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Friday 2 December 2022
ST and Soitec cooperate on SiC substrate manufacturing technology
STMicroelectronics and Soitec have announced the next stage of their cooperation on silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, with the qualification of Soitec's SiC substrate technology by...
Thursday 24 November 2022
Automotive clients reducing inventory of components not in short supply
Automakers reportedly are scaling down orders for components which have long been in stable supply or have become more easily available, so as to reduce inventory costs, while some...
Friday 18 November 2022
Taiwan chipmakers eyeing metalens opportunities
Taiwan-based III-V semiconductor and optical sensor companies are all gearing up for a boom in demand for metalens-based VR and AR devices from Meta, Sony and other vendors, according...
Tuesday 1 November 2022
Tier 0.5 to rise as new trend amid car supply chain restructuring
With the electronic/electrical architecture (EEA) gaining application momentum in the development of intelligent vehicles, the automotive supply chain is also being restructured,...
Tuesday 1 November 2022
Automotive IGBT supply stays tight
Automotive insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) and a few other power ICs are still in tight supply, according to sources at IC distributors.
Monday 31 October 2022
TSMC sees major clients continue order cuts, but remains confident about 2023
With semiconductor inventory woes intensifying at supply chains, even TSMC cannot withstand the subsequent order-cutting storm, as many of its top-10 clients have cut more orders...
Friday 28 October 2022
STMircrolectronics sticks with capex plan; backlog visibility well above 2023 planned capacity
Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics reported a Q3 net revenues of US$4.32 billion, a sequential increase of 12.6%, and a year-on-year increase of 35.2%. ST also reported its...
Tuesday 25 October 2022
SiC wafer industry status

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Friday 21 October 2022
Global 200mm fab capacity to surge 20% through 2025, says SEMI
Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are expected to see their combined 200mm fab capacity increase 20% from 2021 through 2025, adding 13 new 200mm lines as the industry reaches...
Friday 7 October 2022
STMicroelectronics to invest in Italian fab, aiming to source 40% of SiC in-house by 2024
The Switzerland-based STMicroelectronics (ST) is to invest EUR730 million (approx. US$716 million) over the next five years to build a silicon carbide (SiC) fab in Italy - its first...
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Chinese car vendors asking for China-made ICs
Chinese car vendors have asked chip suppliers, including foreign ones, to place wafer starts for their demand with China-based foundries as China accelerates its push for IC self-sufficiency,...
Monday 26 September 2022
Demand for driving safety monitoring chips on track to grow fast
Chip demand for driving safety is poised to enter a period of rapid growth as many countries are introducing regulations requiring installation of related safety systems, including...
Tuesday 16 August 2022
China OSAT Tongfu sees limited impact from order cuts
China-based OSAT Tongfu Microelectronics, who now commands 80% of AMD's outsourced backend orders, has said its business results will see only limited impact from order cuts amid...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Automotive IGBT lead times prolonged to 50 weeks
Delivery lead times for automotive-qualified IGBTs have been prolonged to 50 weeks or more, with the component shortage showing no sign of easing, according to industry sources in...
Monday 1 August 2022
Sumitomo Metal Mining to build 8-inch SiC substrate prototype line
Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) has decided to construct a new 8-inch direct bonded SiC wafer substrate mass-production prototype line, which will be completed for March 2024...