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Tuesday 28 November 2023
IC distributors find their niche as US targets China's AI chip industry
US export restrictions aimed at curbing China's development in advanced semiconductors have hit the field of AI. With huge untapped potential in the AI market, distributors in the...
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Chinese foundries reportedly mulling price cuts
Speculation has emerged in the chipmaking sector that Chinese pure-play foundries, such as Huahong Group and Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC), are contemplating price...
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Pace of recovery to vary for different semiconductor sectors and firms
The semiconductor industry is expected to rebound in 2024, but the pace of recovery will vary from sector to sector and company to company, according to industry sources.
Monday 27 November 2023
Automotive electronics become key to survival for China's self-designed chips
Moore Silicon, a chip subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned electronics company TCL, is the latest dissolved in-house IC design team of a technology conglomerate in China after Oppo's...
Monday 27 November 2023
Taiwan and China module makers navigate separate courses amidst a reviving memory market
After a year of destocking, memory module providers are seeing rising prices from the third quarter. Notably, due to differences in applications, financial practices, and capital...
Monday 27 November 2023
Japanese carmakers cut prices in Thailand to compete with Chinese rivals
China-based EV makers are expanding aggressively overseas, triggering a "war" between EVs and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in Thailand. The situation has pressured Japanese...
Monday 27 November 2023
Transsion and Realme conquer Middle East and African smartphone markets in 3Q23
Among all regions in the world, the Middle East and Africa are leading the recovery in consumer demands for smartphone shipment with Chinese vendors Transsion and Realme being the...
Monday 27 November 2023
Weekly news roundup: Micron and GlobalFoundries hit by US trade sanction shockwave and other top stories
These are the most-read articles during the week of November 20-24:
Friday 24 November 2023
Huawei and Xiaomi are paving the way for an Apple EV: Tim Culpan
Two of China's biggest smartphone makers have joined BYD Co. and Tesla Inc. in the increasingly crowded Chinese electric-vehicle market. Their success or failure could serve as a...
Friday 24 November 2023
SMIC profit plunges despite Huawei orders: survival heavily dependent on subsidies and external sources
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) has unveiled its latest quarterly financial report, revealing a sharp decline in profits due to rapid expansion and sacrificing...
Friday 24 November 2023
What does GaN's future lie ahead with ongoing patent dispute between EPC, Innoscience?
Gallium nitride (GaN) has not been able to gain much traction compared to silicon carbide (SiC), another power semiconductor material. In May, US-based Efficient Power Conversion...
Friday 24 November 2023
Micron and GlobalFoundries hit by US trade sanction shockwave
Amid a global surge in semiconductor production, worries about excess capacity are on the rise. The recent tightening of US trade sanctions on semiconductor equipment bound for China...
Friday 24 November 2023
China eases export controls on compound semiconductors, bringing relief to LED makers
China's recent relaxation of export controls on semiconductor materials like indium and germanium, effective from November 1, has alleviated the challenges faced by LED makers such...
Friday 24 November 2023
TSMC and JCET expressed contrasting views on chiplet development
At the recently concluded 2023 China International Semiconductor Summit held in Shanghai, senior executives from JCET and TSMC both emphasized the role of advanced packaging, yet...
Friday 24 November 2023
Autonomy still the main tone in the latest China International Semiconductor Summit
At the recently concluded 2023 China International Semiconductor Summit attended by more than 2,000 industry professionals, both Wei Shaojun, Director of the Institute of Microelectronics...