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Friday 2 September 2022
Fabless designers call for more investments from India's local mobile vendors
Amid India's eagerness to revive local mobile phone brands to build a complete mobile ecosystem, fabless designers and analysts call for more R&D from India's local mobile brands...
Friday 26 August 2022
VIS, PSMC slow down establishment of new fabs
Pure-play foundries Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) have decided to slow down the establishment of their new fabs, as customers...
Tuesday 23 August 2022
Taiwan foundries remain firm on prices
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries intend to maintain their prices, despite slowdowns in orders from their fabless customers, according to sources in the IC design industry.
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Foundries see IC design houses scale back orders for 4Q22
Foundries particularly second- and third-tier players continue to see their fabless clients scale back orders that will drag down further their fab capacity utilization in the fourth...
Monday 15 August 2022
Himax expects 35-39% revenue decline in 3Q22
Display driver IC (DDI) specialist Himax Technologies, which saw its revenue decline 24.3% sequentially in the second quarter, expects to post another sequential drop of a larger 35-39%...
Monday 15 August 2022
FocalTech supplies AMOLED TDDI for new Oppo wearable
Oppo has rolled out its first wearable series featuring LTPO AMOLED display technology, with FocalTech Systems being the exclusive supplier of related AMOLED TDDI chips.
Wednesday 10 August 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 2Q 2022

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Tuesday 2 August 2022
For Taiwanese fabless players, the US Chips Act bears little significance
The Chips and Science Act, after months of debates, finally made it through the US Congress and now waits for president Joe Biden's signature. Now, the global semiconductor industry...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
MediaTek trims sales outlook for 2022
MediaTek has lowered slightly its revenue growth forecast this year, due to inventory correction already taking place at customers and channel distributors.
Thursday 28 July 2022
Indian fabless startup voices concerns on chip manufacturing plans
Chip manufacturing has a 4-decade history in India, starting with Semiconductor Complex Limited (SCL) fab in the early '80s. However, this wasn't much of a success compared to the...
Tuesday 26 July 2022
India's fabless startup develops 5G broadcast chip
Saankhya Labs, an Indian fabless semiconductor company, has developed a chip using 5G broadcast technology, allowing mobile devices to receive video signals from traditional broadcast...
Tuesday 26 July 2022
MediaTek to see contract with Intel bring in more Wi-Fi chip biz
MediaTek has decided to include Intel as one of its foundry partners, as the fabless firm is looking to be among the Wi-Fi 6 chip suppliers for Intel's notebook CPU platform, according...
Friday 22 July 2022
MediaTek denies breaking into supply chain for Apple Watch
Speculation has been circulating in the chipmaking market that MediaTek will provide 4G modem chips for the Apple Watch with shipments slated to kick off in the second half of 2023...
Monday 18 July 2022
PSMC turns cautious as fabless customers start inventory correction
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has turned conservative about its business prospects for the rest of 2022, as display driver IC and other fabless chip customers kick off...
Tuesday 21 June 2022
Taiwan foundries to see fab utilization rates stay above 90% in 2H22
TSMC and other major Taiwan-based foundries have been running their fabs at full capacity utilization, but may see their fab utilization rates drop in the third quarter due to cutbacks...