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Monday 27 November 2023
IC design houses grapple with unrelenting price-reduction pressures from customers and high raw material costs
While positive about their revenue performance returning to a growth track with high expectations for an economic upswing in 2024, most IC design houses in Taiwan continue to face...
Monday 27 November 2023
Challenges remain as system integrators self-developed chips against established IC design houses
As the AI era arrives, cloud service providers (CSP) have increasingly recognized the importance of high-performance computing (HPC) chips, and system integrators, hardware manufacturers,...
Thursday 23 November 2023
Taiwan memory IC design houses gearing up for edge AI boom
Taiwan-based memory IC design houses including Etron Technology and AP Memory have stepped up their deployment in the edge AI market segment, which is expected to grow through 2025...
Thursday 23 November 2023
PC market has bottom out, says IC distributor GMI
The PC market is bottoming out and will start recovering in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to IC distributor GMI Technology, which also expressed optimism about demand for...
Thursday 23 November 2023
IC suppliers see support from new handset models in 4Q23
Chinese brand vendors releasing new handset models are providing support for related peripheral IC suppliers' sales in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 22 November 2023
IC substrate market poised to decline in 2023
The global IC substrate market is poised to decline about 30% in 2023 as ABF substrate demand fails to pick up as anticipated, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 21 November 2023
IC backend houses see HPC chip order ramp-up
Taiwan-based IC backend houses are optimistic about their sales prospects for 2024, citing robust HPC chip orders.
Friday 17 November 2023
Taiwan IC industry production value projected to decline by 11% in 2023
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently unveiled its statistics for Taiwan's semiconductor industry, which includes IC design, IC manufacturing, IC packaging,...
Friday 17 November 2023
Sigurd gearing up for IC demand boom in 2026
In preparation for a surge in demand for semiconductors that is expected to come in 2026, Sigurd Microelectronics has begun expanding its production capacity, according to Charles...
Friday 17 November 2023
With unclear sales forecasts, car makers tighten automotive IC inventory
Although IC designers generally see high potential in automotive semiconductors for the mid to long-term since the fluctuating automobile market in 2023 has resulted in divergent...
Wednesday 15 November 2023
IC distributors post mixed October results
IC distributor WPG has reported October revenue declined 11.6% sequentially to NT$62.67 billion (US$1.94 billion), while revenue at fellow Taiwan-based peers WT Microelectronics and...
Wednesday 15 November 2023
IC packaging material distributors see demand pick up
Chang Wah Technology (CWTC), Niching Industrial, Topco Scientific, and Wahlee Industrial, among others, have observed an increase in demand for IC packaging materials and are generally...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
FocalTech upbeat about OLED touchscreen IC demand for handsets
Mobile phone demand is returning, and more Chinese handset manufacturers are incorporating OLED displays into their new models, according to FocalTech Systems. OLED touchscreen ICs...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses expect lower foundry prices in 1Q24
Pure-play foundries such as United Microelectronics (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), and Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) may lower their quotations...
Tuesday 14 November 2023
IC design houses see disappointing end-market demand in China
China's Double 11 online shopping festival has failed to generate end-market demand, with only a few brands like Xiaomi reporting decent sales, indicating that China's consumer market...