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Friday 13 October 2023
IC design houses see handset stockpiling pick up
IC design houses have seen handset customers start replenishing their stocks following months of inventory correction, according to industry sources.
Friday 13 October 2023
PCB shipments to grow in 2H23 and 2024
The printed circuit board (PCB) industry is facing a challenging year in 2023. A downturn in consumer electronics demand has led to consecutive months of on-year decline for many...
Friday 13 October 2023
MediaTek eyeing bigger presence in wireless chip market
With its ambitious Wi-Fi 7, 6G, and other next-generation technology roadmaps, MediaTek hopes to establish a stronger foothold in the wireless chip industry.
Friday 13 October 2023
Android smartphone makers begin to restock their chip inventories
Android smartphone makers have recently resumed stockpiling, primarily of old-generation chips from first-tier SoC suppliers such as MediaTek, according to industry sources.
Friday 13 October 2023
Software is now the winning formula for chip design firms
During the FUTEX Forum held on October 12 in Taipei, Realtek Vice President and Spokesperson Huang Yee-Wei noted that most challenges in IC designs are not so different from the ones...
Thursday 12 October 2023
Senior Arm China staff quit to create government-backed startup
Several key former employees from Arm Holdings Plc's Chinese venture have started a chip design house with local government backing, adding to uncertainty in the British firm's biggest...
Thursday 12 October 2023
Academia: China's astonishing reverse engineering capabilities spur steep rise in US strategic concerns
Unfazed by US technological containment efforts, the release of Huawei's Mate 60 Pro 5G smartphone symbolizes a strong resurgence of China's advanced semiconductor fabrication capabilities...
Thursday 12 October 2023
MediaTek sees 3Q23 revenue exceed guidance
MediaTek has reported revenue of NT$110.09 billion (US$3.43 billion) for the third quarter of 2023, up 12.2% sequentially and exceeding its guidance range of NT$102.1 billion to NT$108.9...
Thursday 12 October 2023
High-performance, smartphone and AI applications decisive to RISC-V's rise
Currently, over 10 billion RISC-V cores are in the market, and half of them come from China. It is evident that China has become a significant force in the RISC-V field. Zeng Jintao,...
Thursday 12 October 2023
RISC-V is becoming China's low-risk option amid chip war
The escalating trade war between China and the United States has led to a growing trend within China to pursue indigenous instruction set architectures (ISA). Recently, the RISC-V...
Thursday 12 October 2023
SiFive launches RISC-V HPC solutions for Generative AI and deep learning
SiFive, Inc., a pioneering force in RISC-V computing, has unveiled a pair of groundbreaking products to cater to the ever-growing demands of high-performance computing. The new SiFive...
Thursday 12 October 2023
Chinese mature-node IC foundry Nexchip to expand production capacity
Nexchip Semiconductor, a Chinese mature-node IC foundry, has disclosed plans to produce an additional 10,000 wafers each month.
Thursday 12 October 2023
LCD TV panel prices expected to fall starting October
LCD TV panel prices, after a rally of over six months, have now stabilized and are expected to fall beginning October, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Tightening US restrictions on China challenges Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain
Recently, there have been reports that the US government is planning to further tighten restrictions on China. Some foreign news outlets have even mentioned Taiwanese companies like...
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Samsung reported better-than-expected interim results, chip recovery to experience delays
Samsung Electronics reported its interim financial results for the third quarter, which shows improvements in its display and smartphone businesses, while the recovery of its chip...