer...
Friday 31 May 2024
Taiwan IC design firms may face pressure to attract talent
Taiwanese IC design houses may face talent poaching pressure from international tech firms that are expanding their R&D teams in Taiwan.
Wednesday 24 April 2024
Automotive chip demand slowing down
Automotive IC demand is slowing down, despite its positive long-term prospects, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
IC design houses bullish about ASPs driven by AI PCs
AI PCs and other innovative designs are expected to drive demand for chip specification enhancements, and related average selling prices (ASP) will only climb, according to IC design...
Tuesday 26 March 2024
IC design houses optimistic about AI PC chip shipments despite low penetration
Taiwanese IC design houses remain confident about AI PC-related chip shipments in 2024, despite an AI PC penetration rate of 5% at most for the year, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Taiwan to fund sub-16nm chip R&D
The Taiwanese government has proposed a subsidy program to fund the research and development of sub-16nm chips.
Thursday 14 March 2024
Taiwan IC design firms join Arm Total Design platform to enhance ASIC service capability
The hot demand for AI chips and the trend for cloud AI tech differentiation attracted unexpected attention to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) design services lately.
Thursday 14 March 2024
MediaTek stepping up automotive deployment
MediaTek has significantly increased its investment in automotive electronics-related departments to expand its presence in the industry, according to sources familiar with the mat...
Friday 12 January 2024
Mobile phone IC shipments slowing down to begin 2024
Mobile phone IC shipments have already passed through the seasonal peak and are slowing down, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Wednesday 10 January 2024
EgisTec aims to seize AI PC opportunities
AI PCs require high-speed computing that will stimulate related peripheral chip demand and specification upgrades, according to Lo Sen Chou, chairman of IC design house Egis Technology...
Friday 15 December 2023
Automotive IC market to grow steadily in 2024
Even if global car sales remain flat in 2024, automotive chips are expected to have the most stable performance within the semiconductor market, according to sources at international...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses expect lower foundry prices in 1Q24
Pure-play foundries such as United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) may lower their quotations...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses see disappointing end-market demand in China
China's Double 11 online shopping festival has failed to generate end-market demand, with only a few brands like Xiaomi reporting decent sales, indicating that China's consumer market...