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Monday 6 November 2023
Taiwan's IC design houses under growing pressure as generative AI rewrites the game
Generative AI is making its way into edge devices: though there remain bottlenecks to overcome in terms of software and hardware, the overall trend is very significant. PC and mobile...
Monday 6 November 2023
Chinese EDA software developers scale up R&D to expand market share
As part of the indigenization efforts to decouple itself from US semiconductor technologies, China-based EDA tool providers saw their RD expenditure growing amid lucrative government...
Monday 6 November 2023
PA MMIC supplier Transcom sees recorded October sales figure as defense procurement peaks
Transcom Inc., Taiwan's only compound semiconductor IDM and a manufacturer of power amplifier monolithic microwave integrated circuit (PA MMIC), released its October sales figures...
Monday 6 November 2023
Smartphone AP shipments to Chinese handset vendors rise on year in both 3Q23 and 4Q23, says DIGITIMES Research
Third-quarter 2023 shipments of smartphone application processors (AP) to Chinese handset vendors increased by 47.5% quarter-on-quarter, as inventory had dropped to healthy levels...
Monday 6 November 2023
DB Hitek expands its UHV power semiconductor business
South Korean 8-inch wafer foundry DB Hitek recently announced that it's upgrading its ultra-high voltage (UHV) power semiconductor process technology, marking its official entry into...
Friday 3 November 2023
STMicroelectronics sees its forte in sustainability to maintain lead in supply chain
When the race towards carbon neutrality is seen as an adversity by some, others see it as an advantage. For global automotive semiconductor leader STMicroelectronics (ST), which started...
Friday 3 November 2023
Alchip to see 4Q23 revenue rise
Taiwan-based Alchip Technologies, dedicated to supplying ASICs, expects to see its fourth-quarter revenue hit a peak for 2023 in the fourth quarter.
Friday 3 November 2023
Government accepts donation of 12-inch wafer fab equipment to bolster Taiwan's chip-driven innovation
In a significant development for the 10-year Taiwan Chip-Driven Industrial Innovation Program (TCIIP), certain businesses have expressed their willingness to donate 12-inch wafer...
Friday 3 November 2023
AUO CEO Frank Ko on acquisition of BHTC
Panel giant AUO is targeting the automotive industry by acquiring BHTC, the company's first international acquisition. Frank Ko, CEO and president of AUO, admits his company was "quite...
Friday 3 November 2023
MCU firm Nuvoton cautious about 4Q23 prospects
Microcontroller unit (MCU) specialist Nuvoton Technology remains cautious about near-term market prospects, citing limited visibility, according to company president Yang Hsin-Lung...
Friday 3 November 2023
Taiwan to spend NT$300 billion on IC innovation in 10 years
Taiwan's cabinet has approved a plan that commits the government to investing NT$300 billion (US$9.28 billion) in domestic IC industry innovation over a 10-year period. It is scheduled...
Friday 3 November 2023
T-head launches SSD controller chip
T-Head Semiconductor, an Alibaba affiliate, has unveiled its first-ever SSD controller IC, the Zhenyue 510, for enterprise storage.
Friday 3 November 2023
New orders to buoy AI memory biz sales in 2024, says AP Memory
AP Memory has seen revenue and operating margin growth for two sequential quarters. While its revenue this year was lower than expected, the firm is seeing improved demand from the...
Friday 3 November 2023
AI PC market unlikely to take off until 2025, says Elan
Notebook touch controller specialist Elan Microelectronics believes that the AI PC era has just begun and will not take off until 2025, after its first year of development.
Thursday 2 November 2023
Fading prosperity and global shipping surplus pose challenges
According to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector in the United States has shown three consecutive months...