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Wednesday 15 November 2023
IC packaging material distributors see demand pick up
Chang Wah Technology (CWTC), Niching Industrial, Topco Scientific, and Wahlee Industrial, among others, have observed an increase in demand for IC packaging materials and are generally...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Baco Solution challenges Applied Materials' dominance in PVD equipment market with breakthrough overseas order
The semiconductor physical vapor deposition (PVD) equipment market, long dominated by Applied Materials of the US, is seeing South Korean players making a strong entry. Baco Solution...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
FocalTech upbeat about OLED touchscreen IC demand for handsets
Mobile phone demand is returning, and more Chinese handset manufacturers are incorporating OLED displays into their new models, according to FocalTech Systems. OLED touchscreen ICs...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Huawei's OlympusMons Award enters 4th year, seeking innovative data storage solutions
Despite odds and challenges amid tightening US restrictions, Huawei Technologies continues to carry on innovation efforts as the company recently announced its 2023...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Supply Chain Summit: It takes Taiwan and India together to make semiconductors a trillion-dollar industry by 2030
At the opening ceremony of the Supply Chain Summit co-organized by DIGITIMES and the India-Taipei Association (ITA) on November 14 in Taipei, DIGITIMES chairman and president Colley...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
SK Hynix starts shipping LPDDR5T memory for smartphones
SK Hynix has begun delivering 16 gigabyte (GB) packages of LPDDR5 Turbo (LPDDR5T) memory with a data transfer rate of 9.6 gigabits per second (Gbps) to its clients, according to the...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Chinese market revenue shrinks for MCU suppliers
Revenue from the Chinese market has decreased for MCU companies due to the persistently lackluster shipment pull-ins for consumer electronics, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 14 November 2023
How SMIC takes advantage of the semiconductor industry business downcycle for capacity expansion
The most notable point from China's leading foundry SMIC's Q3 conference recently was its counter-trend upward revision of the 2023 capital expenditure to a substantial $7.5 billion...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses expect lower foundry prices in 1Q24
Pure-play foundries such as United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) may lower their quotations...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
Chinese CPU developer planning shift to 7nm process manufacturing
China government-supported chipmaker Loongson has begun research on its CPU product line entering the next-generation 7nm technology, with development beginning in 2024, according...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses see disappointing end-market demand in China
China's Double 11 online shopping festival has failed to generate end-market demand, with only a few brands like Xiaomi reporting decent sales, indicating that China's consumer market...
Monday 13 November 2023
US chip giants reduce chip specs for China to circumvent ban, TSMC to benefit
Amid increased US restrictions on chip exports, major players like Nvidia and Intel are navigating challenges by offering lower-spec products to maintain their dominance in China.
Monday 13 November 2023
Smartphone and PC market rebound only transient? IC designers say consumer demand momentum may not fully recover until 2H24
The landscape of the IC design industry presents a mixed picture regarding the recent upturn in the mobile phone and PC markets. While some IC design companies have delivered promising...
Monday 13 November 2023
China chip industry expert warns against blind pursuit of import substitution
In a keynote speech at the 2023 International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) in Guangzhou, China, Wei Shaojun, who is Vice President of the China Semiconductor Industry...
Monday 13 November 2023
Government incentives for developing semiconductor industry (3): Subsidies for R&D activities
Cash subsidies targeting research and development (R&D) investments and R&D consortiums are conducive to the development of semiconductor technologies, so governments can...