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Tuesday 30 April 2024
Taiwan economy grows at fastest pace since 2021 on chip boom
Taiwan's economy expanded at the fastest pace in almost three years as global demand for artificial intelligence-related technologies fueled a boom in exports.
Tuesday 30 April 2024
With iPhone sales weak, Chinese/South Korean smartphone and OLED manufacturers take advantage to increase capacity
Amid sluggish iPhone sales, Samsung Electronics and Chinese smartphone brands have begun to take advantage of this gap and expand their inventory of smartphones and OLEDs to seize...
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Samsung beefing up power semiconductor capabilities for AI super cycle
Samsung Electronics has been ramping up its power semiconductor development team and is considering expanding its production capacity. This move aims to meet the anticipated surge...
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Notebook production in Vietnam ramping up
Notebook production in Vietnam has increased dramatically, making the country the second largest source of imports to the US behind China, according to government sources.
Tuesday 30 April 2024
NXP witnesses slower automotive chip sales, offers upbeat outlook
NXP experienced a slower automotive market and increased demand for industrial and mobile segments. The chipmaker gave a better outlook for the second quarter.
Tuesday 30 April 2024
Analog IC inventory returns to normal levels
Inventory adjustments for analog chips across all device applications have been completed, and shipments to specific customers and product lines have resumed their upward trajectory,...
Monday 29 April 2024
Phison targets SEA market with new Malaysian R&D startup, emulating Taiwan's proven strategies
Taiwan's major NAND controller manufacturer Phison Electronics has decided to establish a startup company, MaiStorage, with an investment of MYR 100 million (US$21.09...
Monday 29 April 2024
With Dimensity 9400 coming in 2H24, MediaTek's flagship SoC aims for 30% market share in China
Responding to various rumors about the company's operations, MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai not only mentioned that the annual revenue growth rate of flagship smartphone SoCs will exceed...
Monday 29 April 2024
Intel faces a transition dilemma as foundry business unlikely to break even in 3 years
Intel Corp. is trying to strike a balance between design and manufacturing.
Monday 29 April 2024
US probe into China's RISC-V role casts shadow on Samsung's AI chip ambitions and foundry biz expansion
Samsung Electronics has been actively promoting the open-source instruction set architecture, RISC-V, as a crucial technology for developing next-generation AI chips. However, the...
Monday 29 April 2024
MediaTek bullish on expanding market presence and R&D operations in India
Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek has said it is bullish on India and expects to grow in R&D and market penetration. Speaking to Digitimes Asia recently, Anku Jain, MD...
Monday 29 April 2024
Excess inventory becomes a risk with no brake on semiconductor investment
After the successive introduction of chip acts in the United States, the European Union, and Japan, a global trend of building chip fabs has emerged.
Monday 29 April 2024
Win Semiconductors sees demand revival driven by phones and Wi-Fi
Steve Chen, General Manager of Corporate Administration at Win Semiconductors, the leading gallium arsenide (GaAs) wafer foundry, stated that with the increase in smartphone shipments...
Monday 29 April 2024
MediaTek's 1Q24 revenue and earnings rise, full-year visibility improves
MediaTek has presented its detailed first-quarter financial report. The fabless chipmaker's gross profit margin was significantly higher than the average level thanks to strong customer...
Monday 29 April 2024
Weekly news roundup: China's demand for lithography equipment knows no bounds
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of April 22 - April 26.