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Monday 15 May 2023
Scalable business model offers sustainable growth in India, Dimerco says
India is on many companies' lists for alternative production bases as it has become the world's most populous country. According to international logistics company Dimerco, adopting...
Monday 15 May 2023
Samsung, Tesla leaders met for collaboration, including on autonomous vehicles
Samsung Electronics announced on May 14 that its executive chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the US last week. The meeting concerned potential cooperation between...
Monday 15 May 2023
SMIC at full capacity in 28/40nm nodes, buoyed by urgent Chinese orders
Zhao Haijun, the co-CEO of SMIC, expects the company to see 5–7% quarter-over-quarter growth in 2Q23 sales as urgent orders from Chinese clients drove capacity utilization of...
Monday 15 May 2023
Himax sees challenging 2Q23
Dispaly driver IC company Himax Technologies has warned of a challenging second quarter in terms of both sales and gross margin, but believes this will be a short-term phenomenon...
Monday 15 May 2023
Qualcomm, MediaTek show mixed sentiments about Oppo disbanding IC design unit
China's leading smartphone maker Oppo has just abruptly disbanded its chip design subsidiary, Zeku, sending shockwaves through the mobile phone supply chain and indicating the company...
Monday 15 May 2023
Taiwanese PCB supply chain expands capacity across Asia, with Indian focus
PCB production used to be heavily concentrated in Kunshan, China and Taiwan. However, recent changes in the global economy and politics, as well as growing geopolitical conflicts,...
Monday 15 May 2023
FocalTech sees 1Q23 perform better than expected
A pull-in of short lead-time orders for handset applications led to a better-than-expected first quarter for FocalTech Systems, according to the display driver IC (DDI) specialist.
Monday 15 May 2023
Qualcomm, MediaTek shifting competition to computing, auto apps
With handset APs still in sluggish demand and new-spec networking chips not yet well adopted, the competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek is gradually shifting to the realm of automotive...
Monday 15 May 2023
India's RISC-V startup InCore receives funding from Sequoia Capital
India-based RISC-V fabless chip startup InCore Semiconductors received funding from Sequoia Capital India, the second deal that the venture capital firm invested in India's semiconductor...
Friday 12 May 2023
Silicon Catalyst announces "Silicon Startups Contest" in partnership with Arm
On May 10, 2023, Silicon Catalyst, the world's only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions, announced a "Silicon Startups Contest" in partnership with...
Friday 12 May 2023
CIS firm PixArt enjoys ramp-up in short lead-time orders
PixArt Imaging has enjoyed a ramp-up in short lead-time orders which will continue buoying its sales performance in the second quarter, according to the CMOS image sensor developer...
Friday 12 May 2023
Taiwan probe card suppliers see stable demand from Chinese GPU developers
Taiwan-based probe card providers continue to see stable orders from Chinese GPU developers although demand from first-tier smartphone application processor suppliers has become volatile,...
Friday 12 May 2023
IC distributors post mixed April results
WPG and Edom Technology both experienced sequential revenue declines in April, while WT Microelectronics, Answer Technology (ANStek), GMI Technology and Sunnic Technology & Merchandise...
Friday 12 May 2023
Silicon Island Chronicles series interview: MIH Consortium CEO highlights semiconductor and electronics advantages for building EV ecosystem in Taiwan
Electronics and semiconductors are Taiwan's two 'diamond' industries with complete ecosystems and strong tech resources, and their close combination is being highlighted in the trends...
Friday 12 May 2023
Some panel makers reduce losses amid rising panel prices
Most Taiwan-based panel makers will see their performance continue to improve in the second quarter as quotes for TV panel prices are expected to rally through June, and those for...