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Monday 13 March 2023
China’s ‘Big Fund’ gets new boss to fight US chip export curbs
China has assigned a new chief for a high-profile, state-backed chip investment fund amid a renewed push to pour resources into the local semiconductor industry and counter a US-led...
Monday 13 March 2023
Wafer foundry capacity in China, 2023
China-based semiconductor manufacturers, in the wake of geopolitical risks, are expected to keep up with their capacity expansion strategies going into 2023 with a good number of...
Monday 13 March 2023
CIS supplier PixArt likely to post sales growth in 1Q23, says report
IC design house PixArt Imaging is expected to see its first-quarter revenue register a sequential increase, following two consecutive quarters of sequential declines, according to...
Monday 13 March 2023
MediaTek to see 1Q23 revenue come within guidance
MediaTek should be able to see its first-quarter revenue meet the low-end target of the company's guidance given in early February, according to Luke Lin, senior analyst of DIGITIMES...
Monday 13 March 2023
Gudeng sees February revenue surge
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer, has reported its revenue surged 35% sequentially and 54% on year to NT$427 million (US$13.8 million)...
Monday 13 March 2023
IC verification labs see growing advanced packaging opportunities in auto chip sector
While Tesla aims to reduce the amount of silicon carbide (SiC) components by 75%, sources in the related industrial sectors nevertheless believe that SiC, with its good heat resistance...
Monday 13 March 2023
India roundup: US partners with India for remapping global semiconductor supply chain
The US, looking to form a non-Chinese supply chain, collaborates with India to build a resilient semiconductor ecosystem. Apple suppliers, especially Foxconn, are hopeful that India...
Friday 10 March 2023
South Korea semiconductor inventory hits record high
South Korea has posted a trade deficit for the 12th consecutive month in February 2023 due mainly to poor outbound shipments of its main export products of DRAM and NAND flash chips,...
Friday 10 March 2023
Microchip intros integrated development kit to speed design of FPGA-based satellite systems
Developers using FPGAs to meet satellite system payload and throughput requirements can speed designs by prototyping with space-qualified devices rather than commercial off-the-shelf...
Friday 10 March 2023
OSAT ASEH to see revenue rebound
ASE Technology Holding (ASEH) is expected to see its revenue rebound substantially in March after reaching a low point in February, as the OSAT continues to offload "wafer bank" inventories...
Friday 10 March 2023
US starts accepting applications for CHIPS Act incentives
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced at the end of February the first funding opportunity for its incentives program for the domestic semiconductor industry. Starting from...
Friday 10 March 2023
China urged to give 'real national treatment' to foreign IC talent
The Chinese government must formulate a new semiconductor industry policy in line with national conditions, and offer 'real national treatment' to foreign professionals to help enterprises...
Friday 10 March 2023
Chinese government emphasizes new nationwide system, autonomy, and controllability at Two Sessions
China's annual Two Sessions meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) began on March 4. During the sessions,...
Friday 10 March 2023
USB chip demand promising
A wave of USB interface upgrades, as well as a potential PC replenishment later this year, will drive demand for USB device chips in 2023, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Friday 10 March 2023
Innolux dismisses closing module assembly lines in China
LCD panel maker Innolux has dismissed Chinese online media reports indicating that it has closed at least 50 module assembly lines at its plant in Ningbo, China, with 20% of the factory's...