The supply of automotive microcontroller units (MCU) and power insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) is expected to remain short in 2023, according to sources in the car industry...

Memory chip vendor Micron Technology has announced plans to invest up to US$100 billion over the next 20-plus years in the establishment of a new megafab in Clay, New York.

With automotive chip shortages gradually abating, Chinese automakers reportedly have asked suppliers to cut prices by 15-20% on those chips not in short supply, looking to reduce...

The Biden administration plans to announce new restrictions on China's access to US semiconductor technology, according to people with knowledge of the situation, an escalation of...

Taiwan's domestic market is small but the export-oriented semiconductor industry actually depend heavily on the domestic environment. As TSMC CEO CC Wei has noted, the number of semiconductors...

Display driver IC (DDI) demand is unlikely to pick up until the second half of next year, according to sources at DDI backend specialists.

Taiwan-based FineMat Applied Materials, a maker of common metal masks (CMM) needed for OLED panel production, has diversified its offerings to offset the weakness in demand for OLED...

Feature Integration Technology (Fintek), an IC design house focusing on developing solutions for industrial PC (IPC) applications, expects promising IPC market growth in the long...

Chinese car vendors have asked chip suppliers, including foreign ones, to place wafer starts for their demand with China-based foundries as China accelerates its push for IC self-sufficiency,...

IC design houses particularly small- and medium-size ones may fail to negotiate lower foundry quotes for 2023, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

The supply chain has changed as competition between the US and China intensifies, but the Taiwan-based IC design industry has not been directly affected. At the start of the US-China...

TSMC held its in-person Technology Symposium with a virtual event in parallel for the first time in 2022, showcasing its industry-leading advanced logic technology, specialty technology,...

Sumitomo Bakelite, a leading Japanese manufacturer of synthetic plastics used in IC packaging, has announced a plan to build a new factory in China, investing JPY6.6 billion (US$45...

Asia's first-tier suppliers of car-use CMOS image sensors (CIS) and microcontroller units (MCU) have shown a relatively clear attitude that they would hike quotes to fully reflect...

China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) recently kicked off production at t9, a newly completed 8.6G LCD panel line in Guangzhou, southern China, according to industry sources...