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Wednesday 1 June 2022
MediaTek reiterates 3-year CAGR of about 15%
MediaTek is on track to see its revenue rise at a 14-16% CAGR in the next three years, despite the recent macro developments being unfavorable to end-market demand, according to company...
Wednesday 1 June 2022
Cloud service providers to depend less on processor vendors
Cloud service providers will depend less on processor vendors as more of them are looking to develop their own Arm-based processors, according to sources in the notebook industry...
Tuesday 31 May 2022
An era of high inventory
Since the beginning of 2022, we've seen weakening end market demand. The global notebok market increased from 158 million units in 2019 to 246 million units in 2021, and it's natural...
Tuesday 31 May 2022
IC verification in hot demand: Q&A with iST chairman Danny Yu
Taiwan's semiconductor industry has achieved significant growth over the last two years, and demand for materials analysis (MA), reliability analysis (RA) and failure analysis (FA)...
Tuesday 31 May 2022
Raydium sees promising demand for OLED displays
Display driver IC supplier Raydium Semiconductor has expressed optimism about demand for its OLED DDI chips, which will be increasingly adopted in handsets and other devices.
Tuesday 31 May 2022
Diode, MCU suppliers ramping up for high-speed transmission, HPC, automotive applications
Some Taiwan-based diode and MCU suppliers have extended their chip offerings for niche markets, such as middle- to high-end high-speed transmission, high-performance computing, and...
Tuesday 31 May 2022
PWM IC supply for servers remains tight
The supply of server-use power management ICs remains tight, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Tuesday 31 May 2022
Chipmakers see no cutback in orders for datacenters
TSMC and other chipmakers have seen no cutback in orders for datacenter applications, despite market concerns raised recently about Meta Platforms' and Google's potential capex cuts,...
Monday 30 May 2022
PA, DDI backend houses see stable shipments for Apple devices
Despite uncertainties in chip demand for handsets, TV and other consumer electronics devices, Taiwan's backend suppliers including ASE Technologies, Chipbond Technology and III-V...
Monday 30 May 2022
Europe, US firms keen to headhunt Taiwan IC design talent
IC design talent poaching in Taiwan has changed drastically, with US and European firms replacing Chinese ones as major rivals in headhunting, according to industry sources.
Friday 27 May 2022
Intel foundry status and expansion plan
DIGITIMES Research believes Intel investing in advanced process technologies and restarting the foundry services business are strategies that are able to complement each other.
Friday 27 May 2022
Protectionism may become obstacle to India's semiconductor dream
Amid India's drive to develop localized semiconductor supply chains, the protectionism mindset may become the biggest obstacle to its semiconductor strategy.
Friday 27 May 2022
Why Taiwan's success in semiconductors is not helping its quantum computer tech research
The year 2022 looks poised to become a breakthrough year for quantum computer hardware. But Taiwan, where half of the world's chips are manufactured, is ironically lagging far behind...
Friday 27 May 2022
Maxscend to commercialize production of SAW filters
China-based Maxscend Microelectronics, dedicated to supplying RF frontend chips such as RF switches and low-noise amplifiers, is set to kick off trial production of SAW (surface acoustic...
Friday 27 May 2022
Korean chipmakers urge government support to foster and keep talent
A talent shortage is challenging South Korea's chipmaking industry. Chipmakers including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have urged the country's new government to pay attention...