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Wednesday 1 December 2021
Nichidenbo upbeat about passive component demand in 2022
Taiwan-based Nichidenbo, which distributes capacitors, MLCCs and other passive components for vendors such as Nippon Chemi-Con and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), has expressed...
Monday 29 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Price hikes ahead for networking and memory ICs

Chipmakers and IC distributors of networking chips...

Monday 29 November 2021
IC distributors see order visibility for Wi-Fi SoCs through 1H22
Distributors of niche-type ICs such as networking chips are poised to benefit from quote hikes for Wi-Fi 5 SoCs that see an increasingly severe shortage, with their order visibility...
Monday 29 November 2021
Chipmakers to rev up production of Wi-Fi 6/6E SoCs in 2022
Wi-Fi SoCs in diverse specs are all in short supply, and chipmakers are stepping up production and shipments of Wi-Fi 6/6E chipsets amid tight foundry capacity supply looking to gain...
Tuesday 23 November 2021
New MediaTek TV SoC built using TSMC 7nm process
MediaTek has unveiled its new Pentonic smart TV SoC family with the introduction of the 2000 series, which will power next generation flagship 8K TVs. The new SoC series is the world's...
Monday 22 November 2021
Highlights of the day: What hinders 8-inch wafer capacity boost?
8-inch wafer foundries are experiencing challenges in boosting 8-inch wafer capacity. Now, most of the foundries still...
Monday 22 November 2021
Major US chipmakers gearing up for 6nm Wi-Fi 7 SoCs
Leading Wi-Fi chipmakers Qualcomm, Broadcom and even Intel are keenly developing Wi-Fi 7 SoCs, and may have their chips manufactured at TSMC using 6N RF process, looking to meet the...
Friday 19 November 2021
AMD, MediaTek teaming up
AMD and MediaTek have jointly announced a collaboration to co-engineer industry-leading Wi-Fi solutions, starting with the AMD RZ600 series Wi-Fi 6E modules containing MediaTek's...
Thursday 18 November 2021
Testing house Sigurd expects orders for auto ICs to ramp up in 2022
Sigurd Microelectronics, which specializes in wafer probing and final testing of ICs, expects to enjoy growing revenue generated from orders for automotive chips including networking...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Arcadyan sees order visibility extended to end-2022
Taiwan-based networking device maker Arcadyan Technology has seen clear order visibility through the end of 2022, and is therefore optimistic about its operations next year, according...
Thursday 11 November 2021
Networking device makers expect chip shortage to persist in 2022
ICs manufactured with mature process nodes, particularly power management ICs (PMIC), MOSFET and Wi-Fi chips, are expected to remain in short supply until the middle of 2022, according...
Wednesday 10 November 2021
Compal Broadband expects Wi-Fi 6 to fuel replacement demand in Europe in 2022
Networking device provider Compal Broadband Networks (CBN) expects Wi-Fi 6 to trigger replacement demand in Europe starting 2022, and is therefore optimistic about its operations...
Monday 8 November 2021
Production of iPhone 13 series accelerates as IC shortage eases
The shortage of IC components emerging in early October for iPhone 13 series is gradually easing as suppliers increase production, with assemblers on track to step up manufacturing...
Friday 5 November 2021
Networking device makers post gross margin increases in 3Q21
Taiwan-based networking device makers managed to post sequential gross margin increases in the third quarter of 2021, despite the ongoing chip and component shortage disrupting their...
Wednesday 3 November 2021
Networking IC suppliers raising prices
Networking IC suppliers including MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor have raised their Wi-Fi chip prices by 20% or more, prompting device assemblers and makers to also raise their...