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Wednesday 16 March 2022
Shenzhen lockdown unlikely to hit chipmakers
Taiwan-based foundries and other chipmakers are unlikely to see major impacts from the COVID-imposed lockdown in Shenzhen and other Chinese cities, as their fabs are moslty in Taiwan,...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
PMIC supply to stay tight in years to come
The supply of power management ICs, particularly those demanding 8-inch wafer fab capacities, will remain constrained over the next several years, despite international IDMs keenly...
Wednesday 16 March 2022
Intel to invest EUR80 billion for chip manufacturing in Europe over next decade
Intel has announced plans to invest as much as EUR80 billion (US$88 billion) in chip manufacturing in Europe over the next decade, including a mega fab project in Germany.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Nickel price volatility prompts packaging materials suppliers to stop taking orders
Nickel prices have been volatile, discouraging IC packaging material suppliers, such as leadframe makers, from taking new orders, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Flash memory capex to set new high in 2022
IC Insights has forecast that NAND flash memory capital spending will rise 8% to US$29.9 billion in 2022, surpassing the previous all-time high of US$27.8 billion spent in 2018.
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Network devices to continue spec upgrades despite black swan events, says Arcadyan
Unfavorable factors including the Russia-Ukraine war, global inflation, harbor congestion and networking chip shortage will not constrain the growth momentum for the network device...
Tuesday 15 March 2022
Flexibility the key to continued growth for IC design houses
Taiwan-based IC design houses experienced high revenue and profits in 2021, but entering into 2022, many companies clearly felt growth easing. Customers restarted set off-season stock...
Tuesday 15 March 2022
India's Tata Elxsi to build EV ecosystem with Japan's Renesas
The Indian design and tech service provider Tata Elxsi aims to build an EV ecosystem in India with the Japanese semiconductor company Renesas. The two companies had recently announced...
Monday 14 March 2022
Taiwan's next golden decade hinges on software-hardware integration
Taiwan has witnessed two golden years following COVID-19 outbreak, but it must deliberate how to sustain the momentum in the next decade, said Chien Lee-feng, former managing director...
Friday 11 March 2022
Mobo and graphics card makers turn cautious amid demand uncertainty
Taiwan-based main motherboard (mobo) and graphic card vendors including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI), as well as smaller peers ASRock and...
Friday 11 March 2022
IC design houses expect lower-than-expected shipments in 1H22
Taiwan-based IC design houses have quietly revised downward their shipment targets for the first half of 2022, due mainly to disappointing smartphone sales, according to industry...
Friday 11 March 2022
Taiwan IC design houses focus more on automotive electronics
Taiwan-based IC design houses including display driver IC (DDI) companies, network IC specialist, and suppliers of sensors, audio chips and MEMS microphones have all put increased...
Thursday 10 March 2022
Taiwan cyclist app startup Velodash organizes peace ride for Ukraine
The news regarding many people using Airbnb platforms to send money to support the people in Ukraine inspired Taiwan-based cycling app startup Velodash to organize a Peace Ride on...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Taiwan LCD monitors – 4Q 2021
Taiwan's PC monitor shipments increased sequentially for two quarters straight in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 4.3% from a quarter ago, but down 5.9% on year.Taiwan's PC monitor...
Wednesday 9 March 2022
Specialty gas provider Ingentec plans Taiwan OTC listing in April
Ingentec, which specializes in specialty gases for chipmaking, will be listed on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) stock market in mid-April, after it posted robust revenue growth...