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Tuesday 17 August 2021
Taiwan IC designers expect Type-C chips to grow over 50% globally in 2021, 2022
Taiwan-based IC design houses are generally optimistic about globally increasing adoption of USB Type-C interface specification, and expect global demand for Type-C chips to grow...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Small IC shortage disrupting PC supply
The shortage of small ICs, in addition to power management chips and logic ICs, will be disrupting production at PC assemblers and vendors through 2022 as a result of the persistently...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Arm-based notebook processor shipments post 5-fold jump in 2020
Arm-based notebook computing chips jumped nine-fold in revenue terms and five-fold in unit terms in 2020, according to Strategy Analytics.
Monday 16 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Apple is biggest client of TSMC
Apple has been the biggest client for TSMC, accounting for over 20% of the foundry's house' revenues. Quanta Computer...
Monday 16 August 2021
Taiwan IC design houses keen to join MIH EV platform
More and more IC designers in Taiwan are keen to join the Foxconn-led MIH open EV platform and seek to cash in on the immense market demand for automotive chips, according to industry...
Monday 16 August 2021
Apple orders account for over 20% of TSMC total wafer revenue
Apple has been TSMC's largest client, with its chip orders for the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch continuing to account for more than 20% of the foundry's total wafer revenue, according...
Monday 16 August 2021
Vietnam's semiconductor industry expected to reach US$6.16 billion in 2024
According to market research firm Technavio, Vietnam's semiconductor industry is projected to grow at nearly 19% CAGR, about US$6.16 billion, between 2020 to 2024. The semiconductor...
Friday 13 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Semiconductor outlook rosy
The semiconductor sector has seen supply fall far short of demand, with equilibrium unlikely to be restored until 2023 when new production capacity comes online. Until then, semiconductor...
Friday 13 August 2021
Nan Ya PCB upbeat about 2H21 sales
Taiwan's IC substrate maker Na Ya PCB expects its second-half 2020 revenues to grow significantly on volume shipments for new applications in the peak season, but is also concerned...
Friday 13 August 2021
Gudeng to invest NT$380 million in Symtek
Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, has announced plans to form a strategic alliance...
Friday 13 August 2021
Compal expects notebook chip shortage to continue into 2022
Notebook ODM Compal Electronics expects the ongoing shortages of notebook-use chips and components to last until the second half of next year.
Friday 13 August 2021
Samsung foundry business overview
TSMC is currently in the lead in terms of process technology but Samsung Electronics has been gearing up on its related R&D, eyeing to catch up.
Friday 13 August 2021
Global automobile OEs continue to fight for chips in 2H21
Global car sales are expected to grow marginally by 13% to over 83 million units this year compared to 2020, capped by a shortage of chips, according to industry sources. The fight...
Friday 13 August 2021
Semiconductor prosperity to last through 2022
A new wave of prosperity is taking place in the global semiconductor industry. Fabless chipmakers, foundries and backend houses have all seen their supplies fall short of customer...
Friday 13 August 2021
Automotive MCU sales to surge 23% in 2021 despite shortages
Despite some ongoing shortages of microcontrollers and automakers having to temporarily close assembly lines this year, automotive MCU sales are forecast to surge 23% in the economic...