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Wednesday 26 April 2023
BYD overtakes Volkswagen as China's best-selling car brand
BYD Co. is China's best-selling car brand for the first time, dethroning Volkswagen AG as it continues its meteoric rise.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Wingtech's Kunming site expands recruitment to accelerate MacBook Air production
According to reports from Chinese media, Wingtech's site in Kunming, the capital city of China's Yunnan province, has been assembling Apple's MacBook Air since the end of 2022. Right...
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Sanctioned Chinese supercomputer maker seizes large language model momentum amid continuous revenue growth
Chinese supercomputer manufacturer Dawning Information Industry, also known as Sugon, has reported first-quarter revenue at CNY2.3 billion (US$332 million), an year-on-year growth...
Wednesday 26 April 2023
GM raises 2023 guidance, adding Samsung SDI as battery partner
General Motors is expecting a strong 2023. It raised its whole-year guidance on April 25 after finishing the first quarter with US$3.8 billion of adjusted EBIT. In addition, the automaker...
Wednesday 26 April 2023
To prevent Tesla price war pain in 2Q23, Chinese automakers said to make moves in chips
Recently, rumors came out of the supply chain markets in China and Taiwan that in response to the price wars initiated by battery EV (BEV) leader Tesla in the first quarter of 2023,...
Wednesday 26 April 2023
Chinese MCU makers continue to cut prices amid market pressures
China-based microcontroller unit (MCU) manufacturers continue to cut prices amid inventory and market competition pressures.
Wednesday 26 April 2023
China pure-play foundries see sharp decline in fab utilization
SMIC and other Chinese pure-play foundries have recently seen dramatic decreases in fab utilization rates, according to sources at fab toolmakers.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Connector maker SpeedTech unveils new factories overseas
Speedtech, a Taiwan-based connector manufacturer, has announced new factory projects in Mexico and Malaysia to meet the needs of customers in the decentralized supply chain.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Automotive chip vendors to cut orders for semiconductor parts in 2Q23
Some Taiwan-based IC design houses and other chip vendors in Japan and the US may cut their orders for semiconductor parts by 10-20% in the second quarter on top of weak demand in...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Tougher conditions for US CHIPS Act may discourage Taiwan, Korea chipmakers from investing
The details of the US CHIPS and Science Act (also known as the CHIPS Act) subsidies, which aims to rebuild the country's local semiconductor supply chain, have been released, but...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
NAND flash beyond 200 layers? Chinese equipment vendor admits difficulty
As a result of an SCMP report indicating that Chinese memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) is planning to use domestically sourced equipment to make...
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
SK Hynix to postpone volume production of new NAND plant in China
SK Hynix will postpone the volume production of its second NAND plant in Dalian, northeastern China, according to reports from Korean news media.
Tuesday 25 April 2023
China-based VeriSilicon became the world's 7th largest silicon IP vendor, says IPnest
Global IC design IP sales grew 20.2% in 2022, achieving US$6.6 billion in total revenues compared to the US$5.56 billion in 2021, according to the "Design IP Report" published by...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Black Sesame to supply SoC for Baidu's smart driving technology
China-based semiconductor company Black Sesame has become Baidu's latest chip partner to support the latter's auto-navigation and valet parking solution. The chip unicorn has been...