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Wednesday 7 August 2024
TSMC demand and Kumamoto lab boost MA-tek's July 2024 revenue to record high
Driven by increasing AI demand and significant growth in its Japan-based laboratory operations, semiconductor inspection giant MA-tek reported record-breaking monthly revenue of NTD...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
AI smartphones drive market growth as lower-end segment stalls
AI smartphones have gained popularity among consumers, becoming a major driving force behind the overall mobile phone shipments in 2024. However, persistently stagnant demand for...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Rohm profits plunge amid weak industrial chip demand and surging investment costs
Rohm reported a declining performance over the past quarter due to sluggish sales of industrial chips and increased depreciation and research costs related to expanding production...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
PMIC firm uPI expects flat to slight growth in 3Q24
Power management IC maker uPI Semiconductor expects the back-to-school season to drive computing-related demand in the third quarter of 2024, according to CEO Daniel Huang, but overall...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Novatek forecasts Q3 growth amid iPhone demand, warns of looming geopolitical uncertainties
Novatek Microelectronics anticipates increased revenue in the third quarter, driven primarily by growing smartphone demand, particularly for iPhones. However, the electronics industry...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
AP Memory sees revenue, gross margin improve in 2Q24
AP Memory Technology, which specializes in customized IoT RAM and other DRAM memory, saw its revenue and gross margin rebound in the second quarter of 2024, thanks to increased demand...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
WT Micro sees inventory correction for automotive, industrial ICs persist
IC distributor WT Microelectronics (WT Micro) expects inventory adjustments for automotive and industrial ICs to persist through the end of this year, with more room for growth once...
Wednesday 7 August 2024
Taiwan IC backend houses optimistic about growth prospects for 2H24
Taiwan-based IC backend firms are optimistic about the overall recovery in the market in the second half of this year, with particular focus on the robust demand for AI processors,...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
WT Microelectronics forecasts semiconductor market rebound by 2025 despite current challenges
On August 6th, WT Microelectronics, a leading IC distributor based in Taiwan, held its investor conference where Chairman Eric Cheng expressed confidence that current semiconductor...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
China foundries prioritize mature nodes for capacity growth, limiting capacity for NOR flash
China-based foundries are rapidly expanding their capacity for mature logic IC processes, limiting local NOR production capability. As a result, global NOR flash supply and demand...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek post strong 2Q24 results eyeing further growth
South Korea's leading component suppliers, Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) and LG Innotek, have defied the traditional second-quarter slump with impressive results, driven by recovering...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Silicon wafer shipments increase in 2Q24
Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 7.1% quarter-on-quarter to 3.035 billion square inches in the second quarter of 2024, but saw an 8.9% decline from the 3.33 billion square...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
AI data center chip demand to slow beyond 2026, says Omdia
The current hypergrowth in GPUs and other accelerator chips for AI in the cloud and the data center will eventually decelerate but not until it has transformed the industry, according...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
Zhen Ding sees strong July performance and expects continued demand across sectors
Following a 37% surge in sales during the off-season second quarter, PCB giant Zhen Ding reported robust performance in July. The company anticipates strong demand momentum across...
Tuesday 6 August 2024
AI gamble looms large as Apple seeks to revive iPhone sales in China
Apple's iPhone sales slipped 1% year-over-year in the April-June quarter of 2024, primarily due to continued weak shipments in Greater China. The tech giant's ability to reignite...