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Thursday 1 July 2021
Automotive IC shortage starts easing
The shortage of automotive chips has begun to ease recently, buoyed by additional capacity support from foundries, according to industry sources.
Thursday 1 July 2021
Skyworks to increase outsourcing for PA orders from China
Skyworks will be stepping up its RF power amplifier (PA) production outsourcing to Taiwanese partners to fulfill orders placed by China-based smartphone vendors, while providing its...
Thursday 1 July 2021
China semiconductor sector braces for Malaysia lockdown
China's semiconductor industry is prepared for potential disruptions from Malaysia's latest decision to extend COVID-19 loockdown indefinitely, according to reports.
Thursday 1 July 2021
High-speed transmission chip demand to surge in 3Q21
Chip orders for servers, particularly high-speed transmission chip orders, will be ramping up substantially in the third quarter of 2021, according to industry sources.
Thursday 1 July 2021
Six-inch fabs become acquisition target
Six-inch wafer fabs have become acquisition targets of automotive power semiconductor companies, as well as Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Tesla, both of which...
Thursday 1 July 2021
Large-size TVs gain ground in China, driving upgrades at panel suppliers
The TV market scale in China in terms of unit shipments continues to shrink, but the growing demand for large-size models there is driving the upgrades in the TV panel sector, which...
Thursday 1 July 2021
Worldwide IC market forecast to top US$500 billion in 2021
Strong demand across the entire IC market this year is projected to lift sales for the total IC market by 24% and break through the US$500 billion plateau for the first time in history,...
Thursday 1 July 2021
Taiwan sees decreased domestic production for export orders in 2020, says MOEA
Of export orders received by Taiwan-based manufacturers and exporters in 2020, domestic production accounted for 46.0%, slipping 1.4pp on year, according to a survey of overseas production...
Thursday 1 July 2021
CCL and PCB firms see bullish copper foil price trend continuing
Copper foil prices prices will remain on a bullish course despite recent correction in copper prices at the London Metal Exchange (LME), according to sources at CCL and PCB manufac...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Highlights of the day: HPC chips to drive TSMC growth
HPC applications account for a large portion of the global foundry market, which TSMC considers a major driver of...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Qualcomm make headway in 5G mmWave SoC solutions market
Qualcomm has made headway in the 5G mmWave solution market, securing related orders from many telecom operators and smartphone vendors in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, India...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Compound semiconductors now national strategic materials, says GlobalWafers chair
Compound semiconductors will become a key industry sector reaching a national strategic level in importance, as they will be badly needed to power many critical technological applications...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Fierce competition among HPC chip suppliers to benefit TSMC
Foundry market leader TSMC has been pinpointed as a major beneficiary of the increasingly fierce competition among HPC chip providers, according to market sources.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
PCB materials prices stop rising
Upstream PCB materials prices have stopped rising and stabilized, relieving some pressure on PCB makers though the materials remain in tight supply, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Synopsys, Samsung Foundry extend partnership to 3nm GAA technology
Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform has enabled Samsung Foundry to achieve first-pass silicon success for an advanced, high-performance and multi-subsystem SoC, validating the extended...