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Wednesday 9 February 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2021
Fourth-quarter 2021 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 171.2 million units, plunging 30.8% from the prior quarter mainly as China-based vendors faced the situation...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Global tablet market, 4Q 2021
Global tablet shipments amounted to 37.13 million units in fourth-quarter 2021, up 5.4% from the prior quarter but down 20.2% from the prior year, as the tablet market continued to...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Nan Ya PCB posts record January revenue
Nan Ya PCB has reported its consolidated revenue climbed 33.6% on year to a record high of NT$5.24 billion (US$188.3 million) in January 2022.
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Toshiba to split into two standalone companies
Toshiba has provided an update on its reorganization plan disclosed in November 2021, announcing its intention to separate the company into two standalone companies - Toshiba Infrastructure...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Nvidia and SoftBank terminate Arm acquisition deal
Nvidia and SoftBank Group have announced the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby the former would acquire Arm from the latter. The parties said they agreed...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Infineon aims to ramp up in-house production in 2022
German-based automotive and power semiconductor supplier Infineon is planning to ramp up in-house production in 2022 as it expects semiconductor demand to continue to outweigh the...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Increased functionality, NEV growth drive automotive chip demand
Increased functionality and the emergence of new energy vehicles (NEVs) are intensifying the automotive chip shortage, according to supply chain companies.
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Mirle fulfills NT$1 billion worth of orders from AUO
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced the purchase of a batch of equipment from Mirle Automation for NT$1.02 billion (US$36.6 million).
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Highlights of the day: Apple suppliers during holiday reportedly for new MacBook Pro
Apple's suppliers were kept busy during the Lunar New New holiday reportedly making new MacBook Pro set for launch...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Intel embraces RISC-V for foundry service business opportunities
Intel announced a new US$1 billion fund on February 7 to build a foundry innovation ecosystem and will collaborate with several RISC-V standard IC design firms. Meanwhile, RISC-V...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Wi-Fi chip vendors working closely with foundries
Wi-Fi core chip suppliers, including MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor, have moved to work more closely with their foundry partners, eyeing a more significant market share this year,...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
MediaTek, Qualcomm to decrease 4G AP shipments
MediaTek expects the proportion of AP shipments for 4G smartphones to progressively decrease in 2022 because it is allocating increasing operational resources for 5G AP and ICs used...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Faraday monthly revenue tops NT$1 billion
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider partnering mainly with United Microelectronics (UMC), saw its monthly revenue exceed NT$1 billion (US$35.9...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
UMC buys nearly NT$6 billion worth of equipment from Applied Materials
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) has acquired nearly NT$6 billion (US$215.4 million) worth of machinery equipment from Applied Materials, according to company filings...
Monday 7 February 2022
Highlights of the day: GlobalWafers unveils expansion plan
GlobalWafers has unveiled a US$3.6 billion capacity expansion plan after its proposed acquisition of Siltronic fell...