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Wednesday 8 March 2023
Taiwan panel makers keen on diversifying production sites
In the face of geopolitical uncertainty, Taiwan-based panel manufacturers, such as AUO and Innolux, are diversifying their manufacturing bases.
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Panel makers remain cautious about ramping utilization rates
LCD panel makers remain cautious about ramping up the utilization rates of their LCD fabs, although TV panel prices have begun bouncing up, and quotes for IT applications show signs...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Supply chain braces for impact from Inspur blacklisting
The supply chain is bracing for the fallout of the blacklisting of China-based server manufacturer Inspur Group by the US Department of Commerce on March 3.
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Zhen Ding remains focused on high-end PCB and IC substrate offerings
Zhen Ding Technology, a PCB and IC substrate supplier that saw its cumulative 2023 revenue increase by nearly 10% year on year through February, remains focused on high-end offerin...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Huawei quietly growing IC design capability
Huawei continues to strengthen its IC design operations, including subsidiary HiSilicon, still playing an important role in China's homegrown IC design development.
Tuesday 7 March 2023
Infineon and UMC extend automotive partnership with long-term agreement for 40nm eNVM microcontroller production
Infineon Technologies and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) today announced a long-term strategic cooperation agreement to multiply capacity for the production of Infineon...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
IDMs upbeat about market prospects for automotive chips
Despite automotive chip customer pull-in momentum reportedly weakening, IDMs in the US and Europe are still highly optimistic about market prospects for the chip segment whose supply...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
ASIC designer Sondrel extends multi-year EDA license with Synopsys
UK-based fabless ASIC designer Sondrel has extended its multi-year, multi-million-dollar license agreement with Synopsys for its state-of-the-art EDA tools so that it will run for...
Tuesday 7 March 2023
IT = India + Taiwan: DIGITIMES President's six information industry development suggestions for India
"Taiwan is not a competitor to India because we don't do branding; we can be your partner."
Tuesday 7 March 2023
IC design houses under pressure from high fab costs
Cost pressure on IC design houses will last into the second half of 2023 as Taiwanese wafer fabs are showing little intention of lowering their manufacturing service quotes.
Monday 6 March 2023
DDI firm Fitipower sees operations hit bottom in 1Q23
Fitipower Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group specializing in display driver ICs (DDI), has seen customer orders, particularly those from the TV sector, gradually...
Monday 6 March 2023
US adds 28 Chinese companies to Entity List
The US has added 37 companies to a trade blacklist, including 28 based in China. Among the Chinese companies are Inspur and Loongson Technology.
Monday 6 March 2023
Top 3 memory vendors account for three-fourths of leading-edge wafer capacity
According to Knometa Research, Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, and SK Hynix held 76% of the leading-edge capacity at the end of 2022, with the majority of it going toward...
Monday 6 March 2023
Indian carmakers not out of the woods from automotive chip shortage
Despite the fact that a chip glut is hurting memory suppliers like Samsung Electronics, India's carmakers are still waiting for the shortage of automotive chips to ease.
Monday 6 March 2023
Will automotive chips sustain strong long-term demand?
Against stalling chip demand for almost all consumer applications amid an unfavorable macroeconomic environment, automotive chips seem to remain unscathed with stable growth momentum...