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Thursday 23 July 2020
Episil reportedly produces SiC MOSEFTs for BYD Semiconductor
Taiwan-based Episil Technologies and Episil-Precision reportedly will make electric vehicle-used SiC MOSFETs for BYD Semiconductor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China-based EV vendor...
Thursday 23 July 2020
MediaTek intros new 5G chip for mid-tier smartphones
MediaTek has announced the Dimensity 720, its latest 5G SoC for mid-tier smartphones.
Wednesday 22 July 2020
AMD announces availability of new APUs for OEMs
AMD has announced new 7nm x86 desktop processors with built-in graphics for consumer and commercial PC markets. The AMD Ryzen 4000 series desktop processors with Radeon Graphics and...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Highlights of the day: TWS earbud chip prices falling fast
Demand for TWS earbuds may be robust, but prices for chips supporting these devices have been fallign fast, thanks to keen competition between IC design houses. Pricing for some ...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
AP Memory to offer heterogeneous integrated device samples
AP Memory is promoting its Computing in Memory technology that was introduced jointly with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) in late 2019, and expects to start shipping...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
TWS earbud chip prices fall below US$1
Unit prices for some SoC chips used in true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds have fallen below US$1, and are still under downward pressure this year due to fierce competition among China-...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Chip manufacturing equipment spending to hit record high in 2021, says SEMI
Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are projected to increase 6% to US$63.2 billion in 2020 compared to US$59.6 billion in 2019,...
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Foxconn breaks ground for new chip plant in China
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) recently broke ground for an advanced semiconductor assembly and test plant in Qingdao, northeast China.
Wednesday 22 July 2020
Tianma develops multi-point fingerprint sensing solutions
Chinese flat panel maker Tianma Microelectronics has developed a multi-point in-display fingerprint sensing solution that can apply to a wide variety of end-market devices.
Tuesday 21 July 2020
HDI PCB makers enjoy robust orders for notebooks, tablets in 3Q20
Taiwan-based HDI PCB specialists continue to see strong orders for notebook and tablet applications bolster high capacity utilization in the third quarter despite shipments to Chinese...
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Global IC market to display single-digit growth in 2020, says IC Insights
Even with the disastrous effects of COVID-19 on the global economy, the worldwide IC market is expected to show single-digit growth in 2020 after dropping by 15% last year, according...
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Taiwan analog IC firms optimistic about demand for Chromebook
Taiwan-based analog IC firms are generally optimistic about demand for consumer notebooks, particularly Chromebook, in the third quarter of 2020.
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Apple may roll out iPhones with single 5G band support in 2021, say sources
Apple's 2020 series of iPhones will work on both sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G networks, but there is a good chance that the vendor may introduce new models supporting either of the bands...
Tuesday 21 July 2020
ESMT sees demand pick up
Memory-IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) believes demand already hit bottom for 2020 in the second quarter and is starting picking up in July.
Tuesday 21 July 2020
Support for startups: Q&A with Arm Taiwan president CK Tseng
Following the release of Flexible Access in 2019, Arm, a subsidiary of SoftBank, is opening up the project to startups with no charge, helping newcomers to reduce costs for product...