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Wednesday 28 December 2022
Japanese chipmakers keen on expanding capacity for car power devices
Japan's semiconductor firms including Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage and JS Foundry are actively expanding investments in building new capacities for power devices to meet...
Wednesday 28 December 2022
DIGITIMES Research worldwide notebook shipment update – November 2022
Global top-5 notebook brands, excluding Apple, saw their combined shipments slip 6% on month and close to 50% on year in November.
Wednesday 28 December 2022
Taiwan III-V IC suppliers see different market prospects for 2023
Taiwan's compound semiconductor foundry houses and epi-wafer suppliers show different views about when market demand will rebound in 2023, after seeing their shipments of handset-use...
Wednesday 28 December 2022
IC design houses cautious about Android smartphone shipments in 2023
With Samsung Electronics likely to adjust downward its smartphone sales goal for 2023, Oppo, Vivo and other China-based brand vendors are also expected to see their Android smartphone...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Apple faces US$98 million in back taxes in Japan, Nikkei says
Apple faces about US$98 million in back taxes in Japan, a bill that appears to be tied to bulk sales of duty-free devices to foreign tourists, Nikkei reported.
Tuesday 27 December 2022
SK Hynix to showcase memory products at CES 2023
SK Hynix has disclosed it will showcase a number of its core and brand-new products at CES 2023 taking place in Las Vegas from January 5-8.
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taiwan OSATs poised to slightly cut quotes for 2023
Taiwan's OSATs are expected to slightly cut packaging or testing quotes for 2023 to bolster their capacity utilization rates, with price ranges up for negotiation with clients to...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Samsung reportedly to expand wafer fab capacity despite global economic downturn
Samsung Electronics reportedly has decided to increase its wafer fab capacity by around 10% though the global economic downturn will continue in 2023.
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taiwan's big three IC design houses see challenges in 2023
Mediatek, Novatek, and Realtek, Taiwan's three major IC design houses, all remain conservative in their 2023 outlook, since the overall visibility is not clear. What is clear is that...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taisic to expand production capacity for SiC substrates
Taisic Materials, a subsidiary of the Kenmec group specializing in silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, plans to triple its number of crystal growth furnaces to supply Foxconn's newly...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taiwan SiC substrate suppliers need high-yield crystal growth to compete with fellow makers
High-yield crystal growth is crucial to Taiwanese SiC substrate suppliers competing with their Chinese counterparts, according to industry sources.
Monday 26 December 2022
Toyota hits record November output, but shortages loom
Toyota Motor said on Monday its global output hit a record for November, thanks in part to solid consumer demand, though it warned of an uncertain outlook due to a persistent shortage...
Monday 26 December 2022
Taiwan memory module suppliers doing well in inventory depletion
While upstream memory suppliers could hardly avoid losses through the first half of 2023 amid extended inventory corrections and spot market price falls, downstream module makers...
Monday 26 December 2022
Taiwan PCB makers record strong 3Q22 results
Taiwan-based PCB makers' total output reached NT$249.2 billion (US$8.198 billion) in third-quarter 2022, hitting the highest-ever third-quarter level, according to Taiwan Printed...
Monday 26 December 2022
LG Display to end production of TV LCD panels in South Korea
LG Display (LGD) will end the production of TV LCD panels at its P7 plant in Paju, South Korea, ahead of the original schedule in late January 2023, ending production of all such...