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Wednesday 19 July 2023
Notebook component suppliers remain cautious
Due to disappointing customer pull-ins, notebook component suppliers continue to maintain a cautious outlook for the second half of 2023, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Samsung aims to be top automotive memory vendor by 2025
Samsung Electronics aims to become the world's top vendor of automotive memory products by 2025 after entering mass production of its new automotive universal flash storage (UFS)...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Semiconductor suppliers turn to 2Q24 for PC and handset recovery
Seeing demand for handsets and PCs likely to remain sluggish for the second half of 2023, many semiconductor suppliers are now eyeing a recovery in the second quarter of 2024, according...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
BB ratio for MLCCs rises
The book-to-bill ratio for multi-layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) has risen to 0.91 on average from 0.84 in April, as orders from ODM customers have resumed, according to sources at...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
IC test interface specialists eyeing orders for new Mac processors
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and WinWay Technology are among the IC test interface providers eyeing orders for from Apple for new Mac processors, according to industry sourc...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Notebooks with OLED backlighting to pose threat to LCD models
The growing number of notebooks featuring OLED displays will pose a threat to notebooks using mid- to high-end oxide and low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Upcoming MacBook Pro to feature 3nm processors
Apple's next-generation MacBook Pro slated for launch in the third quarter is expected to feature Apple's M3 chip, which uses TSMC's 3nm process, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Automotive DDI demand prospects improving
Automotive display driver IC (DDI) demand has been affected by the instability in the Chinese auto market and significant output cutbacks by automakers in the first half of 2023,...
Monday 17 July 2023
China LED industry becomes a victim of auto market price war
China's auto market in the first half of 2023 set off a fierce price war dubbed the "suicidal price cuts," from battery EVs to fuel cell vehicles, which have turned the automotive...
Monday 17 July 2023
Consumer electronics may continue to slack in second half of 2023; automotive and industrial control IC hold their ground
Although 2023 is entering the traditional second-half peak season, the outlook for consumer electronics products is still looking relatively bleak. Initial observation finds that...
Monday 17 July 2023
Dell Taiwan: AI is real, notebooks won't be finished
Dell Taiwan general manager Terence Liao stated that the company has over 1,000 AI projects internally. After several years of discussion, "AI is real" now. Additionally, regarding...
Friday 14 July 2023
Samsung starts mass production of automotive UFS 3.1 memory
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of its new UFS 3.1 memory solution for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. The new solution offers the lowest energy consumption in...
Friday 14 July 2023
Next version of Sony's PS5 is on the horizon, according to report from primary competitor Microsoft
It has been nearly three years since Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) console began its sales in November 2020. There have been repeated rumors from the semiconductor-related supply chain,...
Friday 14 July 2023
FPD equipment market to bottom out in 2023 and recover with 153% rise in 2024
After peaking near US$21 billion of revenue in 2017, the market for capital equipment used to manufacture OLEDs and LCD panels has suffered from continuous annual declines as the...
Friday 14 July 2023
Taiwan sees electronics orders flow back and more logistic center investments
Taiwan's Vice Premier of the Executive Yuan, W. C. Cheng, when attending the expansion activities of Taoyuan Free-Trade Port Area (Phase 2), said the migration of electronics logistics...