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Tuesday 11 October 2022
Backend houses see shrinking demand for consumer Wi-Fi core chips in 4Q22
Wi-Fi SoC demand for consumer applications has experienced a slowdown since September and is expected to continue shrinking in the fourth quarter, which in turn is driving chip vendors...
Friday 7 October 2022
First-tier IDMs believe new capacity may not be sufficient
Some consumer IC designers are concerned about possible competition from IDMs in Europe and the US, who they fear could be forced to join the supply of consumer chips to boost the...
Friday 7 October 2022
EV market scale to top US$2.0 trillion, says UMC honorary vice chair John Hsuan
The market scale for electrical vehicles (EV) is estimated to top US$2.0 trillion, and Taiwan will surely play an important role in the global EV market by 2025 with its production...
Friday 7 October 2022
Chinese panel makers considering price hike for 32-inch TV panels
China-based panel makers are mulling a price hike for 32-inch TV panels, with plans to also ramp up their utilization rates slightly in the late fourth quarter, which may create uncertainties...
Thursday 6 October 2022
NCNR contracts become headaches for notebook ODMs
Notebook ODMs were encouraged to sign three-year non-cancelable and non-returnable (NCNR) contracts with their IC suppliers in 2021, but such supply deals have become a headache for...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Lite-On Tech posts revenue growth in 3Q22
Brisk demand for cloud computing solutions and automotive electronics boosted revenue of EMS provider Lite-On Technology in the third quarter of 2022.
Thursday 6 October 2022
Automotive display demand promising
The market for automotive displays is poised to grow exponentially in the coming years, driving panel makers in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan to step up their deployment in the...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Non-CE IC demand slowing down
Automotive, industrial and other non-consumer electronics IC demand has slowed down since the latter part of the second quarter, according to sources at IC design houses which have...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Taiwan PC component firms step up deployment in automotive market
Taiwan-based PC component suppliers, such as Getac and Yen Sun Technology (YS Tech), have stepped up their deployment in the automotive market.
Wednesday 5 October 2022
BLU maker Darwin optimizing offerings
LED backlight unit (BLU) maker Darwin Precisions has optimized its offerings to include precision components and related products for notebook, automotive, and medical applications,...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Supply of automotive MCUs, IGBTs to stay tight in 2023
The supply of automotive microcontroller units (MCU) and power insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) is expected to remain short in 2023, according to sources in the car industry...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
High-end Chromebook, China gaming notebook demand picking up
High-end Chromebook sales are showing signs of recovery, as demand from China's gaming notebook market is also picking up, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Fintek sees promising IPC market growth
Feature Integration Technology (Fintek), an IC design house focusing on developing solutions for industrial PC (IPC) applications, expects promising IPC market growth in the long...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Chinese car vendors asking for China-made ICs
Chinese car vendors have asked chip suppliers, including foreign ones, to place wafer starts for their demand with China-based foundries as China accelerates its push for IC self-sufficiency,...
Monday 3 October 2022
Speculation over Tesla's possible return to TSMC for advanced self-driving chips
TSMC held its in-person Technology Symposium with a virtual event in parallel for the first time in 2022, showcasing its industry-leading advanced logic technology, specialty technology,...