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Wednesday 14 August 2024
Japanese wafer majors report falling sales amid slow chip recovery
Shin-Etsu Chemical and Sumco, which account for approximately 50% of the global wafer market, have both reported a decline in demand for the April-June 2024 quarter compared to the...
Tuesday 13 August 2024
Japanese breakthrough in energy-efficient EUV tech could propel advances in the field
Japanese researchers have developed a groundbreaking new technology that could revolutionize the semiconductor industry.
Friday 9 August 2024
TASC seeking new SiC manufacturing site
Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor Corporation (TASC) is actively boosting its silicon carbide (SiC) production capacity and is currently in talks to select a location for a new factory. If...
Thursday 8 August 2024
Infineon opens new SiC fab in Malaysia
Infineon Technologies is set to unveil a new silicon carbide (SiC) wafer fab at its plant site in Kulim, Malaysia, which aims to move from 6-inch to 8-inch production in 2025. Malaysia's...
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...
Friday 2 August 2024
GaN semiconductors ride AI wave into robotics, data centers
Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, having made a strong debut with fast chargers for consumer electronics, are now finding fresh opportunities in AI servers, data centers, and...
Wednesday 31 July 2024
Faraday expects 10% revenue growth in 3Q24
Faraday Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of fabless ASIC services and silicon IP, anticipates a sequential increase in revenue of approximately 10% in the third quarter of 2024...
Thursday 25 July 2024
AMD delays Ryzen series launch due to quality issues
AMD has postponed the Ryzen 9000 series launch due to quality issues found in initial production units. The company is replacing affected chips and has confirmed a packaging, not...
Wednesday 24 July 2024
Onsemi selected to power next-gen VW EV
Onsemi has announced a landmark supply agreement with Volkswagen (VW) - the world's second-largest automaker - to provide a complete power box solution for its next-generation electric...
Monday 22 July 2024
Weekly news roundup: China's secret semiconductor exports surge; a SWOT analysis of India's semiconductor industry
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of July 15 – July 19.
Thursday 18 July 2024
SK Hynix on track to explore interposer-free HBM4 production
In vying for Nvidia's next-generation memory orders, SK Hynix is prioritizing cost reduction through a more radical approach: eliminating silicon interposers entirely from HBM4 production,...
Wednesday 17 July 2024
GlobalWafers receives US$400 million of CHIPS Act funding
On July 17, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a non-binding Preliminary Memorandum of Terms (PMT) between the US Department of Commerce and GlobalWafers America, LLC and MEMC...
Wednesday 17 July 2024
China's solar industry finds oasis in the Middle East
With trade barriers from Europe and the US against Chinese solar imports, the Middle East, which is currently moving toward clean energy transformation and enjoys good trade relationships...
Monday 15 July 2024
L&T Semiconductor eyes mid-term GaN fab development
L&T Semiconductor Tech, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, plans to focus on semiconductor IC design in its initial phase, followed by the development of...
Thursday 11 July 2024
GlobalFoundries advances SiPh tech amid data center interconnectivity demand optimism
GlobalFoundries (GF) is optimistic that silicon photonics (SiPh) will become a key growth area for the future data center market. In a recent interview with All About Circuits, Vikas...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research