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Friday 23 September 2022
Arm mulls partnership with Samsung, potentially on near-memory computing
SoftBank chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son raised the possibility of a strategic alliance between Arm and Samsung on September 22, according to several media outlets, as falling technology...
Friday 23 September 2022
DDR5 adoption in new-gen processors to stimulate PMIC demand
The adoption of DDR5 memory in new-generation Intel and AMD processors will boost the amount of power management ICs (PMIC) used, according to sources at PMIC suppliers.
Friday 23 September 2022
TSMC & UMC profit margins likely to benefit from a strong dollar
The aggressive interest rate hikes of the US Federal Reserve have pushed the dollar index above 111 to hit a 20-year high, triggering an 11.7% depreciation of the Taiwan dollar against...
Friday 23 September 2022
Qualcomm says automotive design-win pipeline now at US$30 billion
Qualcomm's automotive design-win pipeline has grown to US$30 billion, driven by increased adoption of its Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions across the auto industry, according...
Friday 23 September 2022
AUO sets up solution R&D center in southern Taiwan
AU Optronics (AUO) has inaugurated an R&D center in southern Taiwan as part of a wider plan to accelerate its biaxial "Go Premium, Go Vertical" transformation strategy and build...
Friday 23 September 2022
Foundries under pressure to renegotiate quotes and orders for 2023 with automotive customers
TSMC and other pure-play foundries will be under pressure to renegotiate quotes and orders for 2023 with their automotive customers, according to industy sources. The renegotiation...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Nvidia intros Drive Thor for autonomous vehicles
Nvidia has introduced Drive Thor, its next-generation centralized computer for safe and secure autonomous vehicles.
Thursday 22 September 2022
Himax TDDI chips enter Xiaomi tablet supply chain
Himax Technologies' TDDI chip solution for tablets has attracted orders from Xiaomi for its high-end tablets and 2-in-1 devices, according to the Taiwan IC design house.
Thursday 22 September 2022
India raises semiconductor and solar module incentive
In a bid to push a self-reliant India and attract more investment in electronics manufacturing, India raised fiscal support for the semiconductor and display fabs investment and launched...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Qualcomm announces new innovation center and 5G education initiative in Southern Taiwan
Qualcomm announced on September 21 to establish the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Southern Taiwan located at Kaohsiung's Yawan 5G AIOT Innovation Park to support local industries and...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (7): The future direction of the memory industry
Memory is Samsung Electronics' main source of profit, so of course, Samsung needs to explore its future strategy in the context of memory. Basically, non-memory and DRAM focus on...
Thursday 22 September 2022
PCB firm GCE stays upbeat about sales outlook
Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE), which specializes in high-layer-count PCBs, remains optimistic about its sales outlook for the second half of 2022.
Thursday 22 September 2022
IC design houses continue to see Android phone customers scale back orders
IC design houses continue to see their Android smartphone customers scale back orders in the third quarter and are uncertain about the demand outlook for the fourth quarter, according...
Thursday 22 September 2022
OSATs unlikely to ramp output for new Nvidia GPUs until 2023
IC backend houses including Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) are unlikely to scale up their output for Nvidia's new-generation GeForce RTX...
Thursday 22 September 2022
GigaDevice intros automotive MCU based on Arm Cortex-M33
GigaDevice has developed an automotive-grade MCU based on the Arm Cortex-M33 core, marking its entry into the car-use MCU segment, according to the China-based fabless company.