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Tuesday 25 April 2023
Foundries experience order cuts from automotive IC design houses
China- and Taiwan-based foundries have experienced cutbacks in automotive IC orders from not only their domestic fabless chipmakers but also customers in the US and Japan during the...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Apple ranked biggest mobile PC display purchaser throughout 2022, says Omdia
Total mobile PC (include notebook and tablet) panel shipments reached 479 million units in 2022, according to Omdia. This is the first time since 2020 that annual shipments came below...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Google lowers 2023 Chromebook shipment outlook
Google reportedly has revised its forecast of global Chromebook shipments for 2023 to 20 million units compared to the previous projection of 25–25.5 million at the end of the...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Chromebook, gaming notebook demand picking up, says IC design houses
Peripheral IC demand for Chromebooks and gaming notebooks have picked up since the first quarter of this year, according to sources at IC design houses.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
TSMC lands advanced chip orders shifted from China
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has gained advanced chip orders shifted from Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and other China-based foundries, which...
Monday 24 April 2023
Notebook supply chain bracing for weak demand that may last longer than expected
With TSMC warning of a rather conservative outlook for the terminal market, the notebook supply chain is bracing for weak demand throughout the year.
Monday 24 April 2023
Automotive market disrupted by three major environmental factors; low-end chips pressured but high-end CIS holds strong
Although automotive chips are relatively stable in the semiconductor supply chain, the uncertainty of the overall economic environment has already impacted the purchasing power of...
Monday 24 April 2023
Realtek expects Wi-Fi 6 to become mainstream for Wi-Fi products in 2023
Realtek Semiconductor expects the penetration rates of Wi-Fi 6 in PCs to rise to 70% and routers to 60% in 2023, each up 10pp from a year ago, while products supporting Wi-Fi 7 are...
Monday 24 April 2023
Karma Automotive sees B2B business opportunities in electrification future
As the automotive industry embraces EVs, commercial vehicle electrification has become critical. Known as a luxury passenger EV maker, US-based Karma Automotive has also been scaling...
Monday 24 April 2023
Marvell demos 3nm data infrastructure silicon
Marvell Technology has demonstrated high-speed, ultra-high bandwidth silicon interconnects manufactured using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 3-nanometer (3nm)...
Friday 21 April 2023
OLED notebooks gaining traction
OLED has seen growing penetration in the notebook market, according to a Korean media report.
Friday 21 April 2023
Hikvision optimistic about market recovery; expands investment in automotive and AI products
China-based video surveillance equipment maker Hikvision released its 2022 financial report. It reported a revenue of CNY83.2 billion (US$12.08 billion), a 2.1% annual growth. In...
Friday 21 April 2023
TSMC betting on Apple orders to bolster 2H23 growth too risky, say observers
TSMC's latest earnings call conference has released mixed messages in the eyes of market observers. On the one hand, they are upbeat about the foundry maintaining its capex for the...
Friday 21 April 2023
eMemory security-enhanced OTP qualifies on TSMC N5
NeoFuse, a security-enhanced version of eMemory's one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, has been qualified on the TSMC N5 process. Another design tape-out...
Friday 21 April 2023
ESG rising as new lucrative market segment for IPC suppliers
With governments and enterprises worldwide all gearing up to improve ESG (environmental, social, and governance) performance and pursue net-zero carbon emissions, it is emerging as...