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Tuesday 8 March 2022
Chinese phonemakers hope to hike sales with multiple 5G models
China-based smartphone brands are expected to flood non-Chinese handset markets with entry-level to mid-range 5G models in 2022 in hopes to improve their sales amid weakening smartphone...
Monday 7 March 2022
Can SMIC help Russia survive tech sanctions?
Governments around the world have imposed harsh export restrictions against Russia to limit its access to semiconductors and other tech goods from overseas. Taiwan and South Korea...
Monday 7 March 2022
Highlights of the day: Predictable changes and unpredictable chaos disrupt markets
Tesla's Model 3 has been selling well, but Tesla's Model Y will probably upstage the Model 3, and meanwhile, the competing...
Monday 7 March 2022
China to end NEV subsidy policy at end of 2022
China recently announced it will cut new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidies. Subsidies will be reduced by 30% in 2022 compared to 2021 and will be completely cut at the end of the year,...
Monday 7 March 2022
Political economists' views over Russia-Ukraine crisis, China and semiconductors (Part 1)
The Russian invasion into Ukraine caught the world by surprise and we have not seen any sign of Russian attacks subsiding. Half the globe away from the battleground, many pundits...
Monday 7 March 2022
PTI hit by cutback in orders from Kioxia
Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) may see its revenue hit by a cutback in orders from Kioxia in the first half of 2022, but is still on track to post an at least...
Monday 7 March 2022
Global semiconductor sales up 26.8% in January, says SIA
The global semiconductor industry generated sales of US$50.7 billion in January, up 26.8% over the January 2021 total of US$40 billion, but down by a slight 0.2% compared with the...
Friday 4 March 2022
Micron upbeat about memory demand for 5G smartphones
Micron Technology has expressed optimism about DRAM and NAND flash chip demand for handsets, particularly 5G smartphones, in 2022.
Thursday 3 March 2022
Sanan reportedly obtains Apple certification for miniLED chips
China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker Sanan Optoelectronics has recently obtained certification from Apple for backlighting-use miniLED chips and may begin shipments in second-quarter...
Thursday 3 March 2022
China EV firms receive more consumer complaints in 2021
China's booming electric vehicle (EV) industry has hit a speed bump, as EV companies in the country continue to receive complaints from consumers about the quality of their product...
Wednesday 2 March 2022
TSMC stops exporting chips to Russia
TSMC has suspended all chip supplies to Russia, mainly those for defense and military applications, to comply with new export control rules announced by Taiwan's government.
Wednesday 2 March 2022
China pushing datacenter construction projects in western area
Several of China's government departments, including the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), have announced cooperative construction projects for integrated computing...
Tuesday 1 March 2022
PMIC, MCU crunch compounded by COVID infections in Suzhou
The shortage of power management ICs (PMIC) and MCUs has been compounded by a recent surge in COVID-19 infections in China's Suzhou that caused many semiconductor firms to temporarily...
Friday 25 February 2022
TuSimple agrees to US oversight to resolve security concerns
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple, which was funded by tech companies in both the US and China, has reached a settlement with US authorities to resolve security concerns around...
Thursday 24 February 2022
Taiwan chipmakers see their role in global EV supply chain grow
The role of Taiwan's IC industry is growing amid the persistent shortage of automotive chips.