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Tuesday 3 January 2023
China's SiC development impacted by lack of epitaxy equipment
The Chinese government is actively boosting the development of local SiC manufacturing industry, but China-based SiC makers have been hit by the lack of epitaxy equipment to produce...
Thursday 29 December 2022
China chipmakers keen on capacity expansions for GaN devices
Many Chinese chipmakers including IDM Innoscience are keenly developing diverse GaN power solutions and expanding production capacity to cash in on growing demand.
Wednesday 28 December 2022
Japanese chipmakers keen on expanding capacity for car power devices
Japan's semiconductor firms including Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage and JS Foundry are actively expanding investments in building new capacities for power devices to meet...
Wednesday 28 December 2022
Taiwan III-V IC suppliers see different market prospects for 2023
Taiwan's compound semiconductor foundry houses and epi-wafer suppliers show different views about when market demand will rebound in 2023, after seeing their shipments of handset-use...
Thursday 22 December 2022
IDMs migrating to 8-inch fabs for SiC, GaN components production
With third-generation compound semiconductors SiC and GaN increasingly used in power devices for electric vehicle (EV) and server applications, international IDMs are actively migrating...
Wednesday 21 December 2022
Power devices to embrace energy saving, environmental protection trends in 2030, says DIGITIMES Research
Power semiconductors will revolve around two major trends - energy saving and environment protection - in 2030 and beyond, and future power component materials including silicon,...
Friday 16 December 2022
Chicony Power and TI join forces to bring GaN technology to energy-efficient laptop power adapter
Texas Instruments (TI), a leader in high-voltage semiconductor solutions, today announced that Chicony Power designed in TI's integrated gallium nitride (GaN) technology to power...
Friday 16 December 2022
IC packaging leadframe demand to hit bottom in 1Q23
Leadframe demand for packaging automotive and industrial chips has slightly dropped, and that for consumer electronics ICs continues to be adversely affected by the ongoing inventory...
Thursday 15 December 2022
Law amendment to benefit more sectors than semiconductor in Taiwan, says economic minister
An amendment to the Statute for Industrial Innovation, drafted by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and designed to provide higher tax incentives for R&D projects by local...
Thursday 1 December 2022
WBG semiconductors crucial for achieving net-zero emissions
Wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor materials GaN and SiC are playing a crucial role in helping achieve net-zero carbon emissions due to their advantage in energy saving, but tight supply...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
VIS moves 0.35-micron 650V GaN process to mass production
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) has moved its 0.35-micron 650V GaN-on-QST processing technology to mass production on 200mm wafers after completing customer-end verification...
Wednesday 23 November 2022
TAS looks to compound semiconductors for growth
Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor (TAS, formerly Opto Tech) expects its entry in the compound semiconductor sector to bear fruit and start contributing to the company's revenue growth at...
Tuesday 22 November 2022
GaN Systems maintains close ties with foundries, OSATs
Canada-based GaN Systems, which specializes in gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors, is teaming up with first-tier foundries, OSATs, and IDMs to seize opportunities in emerging...
Friday 18 November 2022
Episil posts profit surge in 3Q22
Small-size wafer foundry Episil saw its net profits climb 40.5% sequentially to a record-high NT$317 million (US$10.1 million) in the third quarter of 2022, thanks to brisk demand...
Monday 14 November 2022
IC distributors expanding deployments in non-consumer, WBG chip segments
IC distributors are aggressively expanding their deployments in non-consumer chips products and third-generation semiconductors like GaN and SiC devices that remain in stable demand...