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Tuesday 20 February 2024
Market malaise: the oversupply conundrum in Taiwan's energy storage sector
Taiwan's energy storage d-Reg market has recently experienced a surge in activity, with private sector involvement expanding rapidly. However, an oversupply situation has emerged,...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Samsung solidifies leadership in the global DDI market despite prevailing headwinds
Samsung Electronics has emerged as an unrivaled leader in the global display driver IC (DDI) market despite weak end-user demand. In the third quarter of 2023, Samsung secured the...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
SDC gears up for 8G IT OLED panel production with Canon Tokki partnership, targeting big clients Apple, Dell, HP
In 2023, Samsung Display (SDC) made waves with its announcement of investing in an 8th-generation (8G) IT OLED panel production line. The company is gearing up to introduce the first...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Intel rising: Intel squares up to TSMC, underestimates Samsung
Intel will hold its first Wafer Fabrication Services Conference (IFS Direct Connect 2024) in San Jose, California, on February 21.
Tuesday 20 February 2024
China firms cutting OLED DDI prices
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers are seeing their quotes undercut by Chinese counterparts, with the pricing pressure even spreading to the basic OLED DDI field, according...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Backend firm Micro Silicon gearing up for SiC, GaN semiconductor boom
Micro Silicon Electronics, a power IC testing specialist, is targeting further collaboration with Taiwan-based chipmakers and foreign IDMs on gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Pressures mount for Taiwan-based suppliers as they relocate production to Vietnam and Mexico
Geopolitical concerns have led manufacturers to seek production outside traditional bases in China, with many companies flocking to invest in facilities in neighboring Vietnam or...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
China's chip imports and exports fell in 2023
According to data from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC), semiconductor imports and exports fell in 2023 for the second consecutive yea...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
TSMC on track to move 2nm process to risk production in 4Q24
TSMC is on track to move 2nm process technology to risk production at its new fab on the Baoshan campus of the Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) in northern Taiwan in the fourth quarter...
Monday 19 February 2024
Japan's newest rocket offers hope to battered space program
Japan launched its flagship rocket in what could be a turning point for a battered space program struggling to overcome recent setbacks and compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Monday 19 February 2024
Kioxia reportedly proposes cooperation with SK Hynix to restart merger with WD
According to reports, Japanese NAND Flash manufacturer Kioxia has proposed production cooperation with South Korean memory factory SK Hynix.
Monday 19 February 2024
Memory industry awaits Q2 signals of price direction for 2H24
The memory industry has rebounded from the price trough. Although the long Lunar New Year holiday affected customers' willingness to have goods shipped earlier, and the global economy...
Monday 19 February 2024
Shin-Etsu and Sumco continue to see high wafer fab inventories
Shin-Etsu and Sumco, both major silicon wafer manufacturers in Japan, stated that customers still hold a significant amount of silicon wafer inventory, indicating it will take some...
Monday 19 February 2024
Yen Sun expects double-digit growth in cooling for high-end computing
Yen Sun Technology (Y.S. Tech), a major player in automotive electronics and living technology systems, has benefited from an early shipment surge during the Lunar New Year holidays...
Monday 19 February 2024
South Korean chip tool makers voice apprehension over SIA's lobby to expand export ban
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) is said to be lobbying the Biden Administration to require semiconductor equipment suppliers in allies, including Japan and South Korea,...