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Monday 25 April 2022
IC wafer capacity to climb 8.7% as 10 new fabs enter production
IC wafer capacity is forecast to grow 8.7% in 2022 after rising 8.5% in 2021, thanks to the addition of 10 new 300mm fabs that are scheduled to open this year, according to IC Insi...
Friday 22 April 2022
Will Semiconductor sees sales from car-use CIS hike 85% on year in 2021
China-based IC design house Will Semiconductor Shanghai generated revenues of CNY2.3 billion (US$356 million) from automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) in 2021, hiking about 85% on...
Friday 22 April 2022
Onsemi halts operations at Shanghai distribution center
On Semiconductor (Onsemi) has notified customers in a letter that the company has to shut down its Global Distribution Center in China, while closely managing supply-chain disruptions...
Friday 22 April 2022
China SiC substrate supplier to raise funds through IPO
TankeBlue Semiconductor, a Beijing-based silicon carbide (SiC) substrate supplier, plans to raise funds through an IPO to enhance its working capital for technology R&D and production...
Friday 22 April 2022
Notebook component shortages worsening on China lockdowns
A variety of notebook components including connectors, wirings, PCBs, plastics, metal parts and molds, all long in sufficient supply, have slipped into shortages due to production...
Friday 22 April 2022
DDR3 supply to fall short of demand in 3Q22
With tight logic foundry capacity easing, DDR3 and other niche-market memory demand has started picking up and is expected to outpace supply in the third quarter of 2022, according...
Friday 22 April 2022
China lockdowns disrupting PCB shipments
COVID lockdowns in Kunshan and other Chinese cities, where high-tech manufacturing hubs are located, are impacting local businesses, including PCB makers seeing their production and...
Friday 22 April 2022
What TSMC founder tries to tell America beyond chips
TSMC founder Morris Chang again made the headlines by giving frank opinions on the semiconductor policy of the United States. But shrewd readers should definitely read between the...
Thursday 21 April 2022
US bid to boost chipmaking to be expensive and wasteful, says TSMC founder Morris Chang
The US' bid to increase onshore chip production would be futile, as it would not be globally competitive and able to compete with TSMC, according to Morris Chang, founder of Taiwan-based...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Wi-Fi SoC shortages improving
Wi-Fi core chip suppliers have obtained more available fab capacities at foundries, which are experiencing cutbacks in orders from other areas, and therefore are seeing their tight...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Non-foundry IC segments gaining weight in HPC era, says DIGITIMES Research
Apple has become a bellwether in the HPC chip segment by rolling out its high-performance M1 series built using advanced process at its foundry partner, but all other manufacturing...
Thursday 21 April 2022
TSMC fan-out packaging to attract orders for Android smartphone SoCs
Apple will no longer be the exclusive customer of TSMC adopting the foundry's advanced integrated fan-out (InFO) wafer-level packaging, which is expected to attract orders for Android...
Thursday 21 April 2022
Semiconductor equipment lead times extend
Delivery lead times for semiconductor equipment have extended to more than 18 months from six months in the middle of 2021, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 20 April 2022
China steps up car-grade MCU production
China-based suppliers of microcontroller units (MCUs) are gearing up for the auto industry, as car-grade chips remain in short supply, according to industry sources.