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Wednesday 28 September 2022
China firms step up deployment in Wi-Fi chip market
China-based IC design houses, such as Espressif Systems, have stepped up their deployment in the Wi-Fi chip market by targeting a wide range of IoT device applications.
Thursday 22 September 2022
GigaDevice intros automotive MCU based on Arm Cortex-M33
GigaDevice has developed an automotive-grade MCU based on the Arm Cortex-M33 core, marking its entry into the car-use MCU segment, according to the China-based fabless company.
Friday 16 September 2022
Car OEMs should work closely with foundries, says TSMC executive
Automotive OEMs should work closely with IDM and pure-play foundries and consider building "buffer stocks" to ensure their stable supply, according to Ming-Cheng Lin, director of...
Thursday 1 September 2022
OSATs strive to grow revenues from automotive sector
Taiwan-based OSATs including ASE Technology, Powertech Technology Group (PTI), King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Ardentec, Sigurd Microelectronics are all looking to grow revenues from...
Friday 26 August 2022
As Alibaba declares new RISC-V milestone, is automotive MCU the next battleground?
At RISC-V Summit China 2022, Alibaba Group's chip design subsidiary,T-Head Semiconductor, launched the Wujian 600 development platform based on the open-source architecture. According...
Friday 19 August 2022
Backend demand for automotive MCUs, MPUs stays robust
Backend demand for automotive MCUs and MPUs remains in high gear, with OSATs and packaging materials suppliers seeing clear order visibility through the end of this year, according...
Monday 8 August 2022
PC chipmakers Intel, AMD, Nvidia lower shipment goals amid sluggish demand
Major PC core chips suppliers Intel, AMD and Nvidia have all revised downward their 2022 shipment or revenue projections along with brand device vendors successively lowering their...
Thursday 4 August 2022
As consumer demand falls, GigaDevice turns its gaze to the automotive and industrial sectors
The semiconductor supply chain is seeing dramatic changes, impacting consumer electronics head-on, and the drop in demand has further impacted IC design and IC manufacturing industries...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Automotive IGBT lead times prolonged to 50 weeks
Delivery lead times for automotive-qualified IGBTs have been prolonged to 50 weeks or more, with the component shortage showing no sign of easing, according to industry sources in...
Tuesday 26 July 2022
Holtek sees consumer MCU inventory swell
Combined MCU inventories held by chip suppliers, as well as channel distributors and retailers, have swelled to record high levels, according to Armstrong Tsai, spokesperson for Taiwan-based...
Friday 8 July 2022
IC designers see deployments in automotive applications paying off
Taiwan's IC designers have seen their deployments in automotive applications gradually paying off, but revenues generated from the segment can still hardly offset the ongoing declines...
Tuesday 5 July 2022
OSATs cautious in handling contract violations by consumer chips vendors
Taiwan's OSATs are not only facing a notable decline in packaging demand for commodity MOSFET, MCU, PMIC and CMOS image sensors (CIS) for handset and PC applications, but also a situation...
Thursday 30 June 2022
Holtek to drop prices for some MCUs
Holtek Semiconductor plans to drop prices for part of its MCUs by less than 10%, and expects the second half of 2022 to be particularly weak for the consumer electronic sector.
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Automotive MCU supply to stay tight through 2H23
The supply of automotive MCUs is expected to stay tight through the second half of 2023, according to industry sources.
Thursday 16 June 2022
Nuvoton breaks into top-10 MCU vendor rankings
New ranking from IC Insights shows Taiwan-based Nuvoton Technology became the world's seventh-largest MCU supplier in 2021.