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Wednesday 16 February 2022
Global semiconductor sales hit record high in 2021, says SIA
The global semiconductor industry generated sales of US$555.9 billion in 2021, up 26.2% compared to the 2020 total of US$440.4 billion, and hitting an annual high, according to the...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Zilltek makes high-end MEMS microphones for notebooks
MEMS microphone and power management IC (PMIC) design house Zilltek Technology has focused development and production of digital MEMS microphones on high-end notebook-use models featuring...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Sensor vendor PixArt sees sales pick up starting March
Image sensor specialist PixArt Imaging expects its revenues to start picking up in March, as inventory adjustments at customers are about to come to an end, according to industry...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Notebook ODMs strengthening deployments in high-margin IPC sector
Notebook ODMs, including Wistron and Compal Electronics, are actively moving to grow their presence in the industrial PC (IPC) sector through acquisitions or cooperation with IPC...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Pegatron to post on-year revenue growth in 1Q22
Pegatron, which saw its revenue climb nearly 50% on year in January 2022, is poised to see its first-quarter revenue register a substantial on-year increase, according to industry...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Coretronic expects fewer LED BLUs, more projectors
Coretronic expects first-quarter 2022 shipments of LED backlight units (BLUs) to decrease about 10% on quarter mainly due to off-season effects and limits on working days from the...
Wednesday 16 February 2022
Intel to expand foundry biz with Tower Semiconductor acquisition
Intel has announced plans to acquire Tower Semiconductor, an Israel-based analog IC foundry, for US$53 per share or a total of approximately US$5.4 billion in cash.
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Highlights of the day: The world desperately wants more microchips
Many companies have tried and failed to make microchips in India. Undeterred, Vedanta seeks a partnership with Foxconn...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
KYEC reiterates sales outlook for 1Q22
IC testing house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) has reiterated its revenue guidance for the first quarter of 2022 despite local COVID outbreaks at its production subsidiary in Suzhou,...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Taiwan MOSFET makers gain shifted orders for IT applications
MOSFET makers in Taiwan have seen a ramp-up in shifted orders, particularly for SGT (split-gate-trench) MOSFETs for IT applications, as delivery times at their bigger international...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
Compal, Inventec see notebook shipments fall in January on chip shortages
Notebook ODMs Compal Electronics and Inventec saw both sequential and on-year falls in their January shipments due mainly to shortages of chips and components, particularly power...
Tuesday 15 February 2022
MCU specialist Nuvoton set to embrace strong 2022
Nuvoton Technology remains optimistic that its shipments of 32-bit MCUs, server baseboard management controllers (BMCs), automotive battery management ICs (BMICs), and power management...
Monday 14 February 2022
Notebook shipments to plateau for next 5 years
Global notebook shipments reached 247 million units in 2021, an increase of more than 20% over 2020. The annual growth rate was slightly less than that of 2020, but there was a net...
Monday 14 February 2022
OLED DDI vendors in high gear to win more 28nm process capacity
OLED DDI suppliers including Novatek Microelectronics, Himax Technologies, Raydium Semiconductor and FocalTech Systems have never let up their efforts in winning more 28nm process...