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Wednesday 17 May 2023
Taiwan MCU suppliers brace for price war triggered by Chinese peers
Due to the low demand for consumer electronics, price competition among China-based MCU suppliers is becoming increasingly fierce, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 17 May 2023
MediaTek gearing up competition in satellite communications market
MediaTek is gearing up competition with Qualcomm in the market for satellite communications, aiming to have a bigger say in standard-setting.
Wednesday 17 May 2023
Japan chipmaking materials supplier to set up new plant in Taiwan
Fujifilm Electronic Materials has announced a plan to set up a new plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan to produce advanced semiconductor materials.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Korean, Chinese AMOLED panel makers turn to compete in automotive display market, says DIGITIMES Research
Korea-based panel makers Samsung Display and LG Display are working keenly to push their AMOLED panels into automotive applications, eyeing more growth, while China-based makers are...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Chinese MCU makers look to gain from import-substitution demand for consumer applications
Chinese MCU (microcontroller unit) suppliers, including Sino Wealth Electronic and GigaDevice Semiconductor, are striving to cash in on import-substitution demand in China and boost...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Samsung develops DRAM supporting CXL 2.0
Samsung Electronics has developed what the company claims is the industry's first 128-gigabyte (GB) DRAM to support Compute Express Link (CXL) 2.0. Intel and Samsung collaborated...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Solidigm names co-CEOs
Solidigm's board of directors has appointed David Dixon, company senior VP and GM of data center storage, and Kevin (Jongwon) Noh, company chief business officer and president, as...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
MOSFET suppliers cautious about 2Q23
MOSFET suppliers continue to experience excess inventory throughout the PC and handset industry supply chains, and their near-term business prospects remain uncertain, according to...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Niche PCB specialist posts strong 1Q23 results
First High-Tech Enterprise (FHT), which specializes in niche PCBs for automotive and networking communication applications, has reported an all-time-high revenue and impressive sequential...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Backend firms see slow adoption of FC packaging among handset APs
The adoption of advanced fan-out packaging among handset application processors has been sluggish, according to sources at backend houses.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
IC design houses have diverse perspectives on China demand
While smartphone-related IC design houses continue to see sluggish demand from China and are generally bleak about market prospects for the rest of the year, other chip suppliers...
Tuesday 16 May 2023
PCB firm GCE to set up new plant in Thailand
Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), which specializes in high-layer count (HLC) PCBs for servers and PCs, has disclosed plans to set up a new plant in Thailand.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Suppliers less confident about initial volume of new iPhones
Chip and component suppliers in the iPhone supply chain are less confident about the initial stocking volume of Apple's forthcoming smartphones, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
MediaTek to adopt Nvidia GPU in flagship mobile chip
MediaTek is expected to integrate an Nvidia GPU into its next-generation flagship mobile processor as early as 2024, according to industry sources.
Monday 15 May 2023
Why was Oppo's self-developed chip project canceled? Taiwan's supply chain offers its take
Oppo's self-developed chip division Zeku announced that it is ceasing operations, shocking the mobile phone chip industry. Supply chain sources in Taiwan have offered three possible...