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Friday 5 January 2024
Funding for Chinese IC design firms drying up
China's semiconductor industry has seen a drastic dive in funding availability since 2023, taking a heavy toll particularly on the IC design sector. With strong government support,...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Semiconductor probe card suppliers guardedly optimistic about 2024
Semiconductor probe card makers like Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) are cautiously bullish about 2024's market prospects, counting on demand for HPC chips, application processors...
Thursday 4 January 2024
AI GPU supply to stay tight in 2024, says Gigabyte chairman
The supply of AI GPUs will continue to fall short of demand, according to Dandy Yeh, chairman of Gigabyte Technology.
Thursday 4 January 2024
Geopolitical dynamics fuel expansion of Taiwan's PA supply chain in global markets
As geopolitical tempest is sweeping across the world, nations are strategically bolstering their military capabilities and satellite infrastructure to safeguard their global standing...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Kai-Fu Lee predicts overhaul of China's AI industry amid preparation to adopt domestic AI chips
Lee's startup 01.AI reached the US$1 billion unicorn mark last year after receiving investment during its latest funding round from China's Alibaba and Lee's Beijing-based company...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Taiwan's semiconductor academies boosted by government and corporate funding for advanced equipment amid challenges
The enrollment and educational research efforts of the six semiconductor academies, funded jointly by the National Development Fund (NDF) under the Executive Yuan and sponsoring enterprises,...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Malaysian official: semiconductor talent shortage stems from low salary, not lack of talent
Malaysia is the sixth-largest exporter of semiconductors worldwide and is starting to emerge in the global semiconductor manufacturing supply chain. Despite that, there are often...
Thursday 4 January 2024
Huawei gaining midrange smartphone market share
Industry sources noted that Huawei has started growing its market share in the midrange smartphone segment, posing a threat to its Chinese competitors, as well as IC design company...
Thursday 4 January 2024
ASIC developers may have the upper hand amid automotive IC competition
The rising competition in the automotive IC market has discreetly benefited ASIC design services and silicon IP vendors, according to industry sources.
Thursday 4 January 2024
Chinese automakers consider using commercial chips, sources say
Cost concerns are driving some Chinese automakers to consider expanding the use of commercial-grade chips to replace automotive-grade ones in their vehicles, according to supply chain...
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Himax, Seeed Studio partner to capitalize on AI device opportunities
Himax Technologies, a Taiwanese IC design firm, has teamed up with Seeed Studio, a Shenzhen-based IoT hardware company, to develop a battery-powered endpoint AI vision processing...
Wednesday 3 January 2024
A paradigm shift in semiconductor materials development (2)
In the decade since AlphaGo was introduced, neural networks in machine learning have been gradually applied to various industrial and commercial scenarios. One of the applications...
Wednesday 3 January 2024
How can semiconductor industries overcome supply chain challenges following earthquakes?
Sudden, massive, and unexpected disasters pose significant challenges to global supply chains, particularly in industries like semiconductors. Semiconductor production involves a...
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Chinese chip firms' valuations outperform local market in 2023; equipment shines
China's semiconductor firms in the IC packaging & testing, equipment, foundry, and IC design industries performed much better than their IDM, materials, optoelectronics, and memory...
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Global semiconductor capacity to reach record 30 million wafers per month in 2024, SEMI says
Global semiconductor capacity is expected to increase by 6.4% in 2024 to top the 30 million wafers per month (wpm) mark for the first time after rising 5.5% to 29.6 wpm in 2023, according...