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Friday 12 January 2024
RISC-V ecosystem speeds ahead despite US concerns
Despite reports about the U.S. government discouraging its semiconductor industry from developing applications using the RISC-V open standard instruction set architecture (ISA,) companies...
Friday 12 January 2024
Qualcomm expands presence of smart cockpit SoCs in Chinese EV supply chain
Qualcomm is expanding its dominant position in the smart cockpit SoC market, with its latest fourth-generation Snapdragon 8295 chip already being used in several Chinese electric...
Friday 12 January 2024
WPG's 4Q23 revenue smashes company guidance
IC distributor WPG reported revenue slid 2.1% sequentially but increased 3.9% year on year to NT$183.38 billion (US$5.91 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2023. The results came above...
Friday 12 January 2024
AI and ecosystems ubiquitous at CES 2024, says MediaTek's David Ku
Despite the slow recovery in the consumer electronics market, the electronics industry continues to see rising demand in developing the Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) standard with Taiwan-based...
Friday 12 January 2024
Mobile phone IC shipments slowing down to begin 2024
Mobile phone IC shipments have already passed through the seasonal peak and are slowing down, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses.
Friday 12 January 2024
Chinese pure-play foundry market to increase 9% in 2024
China's pure-play IC foundry industry is expected to resume growth in 2024, with utilization rates of 90% for 8-inch foundries and 78% for 12-inch foundries, according to ICWise,...
Friday 12 January 2024
Taiwan factory construction supply chain eyes bigger presence in global semiconductor industry
As TSMC expands its fabs internationally, others in Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain are also working together to extend their presence to other countries, seeking to support the...
Thursday 11 January 2024
MediaTek posts increased December revenue
Mega sales of MediaTek handset SoC Dimensity 9300 see the IC design company's revenue peak in December 2023.
Thursday 11 January 2024
Chinese compound semiconductor companies to fulfill domestic needs, aim overseas
Chinese companies China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), United Nova Technology (UNT), and SICC have been scaling their compound semiconductor business by strengthening cooperation...
Thursday 11 January 2024
Global semiconductor industry to grow in 2024, says GlobalWafers
The semiconductor environment in 2024 remains complex, beginning slowly and subsequently gaining momentum, according to Doris Hsu, chairperson for silicon wafer company GlobalWafer...
Thursday 11 January 2024
CES 2024: Panel makers showcase microLED displays
The ongoing 2024 Consumer Electronics Show has enticed panel manufacturers to bring out their best technologies and innovative applications, and MicroLED, regarded as the next-generation...
Thursday 11 January 2024
MIIT to expand auto chip national standards to 70 items by 2030
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has announced plans to introduce the country's first set of national standards for automotive chips in 2025. The initial...
Thursday 11 January 2024
Prototype-ready Indian fabless startup aims to provide 70% of high-end features at 60% cost
A leading Indian fabless startup, which recently progressed its first chip to the prototype production stage at the foundry, plans to distinguish itself by targeting the mid-range...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
Encore! SK Hynix boasts reusable CMP breakthrough
SK Hynix has successfully developed a "grinding pad reuse technology" for Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) processes. It is expected to be introduced to the production line...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
Oppo ditches chip design project, but retains Zeku architecture crew
In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), major cloud computing companies, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc., are competing to invest in in-house chip design capability.