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Wednesday 9 November 2022
IC design houses caught in dilemma over talent retention, tech R&D
Taiwan's IC designers are caught in a dilemma over whether to maitain talent and R&D momentum, or to maintain profitability amid the lingering market uncertainties, according...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Vivo develops image chips to combat freezing mobile phone market
Chinese mobile phone maker Vivo recently announced a new generation of self-developed image chips. Said image chip uses the AI-ISP architecture, bringing the low latency and high-performance...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
OSATs cautious in dealing with LTA violations by fabless clients
Taiwan's OSATs are increasingly cautious about whether or how to collect punitive payments from IC design houses violating capacity utilization agreements, as jointly tiding over...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Raydium cautious about sales prospects in 4Q22
Display driver IC supplier Raydium Semiconductor remains cautious about its sales performance in the fourth quarter of 2022, citing the ongoing inventory adjustments across many industry...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Novatek sees inventory return to appropriate level in 1Q23
Display driver IC supplier Novatek Microelectronics expects inventories held by handset and TV customers to return to appropriate levels in the first quarter of 2023 but is uncertain...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Generalplus sees 32-bit MCU shipments continue rising
Generalplus Technology continues to see its 32-bit MCU shipments ramp up despite a slowdown in shipments of its consumer MCU offerings, according to the fabless chipmaker.
Wednesday 9 November 2022
MediaTek introduces 4nm smartphone chip
MediaTek has introduced a new smartphone application processor series built on TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology, and expects smartphones powered by the new chips to...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Automotive chip migrating to advanced process nodes only increases dependency on mature nodes
Foundries are expected to have more capacities to serve automotive chip clients as their capacity utilization rates for consumer electronics chips are declining amid sluggish end-market...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Nvidia to sell new chip in China; it says meets US export ban
Nvidia, the most valuable chipmaker in the US, has begun producing a processor for China that conforms to new rules aimed at limiting that country's access to artificial intelligence...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Fitipower sees pull-in of short lead-time orders for TVs
Display driver IC specialist Fitipower Integrated Technology, an affiliate of the Foxconn Group, has enjoyed a pull-in of short lead-time orders for TVs to support its sales performance...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Taiwan invests EUR10 million in Lithuania and provides semiconductor scholarships to Central and Eastern Europe students
Taiwan is fulfilling its promise to invest in Lithuania and other Central and Eastern European countries to further enhance collaborations in the semiconductor, electric vehicle (EV),...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Taiwan semiconductor equipment output value to exceed US$3.13 billion in 2022
The annual output value of Taiwan's semiconductor equipment industry is expected to be well over NT$100 billion (US$3.13 billion) in 2022, given that the output value for the first...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
US Department of Defense uses CHIPS Act funding to overcome technological 'valley of death'
With the passing of the CHIPS and Science Act, the US Department of Defense has kick-started its 'Microelectronics Commons', according to a press release dated November 4 from the...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Arbe consolidates edges in radar chip solutions with enhanced data processing power
Helping a car make the right decision is fundamental to autonomous driving. Israel-based Arbe Robotics develops chipsets enabling imaging radars to gather environment data in high...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Samsung Electronics begins mass production of 8th-Gen Vertical NAND
Samsung Electronics announced on Nov 7 at Flash Memory Summit 2022 and Samsung Memory Tech Day 2022 that it has begun mass producing a 1-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) eighth-generation...