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Tuesday 2 May 2023
Holtek stays cautious
MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor is maintaining its cautious stance, citing the continued lack of clarity on market conditions.
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Ansys multiphysics solutions certified for TSMC's N2 process
Ansys and TSMC continue their long-standing technology collaboration to announce the certification of Ansys' power integrity software for TSMC's N2 process technology.
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Facing uncertain outlook, MediaTek sets strategy of prioritizing profits
MediaTek was extremely cautious at its earnings call when announcing its prospect expectations, confirming recent market observations. The overall operations in the second quarter...
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Taiwan IC designers little interested in charging pile chip solutions
Taiwan's major IC design houses have shown little interest in developing chip solutions for charging piles, due mainly to the relatively smaller market scale for the chip segment...
Tuesday 2 May 2023
MediaTek cuts 2023 global smartphone shipment projection
MediaTek has cut its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2023 to 1.1 billion units from 1.4 billion units, due to a longer replacement cycle.
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Global semiconductor sales decrease in 1Q23
Worldwide sales of semiconductors for the first quarter of 2023 totaled US$119.5 billion, down 8.7% sequentially and 21.3% on year, according to the latest Semiconductor Industry...
Tuesday 2 May 2023
Chinese semiconductor investment continues to cool down, says market research firm
China's semiconductor investment landscape continues to cool down, returning to a normality where investors have become more discreet and valuation is more driven by rationality,...
Friday 28 April 2023
iST sees rising revenues in 1Q23
Integrated Service Technology (iST) reported consolidated revenues of NT$981 million (US$31.64 million) for the first quarter of 2023, the second-highest quarterly level ever, with...
Friday 28 April 2023
AIC sees record performances in 1Q23 revenues and profits
Power management IC (PMIC) supplier Analog Integrations (AIC) reported consolidated revenues of NT$407 million (US$13.12 million) for the first quarter of 2023, up 30% sequentially...
Friday 28 April 2023
MediaTek met all financial predictions for 1Q23; inventory clearance remains biggest challenge
Taiwanese IC design house leader MediaTek announced its complete financial results for 1Q23. Revenue reached NT$95.652 billion (US$3.11 billion), an 11.6% quarterly decrease and a...
Friday 28 April 2023
Chinese firms keen to acquire smaller Korean IC designers to sidestep US curbs
Chinese companies and funds reportedly have become keen to acquire or invest in small- and medium-size IC design houses in South Korea, or directly set up R&D branch offices there,...
Friday 28 April 2023
AMD introduces Ryzen Z1 series processors, expanding Zen 4 lineup into handheld game consoles
AMD introduced the new Ryzen Z1 series processors, the high-performance processor for handheld PC gaming consoles. The Ryzen Z1 series features two high-performance processors, the...
Friday 28 April 2023
Intel foundry business continues to fall, to make Arm SoC on Intel 18A
Amid a PC slump, Intel posted a sharp fall in sales and profit as the chip giant is hopeful that the worst is over. Intel also confirmed the roadmap for five nodes is on track.
Friday 28 April 2023
Flexium conservative about 1H23 prospects
Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect is conservative about its business prospects for this year's first half, citing weak demand and high inflation in the post-pandemic era.
Friday 28 April 2023
New processors supporting DDR5 to stimulate PMIC demand in 2024
The latest Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors supporting the DDR5 memory specification are unlikely to stimulate related power management IC (PMIC) demand until 2024,...