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Thursday 28 April 2022
Korea looks to future cars for restoring IC design
South Korea's industry is calling for more efforts to nurture IC designers amid the rising demand for automotive chips. It is believed that small-scaled IC designers will be able...
Thursday 28 April 2022
MediaTek on track to post 20% revenue growth in 2022
MediaTek is on track to post 20% revenue surge in 2022, with gross margin reaching between 48% and 50%, despite challenges arising from increased geopolitical instability, inflationary...
Thursday 28 April 2022
Tight fab capacity may encourage Taiwan foundries to raise prices again
TSMC's still-tight fab capacity may encourage the foundry to raise its foundry quotes in June, with fellow Taiwan-based foundries likely to follow suit making another upward adjustment...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
DDI maker FocalTech remains optimistic about 2022 shipments
Taiwan-based FocalTech Systems, a supplier of touchscreen and LCD driver ICs (DDIs), has reiterated its optimistic outlook for overall shipments this year, despite sluggish handset...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Taiwan bans strategic high-tech exports to Russia
Taiwan's government earlier this month imposed a ban on local vendors from exporting strategic high-tech commodities to Russia, the third embargoed country after North Korea and Ir...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Faraday raises revenue growth projection for 2022
Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, has revised upward its annual revenue growth forecast for 2022 to 60% from 50%, as market demand continues...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
India still wooing investments from TSMC and Intel
Despite commitments from companies such as Foxconn to set up fabs, the Indian government is still wooing Intel and TSMC to establish a local fab.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Denso, USJC team up for automotive power semiconductors
Denso and United Semiconductor Japan (USJC), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC), have announced they will partner to manufacture automotive power semiconduc...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
ASML capacity ramp to buoy its Taiwan-based partners
ASML has disclosed plans to expand production capacity for both its EUV and deep-UV systems by 2025, and the lithography tool vendor is on track to ship 55 sets of EUV systems in...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
AUO sees 30-40% production capacity reduction in Kunshan due to lockdown
Panel maker AU Optronics (AUO) expects COVID-induced lockdowns in China to affect 30-40% of its production capacity at its factory site in Kunshan, according to company chairman Paul...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Pure-play foundries see automotive chip orders continue ramping up
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries continue to see orders for automotive semiconductors ramp up while stepping up their capacity expansion pace, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
IC design houses keen on incorporating AI into edge computing solutions
With edge computing gaining importance in the proliferating of 5G and AIoT applications, IC design houses in Taiwan are incorporating AI algorithms into chip solutions for all edge...
Tuesday 26 April 2022
Consumer IC firms cautious about 2H22 demand prospects
Consumer MCU and other chip suppliers have become less aggressive in seeking more available foundry capacities for 2022 as they are cautious about the demand prospects for the second...
Tuesday 26 April 2022
ABF substrate makers to see new capacity boost biz results in next 3 years
Taiwan-based ABF substrate suppliers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are expected to commercialize additional capacities boosting their...
Tuesday 26 April 2022
MediaTek, Realtek eyeing bigger presence in high-end network IC market
With US-based network IC vendors putting increased focus on automotive applications, Taiwan's MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor are both expected to grow their presence in the non-automotive...