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Thursday 14 July 2022
Xiaomi invests in LED driver IC startup
Xiaomi, through its investment arm, has poured nearly CNY2.5 billion (US$371.4 million) into HyAsic Semiconductor to obtain a 4.35% stake in the China-based LED driver IC startup.
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Companies should consider value chains for globalization, says former Sharp CEO
To the manufacturing industry, localized production has become an inevitable trend. Companies that expect to grow further in the global markets often start by building their local...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Protective component maker Thinking eyeing more niche-market apps
Circuit protection device specialist Thinking Electronic Industrial will intensify deployments in EV, medical care and other niche-market applications while shifting more focus away...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Notebook ODMs conservative about 2H22 demand prospects
Notebook ODMs are bracing for a particularly weak second half of 2022 due to weaker-than-expected gaming and commercial notebook product sales, according to industry sources. Whether...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
China IC Design Series (2): Emerging automotive AI chip design houses in China
In recent years, the smart car and autonomous driving industries in China have grown in popularity. Related software and hardware technologies have become more important in these...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Panel makers to further scale back production
LCD panel makers are poised to further scale back their production as panel demand for notebook applications is expected to drop significantly amid weakening demand for business notebooks,...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Taiwan CIS backend firms look to automotive for 2H22 growth
CMOS image sensor backend specialists including Tong Hsing Electronic Industries and Xintec are vying for more orders coming from the automotive sector to offset weakness in handset...
Wednesday 13 July 2022
Falling DDI prices to erode suppliers' profitability in 2H22
Display driver IC prices have come under further downward pressure, making it more difficult for chip suppliers to maintain profit growth in the second half of this year, according...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan IPC makers post brisk June results
Taiwan-based industrial PC makers have reported brisk sales results for June 2022, mainly thanks to the easing of related component shortages enabling them to fulfill more deferred...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
China IC Design Series (1): China aims to develop automotive AI chips
In 2016, the AlphaGo computer program beat South Korean Go player Lee Sedol 4:1, shocking the world with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). Today, AI has penetrated everyday...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
IC materials suppliers striving for steady growth in 2H22
Taiwan-based IC materials suppliers are optimistic about their business outlook for the second half of 2022, and they are improving their product mixes to cash in on robust demand...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan IC design houses brace for Samsung inventory correction
Samsung Electronics has started slowing down its pace of chip and component orders particularly TV-related display driver ICs (DDI) and SoCs, impacting its supply chains in which...
Monday 11 July 2022
'Just in case' outweighs 'just in time' in supply chain management
As the boom of remote learning and work-from-home wanes and inflation has stopped consumers from spending, the rising inventory has become an issue for the Asia electronics industr...
Monday 11 July 2022
Notebook ODMs enjoy rising shipments in June
Notebook ODMs saw June revenues rise from a month ago thanks to the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdowns in eastern Chinese cities and the related upstream supply chain will be fully...
Monday 11 July 2022
Foxconn makes strategic investment in SiC substrate production
Foxconn Technology Group has advanced further in building its semiconductor and EV ecosystems by making strategic investment in a Taiwan-based maker of SiC (silicon carbide) substrates...