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Tuesday 16 November 2021
Taiwan IC design houses see gross margins come under downward pressure
With pure-play foundries initiating another price hikes to reflect their continued tight fab capacities, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are finding it increasingly difficult to...
Monday 15 November 2021
IDMs focus on cybersecurity for automotive semiconductors
Cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important in autonomous vehicles (AV), as level 2 (L2) AVs become more widespread. Regional regulations and technological limitations are also...
Monday 15 November 2021
AUO, Innolux 3Q21 sales little affected by TV panel price drops
While LCD TV panel prices have been dropping since July 2021, AU Optronics (AUO) and Innolux have seen little impact on its third-quarter 2021 operation, judging from their profita...
Monday 15 November 2021
Strong PWM IC demand boosts Silergy revenue, profits in 3Q21
Robust demand for power management ICs buoyed fabless chipmaker Silergy's sales and profit performance in the third quarter of 2021.
Monday 15 November 2021
Taiwan DRAM firms to see gross margin drop in 4Q21
With DRAM memory prices starting to fall in the fourth quarter of 2021, Taiwan-based chipmakers and module houses are poised to see their gross margins decline during the quarter,...
Monday 15 November 2021
Car MCU crunch on track to ease, ADAS chip shortage emerging
Shortage of automotive MCUs will remain on track to ease in 2022, but a new wave of uneven component supply will be emerging and may last till 2023 with core chips for ADAS to lead...
Monday 15 November 2021
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels - 3Q 2021
Taiwan's small- to medium-size panel shipments are expected to increase 10.9% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021 due to seasonality.
Monday 15 November 2021
Macroblock expects revenue proportion for mini LED to rise to 20% in 2022
LED driver IC design house Mcroblock expects the revenue proportion for driver ICs used in miniLED backlighting and RGB fine-pitch miniLED displays to increase from 15% at present...
Monday 15 November 2021
Taiwan large-size LCD panels - 3Q 2021
Taiwan's large-size LCD panel shipments reached 73.76 million units in the third quarter of 2021, rising 2.5% sequentially.
Monday 15 November 2021
SiC chips are key to EV trends
Semiconductor suppliers Intel, Qualcomm, and Nvidia were present at this year's International Automobile Exposition (IAA) in Munich, Germany, marking the merging of semiconductor...
Monday 15 November 2021
Major tech companies strive to seize metaverse opportunities
Despite its recent popularity, whether or not the metaverse concept can actually be realized is still unknown. While some chip manufacturers have their reservations, for now, many...
Friday 12 November 2021
Nan Ya PCB expects double-digit revenue growth in 2022
Taiwan-based Nan Ya PCB is optimistic that its 2022 revenues will register another double-digit growth on new ABF and BT production capacities gradually coming online.
Friday 12 November 2021
MediaTek ramping up networking IC shipments
MediaTek has been ramping up shipments of its networking ICs to meet strong market demand and offset falling sales of mobile SoCs in the fourth quarter of the year, according to market...
Friday 12 November 2021
Chiang resigns from SMIC
China-based foundry house Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has approved the departure of Chiang Shang-Yi, who submitted his resignation as company vice chairman.
Friday 12 November 2021
UMC to raise foundry prices by another 10% in 1Q22
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) is poised to make another 10% upward adjustment in its foundry quotes starting the first quarter of 2022, according to sources at IC...