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Tuesday 29 November 2022
Taiwan OSATs to scale up output in China to satisfy local customers
OSATs including Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) are quietly looking to scale up output at their plants in China to fulfill orders from the...
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Network IC inventory swells in China
Network IC inventories held by channel distributors in China remained high, with the inventory adjustment likely to last through the second quarter of 2023, according to GMI Technology,...
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Nvidia gearing up for lower-spec AI GPU shipments to China
Nvidia has touted the A800 AI GPU, a downgraded version of its A100 and H100 series, for customers in China and has already attracted orders, according to industry sources.
Monday 28 November 2022
Semiconductor testing, material analysis service providers see booming orders
Technology/device testing and certification service providers including Sporton International, Audix and BTL as well as semiconductor material, reliability and failure analysis service...
Monday 28 November 2022
RISC-V automotive market has great potential: Q&A with Imagination CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie
British GPU designer Imagination Technologies has been cultivating the RISC-V architecture for many years. After new CEO Simon Beresford-Wylie took the position, the company has been...
Monday 28 November 2022
AI-based SLT solutions increasingly needed for advanced chips
AI-based system-level testing (SLT) solutions will be increasingly needed to support new chipsets and modules for server, industrial control and automotive applications, according...
Monday 28 November 2022
2023 Outlook: US deepens alliance; China carves alternative path
The 2022 National Security Strategy released in October under US President Joe Biden highlighted a series of US-led regional frameworks to support its Indo-Pacific strategies, such...
Monday 28 November 2022
Analog IC supply still tight; demand for automotive MCU also high, says Renesas
Although the automotive chip shortage is showing signs of easing up, analog IC chips continue to be stuck in a tight supply situation, according to Hidetoshi Shibata, CEO of semiconductor...
Friday 25 November 2022
How Silicon Valley looks at the Taiwan miracle (2): Taiwan manages without a national security strategy
Controversies over its sovereignty have prevented Taiwan from having a clear national strategy. But who's at fault? Winston Churchill once said Britain's strategy for the past 400...
Friday 25 November 2022
Silicon IP provider M31 gains from China IC self-sufficiency drive
Taiwan-based silicon IP provider M31 Technology has benefited significantly from semiconductor self-supply campaign in China, with the ratio of revenues contributed by Chinese clients...
Friday 25 November 2022
ASE Technology reportedly obtains orders for new Qualcomm CPUs
OSAT service provider ASE Technology Holding has reportedly secured orders for packaging and testing Oryon, a new CPU based on Nuvia-developed architect, from Qualcomm, according...
Friday 25 November 2022
China foundry Hua Hong posts record revenues for 3Q22
China-based pure-play foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor has reported revenue surged 39.5% on year to a record high of US$630 million in the third quarter of 2022, with gross margin climbing...
Friday 25 November 2022
PMIC vendor M3Tek expects inventory levels to return to normal in 1Q23
M3 Technology (M3Tek) is adjusting its inventory levels, which are expected to return to normal in the first quarter of 2023, according to the Taiwan-based power management IC (PMIC)...
Friday 25 November 2022
ESMT scaling back wafer starts
Specialty memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) announced it would cut back wafer starts in the fourth quarter of 2022, estimating an up to 30-40% reduction...
Friday 25 November 2022
Chin-Poon on track with capacity expansion in Thailand
Automotive PCB supplier Chin-Poon Industrial is on track with its capacity expansion in Thailand and expects the easing of automotive chip shortages to help boost its shipments, according...