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Thursday 24 November 2022
AI-based EDA tools increasingly crucial for IC design process
With the increasing diversity of end-use applications, IC design houses are facing increasing challenges in product design, and how to shorten the time to market for new products...
Thursday 24 November 2022
VIS may gain shifted orders from China
Taiwan-based Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is in talks about orders for power management ICs with potential customers including Qualcomm, Monolithic Power Systems and...
Thursday 24 November 2022
Renesas, Onsemi cutting backend orders for automotive ICs
Renesas and On Semiconductor (Onsemi) have started scaling back backend orders for their automotive chips in the fourth quarter of 2022, which may indicate the easing of automotive...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
Apple supply chain keeps up with relocation shifts
Supply chain integrity is a main consideration when deciding where to move production bases. The more complete the supply chain, the better the profits for ODMs and electronics manufacturing...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
2023 Outlook: Coming out of year of Black Swans, semiconductor industry likely to be less volatile in 2023
2022 has been a year of Black Swans. The unforeseen events that disrupted the supply chains this year included the Russia-Ukraine war, China pandemic lockdowns, and the US announcing...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
What can Shang-Yi Chiang bring to Foxconn?
With Foxconn's latest announcement to invite Shang-Yi Chiang, TSMC veteran and former SMIC executive, as the chief strategy officer of its semiconductor group, some in the industry...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
FitTech expects new biz to drive revenue growth in 2023
LED probing, test and sorting equipment specialist FitTech expects its new offerings for edge-emitting laser diodes and compound semiconductor testing to contribute positively to...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
TAS looks to compound semiconductors for growth
Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor (TAS, formerly Opto Tech) expects its entry in the compound semiconductor sector to bear fruit and start contributing to the company's revenue growth at...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Baso Precision Optics hopes to supply optical lenses for semiconductor inspection equipment in Taiwan
Baso Precision Optics, in view of Taiwan's globally advantageous semiconductor manufacturing capability and increasing importance of optical lenses to semiconductor inspection/testing,...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
ASEAN still can not replace Chinese manufacturing
Changes in the supply chain are brewing due to policy changes in China. Compared with what China was previously able to offer companies that established factories locally, strict...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Rising VCM sales boost Audix gross margin in 3Q22
Taiwan-based Audix saw its gross margin grow to a 40-quarter high of nearly 27% in Q3 2022 from Q2's 18.92%, thanks to strong sales of voice coil motor (VCM) components used in handset...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Foxconn names Chiang Shang-yi as semiconductor strategy officer
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) has named semiconductor veteran Chiang Shang-yi as its semiconductor strategy officer.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Qualcomm's self-design CPU Oryon has gone a long way; now in good position
In this year's Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm only gave small announcements about its self-made CPU, titled Oryon. Besides the estimation that it'll gradually enter the chip production...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
PCB materials supplier Eternal Materials expects flat performance in 4Q22
Eternal Materials, which supplies resins, dry film photoresists and other upstream PCB materials, expects to see its fourth-quarter sales to stay at roughly the same levels of the...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
OLED DDI design houses remain optimistic about demand
Although demand for OLED DDI (display driver ICs) in the fourth quarter of 2022 is short of the expectation made in early 2022, relevant IC design houses including Novatek Microelectronics...