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Wednesday 31 August 2022
Chinese MLCC industry counts on market size and structural change to challenge Japanese dominance
China's fast-growing multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market will see the country account for 43.5% of global MLCC demand by 2025, making it the largest, according to the Chinese...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Honda, Mazda plan to relocate supply chain makers from China
Honda Motor and Mazda Motor, considering impacts of COVID lockdowns in China and geopolitical risks, reportedly have plans to move some of their supply chain makers and car assembly...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Chinese EV makers eye SiC component opportunities
Chinese automakers are stepping up efforts developing SiC components that support high-efficiency, small-form-factor and lightweight needs for electric vehicles' (EV) power systems,...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
China analog foundry GTA to expand capacity for automotive chips
Analog IC foundry GTA Semiconductor recently kicked off its capacity expansion project in the Lingang Special Area in the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, with plans to set up new...
Wednesday 31 August 2022
COVID resurgence in Sichuan to have little impact on notebook production
A resurgence of coronavirus outbreaks in Chongqing and Chengdu in China's Sichuan province is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the overall local notebook output, due to the...
Tuesday 30 August 2022
GigaDevice to kick off volume production of 17nm DDR3 chips in September
China-based memory chipmaker GigaDevice will kick off volume shipments of 17nm DDR3 memory chips in September, with ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) being contracted to manufacture...
Monday 29 August 2022
SMIC to expand 300mm fab in Tianjin
China's largest foundry SMIC announced on August 26 that it planned to establish a new 300mm fab in Tianjin, China, with a capacity of 100,000 wafers per month. With US$7.5 billion...
Monday 29 August 2022
Power restriction in western China may push up prices for EV-use Li batteries
Power supply restriction imposed by the provincial government of Sichuan, western China, beginning mid-August 2022 has pushed up prices for lithium carbonate and as a consequence,...
Friday 26 August 2022
IC packaging material suppliers continue to see order pull-ins from ASE
ASE Technology Holding continues to step up its leadframe and other IC packaging materials procurement while other outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) vendors are slowing...
Friday 26 August 2022
Chinese EV maker Li Auto to develop SiC power modules
Li Auto broke ground recently on its power semiconductor R&D and production base in Suzhou, China, a milestone for the electric vehicle (EV) maker. The move is a strategic one,...
Friday 26 August 2022
Semi equipment suppliers Acter, Novatech enjoy robust orders
Cleanroom engineering specialist Acter and its factory equipment subsidiary Nova Technology (Novatech) continue to enjoy strong demand from the chipmaking industries in China and...
Thursday 25 August 2022
China tablet market up 4% in 2Q22 as PC market suffers worst annual decline since 2013, says Canalys
China's PC (desktop, notebook and workstation) shipments fell by 16% in the second quarter of 2022, according to figures from Canalys.
Thursday 25 August 2022
Apogee Optocom expects business opportunities in US market
Optical thin-film filter maker Apogee Optocom expects US-based telecom carriers' replacement of equipment produced by China-based Huawei Technologies and ZTE to bring many business...
Thursday 25 August 2022
SMIC founder reportedly sets up photomask materials firm in China
Richard Chang, who founded China's pure-play foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), has reportedly orchestrated the establishment of a semiconductor photomask materials...
Thursday 25 August 2022
More ban on semiconductor equipment to China accelerating tech decoupling
The US government has started to expand the ban on semiconductor equipment exports to China to include equipment under 14nm processing nodes and memory manufacturing tools in August,...