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Tuesday 15 November 2022
Most DDI makers downbeat about 4Q22
Display driver IC (DDI) suppliers are mostly pessimistic about sales prospects for fourth-quarter 2022, and their longer-term performance will be determined by their operation fundamentals,...
Tuesday 15 November 2022
Apple offers rare MacBook deal to businesses to spur holiday quarter sales
Apple is trying to spur Mac sales with a rare promotional deal for small businesses that buy computers in bulk, an effort to cope with a slowdown during the holiday quarter.
Tuesday 15 November 2022
Nexcom optimistic about demand for automation, smart manufacturing
Industrial PC maker Nexcom International expects demand for automation and smart manufacturing to remain strong in 2023 despite macro headwinds challenging many industry sectors.
Tuesday 15 November 2022
Robust demand for high-end SoCs buoys probe card maker MPI profits
Robust demand for high-end mobile SoCs, networking ICs and HPC chips has buoyed MPI's profit performance, with the probe card maker's net profit for the first three quarters of this...
Tuesday 15 November 2022
Acer fighting economic downturn with three strategies in Asia Pacific
Acer, facing the worsening global economy, is mainly pushing three strategies for the Pan Asia Pacific region – focusing on the gaming and enterprise sectors, promoting the...
Monday 14 November 2022
IC distributors expanding deployments in non-consumer, WBG chip segments
IC distributors are aggressively expanding their deployments in non-consumer chips products and third-generation semiconductors like GaN and SiC devices that remain in stable demand...
Monday 14 November 2022
PC brands turn to Asia Pacific for sales in 4Q22, says Acer executive
PC brand vendors are gearing up product promotions in Asia Pacific, where end demand is not undermined by the inflation as seriously as in Europe and North America and some vendors...
Monday 14 November 2022
Himax sees inventory peak in 3Q22
Himax Technologies believes its inventories should have hit their peak in the third quarter of 2022, when the display driver IC specialist saw its revenue and EPS both exceed the...
Monday 14 November 2022
MediaTek sees a role in automotive and HPC sectors in a multi-growth era
In a meeting with analysts and media, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai pointed out that the IC design house will concentrate investment on three focuses in the future, namely high performance,...
Monday 14 November 2022
Is the automotive sector just a small buyer for fabs?
According to the analysis of management consulting company Alix Partners, the current automotive chip shortage and corresponding high prices could last another two years, mainly due...
Friday 11 November 2022
Automotive and semiconductor manufacturers have yet to reach agreement in 2023 price negotiations
Recent price negotiations between the automotive sector and wafer fabs have entered a heated period. Among them, a small percentage of fabs is expected to successfully raise the prices...
Friday 11 November 2022
GMT conservative about PMIC demand and prices in 4Q22
Power management IC (PMIC) specialist Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) has expressed caution about demand as well as the chip prices in the fourth quarter of 2022, citing the ongoing...
Friday 11 November 2022
Pegatron to pursue stable growth in 2023
Pegatron will pursue stability in its operations next year when the contract electronics manufacturer expects to boost sales generated from automotive, networking, and other non-PC...
Friday 11 November 2022
Asustek cuts substantially mobo and other component inventories
Asustek Computer has scaled down substantially its motherboard and other component inventories, which will return to their appropriate levels at the end of this year, according to...
Friday 11 November 2022
Macronix cuts into supply chain of multiple automotive IDMs
Macronix International with its automotive NOR flash memory has cut into the supply chain of multiple IDMs, including the latest self-driving systems from Nvidia and Qualcomm, according...