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Tuesday 22 February 2022
IC design houses positive about demand for notebooks in 2022
Notebook upgrades will be stimulating demand for high-end ICs in 2022 despite the overall less-significant notebook shipment growth anticipated for this year, according to sources...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
TSMC obtains significant sub-7nm chip orders
TSMC has secured significant orders demanding its sub-7nm process manufacturing from major US vendors, according to sources at semiconductor equipment suppliers.
Tuesday 22 February 2022
India has preliminary win for semiconductor incentive scheme
India has revealed a list of applications for the US$10 billion chip and display incentive scheme. Most companies are not well-known in the semiconductor sector, but their applications...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Huawei taps deeper into third-generation semiconductor segment
Huawei's investment arm Hubble Technology Investment has recently purchased a 10% stake in Beijing TSD Semiconductor Equipment as the fifth largest shareholder in the supplier of...
Tuesday 22 February 2022
Himax now world's top automotive DDI vendor
Taiwan-based display driver IC specialist Himax Technologies is firmly the world's top vendor of automotive DDIs with a global market share of 40% after seeing shipments of such chips...
Monday 21 February 2022
Global chipmakers find ways to improve competitiveness
Major semiconductor suppliers around the world are finding different ways to strengthen their competitiveness, as industry analysts expect that most of them will achieve record revenues...
Monday 21 February 2022
Infineon boosting investment in Malaysia for SiC and GaN semiconductors
Infineon Technologies has announced that it is investing more than EUR2 billion (US$2.27 billion) to build a third module at its site in Kulim, Malaysia, aiming to consolidate its...
Monday 21 February 2022
IDMs migrating to 12-inch fabs for car-use MOSFET, IGBT chips
International integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) are taking the lead to migrate from 8-inch wafer fabs to 12-inch fabs for the production of high-margin automotive metal oxide...
Monday 21 February 2022
Macroblock develops two new LED driver ICs used in automotive lighting
LED driver IC design house Macroblock has developed two new driver ICs used in automotive interior/exterior lighting, MBI6659Q and MBI6665Q, and has obtained AEC (Automotive Electronics...
Monday 21 February 2022
India roundup: Gov't receives five proposals for semiconductor and display fabs
India's Ministry of Electronics & IT of India has disclosed in a press release that as of February 15, 2022,...
Friday 18 February 2022
Elan, Chimei Motor to jointly explore ADAS market opportunities
Touchscreen control IC specialist Elan Microelectronics has announced plans to invest in Chimei Motor Electronics, looking to jointly explore lucrative business opportunities for...
Friday 18 February 2022
Industry watch: Intel's acquisition of Tower heating up semiconductor race
The Israeli government will not object to Intel's plan to purchase Israel-based Tower Semiconductor for US$5.4 billion, as this is an expansion of Intel's investment in Israel. If...
Friday 18 February 2022
Taiwan PWM IC suppliers reluctant to switch to 12-inch wafer fabrication
Power management integrated circuits (PWM ICs) using mature processes remain in short supply, but suppliers - particularly those mainly engaged in the consumer electronics sector...
Friday 18 February 2022
BOE Technology dominates global January-September 2021 panel revenues
China-based BOE Technology occupied 20.5% of the total sales revenues generated by all display panel makers around the world from January to September 2021, ranking first among all...
Friday 18 February 2022
Infineon says CoolSiC power module reduces energy consumption of streetcars by 10%
Infineon Technologies has disclosed it will launch power semiconductors with CoolSiC MOSFET and .XT technology in the XHP 2 package - tailored specifically to the requirements of...