The emerging market for silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors is rapidly evolving from a startup-dominated business to one led by large-established...
TSMC and other pure-play foundries have seen their mature process capacity utilization rates decline, due mainly to a substantial cutback in orders for automotive electronics applications,...
Renesas Electronics has announced a decision to delegate IC distribution rights to only a few partners, with Taiwan's WT Microelectronics among them. WT is now also a main sales agent...
With analog sales of US$10.2 billion and a 19% market share, Texas Instruments held a firm grip on its position as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2019, according to IC...
Over the past decade, the IC industry has been paring down its older capacity as manufacturers have consolidated or transitioned to the fab-lite or fabless business models, according...
Macronix International has announced its secure flash memory is adopted for Renesas Electronics' embedded artificial intelligence solutions that use Arm-based processors for a range...
Renesas Electronics has announced it has developed an AI accelerator that performs CNN (convolutional neural network) processing at high speeds and low power to move towards the next...
Renesas is reportedly moving toward a fab-lite business model by temporarily shutting down some frontend and backend fabs, with its Taiwan-based OSAT partners including ASE, Ardentec,...
Taiwan-based Spirox, which distributes packaging and testing equipment, has signed a new contract with Japan's ShibaSoku under which Spirox will sell ShibaSoku's semiconductor test...
Taiwan-based IC test solutions provider Ardentec has enjoyed a ramp-up of orders for automotive MCUs, and is vying for new orders for testing Internet of Vehicles (IoV) communication...
Taiwan led all regions/countries in wafer capacity with 21.8% share, a slight increase from 21.3% in 2017, according to IC Insights. Taiwan first became the global wafer capacity...
The historic flood of merger and acquisition agreements that swept through the semiconductor industry in 2015 and 2016 slowed significantly in 2017 and then eased back further in...
As international IDMs are moving at full throttles to develop lucrative high-voltage automotive MOSFETs, Taiwan mid-end and back-end supply chain players are gearing up to win long-term...
Macronix International has announced that Renesas Electronics has implemented dedicated octa peripheral interface to support Macronix memory devices with serial multi I/O. Among these...
Taiwan-based Ardentec has seen revenues generated from orders for automotive MCUs account for 22-25% of its overall revenues, and the company is eyeing new orders for auto sensors...
