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Friday 28 October 2022
RichWave expects orders to pick up substantially in 1H23
Taiwan-based RichWave Technology, which specializes in Wi-Fi FEM (front-end module) solutions, expects a substantial pick-up in customer orders as early as the first half of 2023.
Friday 28 October 2022
MediaTek keen on promoting Wi-Fi 7 for AIoT applications
Despite Wi-Fi core chips recently starting to show signs of a slowdown, leading chipmakers like Broadcom, Qualcomm and MediaTek are still in full swing for the deployment of Wi-Fi...
Wednesday 26 October 2022
Wi-Fi chip prices come under downward pressure
Wi-Fi chip prices have come under downward pressure as suppliers see inventory swell, according to industry sources. Pressure is coming from an overall decline in Wi-Fi chip demand...
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Backend houses see shrinking demand for consumer Wi-Fi core chips in 4Q22
Wi-Fi SoC demand for consumer applications has experienced a slowdown since September and is expected to continue shrinking in the fourth quarter, which in turn is driving chip vendors...
Friday 7 October 2022
RF BAW filter maker Akoustis builds Asia-Pacific foothold in Taiwan
Akoustis Technologies, a US-based IDM of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band filters for mobile and other wireless applications, has located its Asia-Pacific foothold in Taoyuan, northern...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Taiwan 6-inch foundries brace for weak 2H22
Taiwan-based 6-inch foundries are bracing for a particularly weak second half of this year, due to the falling demand for handset power amplifiers (PA) and other related chip solutions,...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Sigurd sees stable demand for wireless and HPC chips
IC testing house Sigurd Microelectronics has enjoyed stable demand for wireless and HPC chips, enabling it to post about flat sequential revenue growth in September.
Wednesday 28 September 2022
China firms step up deployment in Wi-Fi chip market
China-based IC design houses, such as Espressif Systems, have stepped up their deployment in the Wi-Fi chip market by targeting a wide range of IoT device applications.
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Smartphones supporting Wi-Fi 7 may arrive as early as 2H24
The first smartphones supporting much faster Wi-Fi 7 connections may debut as early as the second half of 2024, according to sources at IC backend houses and inspection labs.
Thursday 8 September 2022
IC inspection labs see demand for network chips remain strong
Taiwan's IC inspection and certification labs including Sporton International, Audix and BTL continue to enjoy strong demand for Wi-Fi and other network chips, with order visibility...
Thursday 1 September 2022
InP epi-wafer demand promising for niche-market applications
InP-based epitaxial wafer demand will be promising for niche-market applications, particularly optical communication uses bolstered by continuous construction of large-size datacenters...
Thursday 18 August 2022
Wi-Fi 6 SoC demand stays robust, say IC distributors
Wi-Fi 6 SoC demand has been robust with suppliers such as Realtek Semiconductor still incapable of fulfilling the orders they have on hand, according to sources at IC distributors.
Tuesday 9 August 2022
IC design houses striving to clear inventory by end-2022
Taiwan-based IC design houses are all striving to clear inventory by the end of this year while also seeking to defer schedules for fulfilling LTAs (long term agreements) with foundry...
Monday 8 August 2022
Sercomm sees robust order visibility through 1Q23
Taiwan-based network device vendor Sercomm has seen backlog of orders till the first quarter of 2023, and is optimistic that its revenues and profits will ramp up along with the gradual...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Sigurd continues to enjoy strong testing demand for Wi-Fi SoCs
IC testing house Sigurd Microelectronics expects to sustain high capacity utilization in the second half of 2022, buoyed by strong demand for Wi-Fi SoCs, despite weakening demand...