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Tuesday 27 December 2022
China chipmaker breaks ground for 12-inch MEMS fab line
Zen Semiconductor (Zensemi) recently broke ground for its new 12-inch fabrication line for MEMS sensors, and other specialty sensors and chips, according to industry sources in Chi...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
TV sales remain disappointing in China
Online TV sales during the Double 12 (December 12) shopping festival in China were lower than expected despite easing COVID restrictive measures. Double 12 is a sales day cut from...
Tuesday 27 December 2022
Taiwan SiC substrate suppliers need high-yield crystal growth to compete with fellow makers
High-yield crystal growth is crucial to Taiwanese SiC substrate suppliers competing with their Chinese counterparts, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 27 December 2022
SiC substrate prices in China fall in 2022
Silicon carbide (SiC) substrate prices in China have dropped 15% this year despite a worldwide shortage of SiC substrates, according to industry sources. Prices in China are expected...
Monday 26 December 2022
China's economy showing increasing strain from Covid tsunami
China's economy continued to slow in December as the massive Covid-19 outbreak spread across the country, with activity slumping as more people stay home to try and avoid getting...
Monday 26 December 2022
Chinese smartphone vendors bank on self-developed chips
Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo are expanding their involvement in the chip supply chain in terms of both self-development and investment, as they seek to differentiate...
Monday 26 December 2022
Nio's founder: 2023 sales will surpass Lexus' ICE models in China
China-based EV startup Nio launched two new SUVs on Christmas Eve. Deliveries are expected to start in the second quarter of 2023. William Li, the company's founder, chairman and...
Monday 26 December 2022
Cheri Automobile wins investment from CATL due to respective EV-related motivations
While China-based automaker Cheri Automobile has won investment from Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the largest China-based lithium battery maker, for a 3.73% stake, Cheri's...
Monday 26 December 2022
Subsidy extension and falling lithium prices sustain China's NEV boom
The Chinese government recently announced that it's extending the tax subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEVs). Coupled with the falling prices of lithium ores, the main raw material...
Monday 26 December 2022
RISC-V International CEO: ecosystem to grow as market accelerates in 2023
2022 has been a fruitful year for RISC-V, an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) that has become the third largest architecture for computing. RISC-V International CEO...
Friday 23 December 2022
Huawei extends mobile patents deal with Nokia despite US curbs
Huawei Technologies has secured an extension to a patent licensing deal with Nokia, suggesting the Chinese company continues to lead in networking technology despite years of punishing...
Friday 23 December 2022
Chinese startup's US$140,000 car can fly over traffic jams
The crowd of hundreds roared in Mandarin as the gull-winged two-seater aircraft rose and hovered roughly 30 meters above their heads, before smoothly lowering back down to earth....
Friday 23 December 2022
Polysilicon prices in China on sharp decline
Polysilicon prices in the Chinese market have sharply declined in the fourth quarter of 2022 and consequently, prices for solar-grade crystalline silicon wafers (made from polysilicon)...
Friday 23 December 2022
Why China's semiconductor development falls short of expectations
China has been developing modern semiconductor technology for more than 30 years, with its state capital support to the industry greater than those once provided by Japan, South Korea...
Friday 23 December 2022
India may see component supply disruption as COVID cases surge in China
As India is grappling with a slow economy that has hit the smartphone market, a surge in COVID cases in China may further impact the world's second-largest smartphone market.