DIGITIMES Chips + Components news

Aug 18, 12:02

The semiconductor pipe dream? Engineer shortage likely to hamper fab investment effectiveness

Semiconductor companies throughout the world are already short of engineers to operate their current supply chains. How will new fabs to be built in the next few years find enough people to run the fabs? Talent shortage will be a key problem to address if countries want to ensure effectiveness of their investments.

MediaTek sucessfully links smartphone with satellite, further into a 5G space race

Aug 18, 15:32

AMD and Intel's data center competition has a new frontier: silicon photonics

Aug 18, 12:30

CCL firm Iteq warns of price competition

Aug 18, 10:51

Wi-Fi 6 SoC demand stays robust, say IC distributors

Aug 18, 10:07

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IC DESIGN, DISTRIBUTIONIC design houses to see revenues drop further in August, September

Aug 18, 10:29

Many IC design houses will likely see their revenue continue declining in August and September due to the ongoing inventory adjustments at major clients, according to industry sources.

IC DESIGN, DISTRIBUTIONSunplus cautious about 2H22 amid macro headwinds

Aug 18, 10:20

IC design house Sunplus Technology has expressed caution about its business prospects for the second half of 2022, as customers request shipment deferrals amid inflation and other macro concerns.

IC DESIGN, DISTRIBUTIONTelecom spec upgrades in China to buoy Realtek

Aug 18, 08:59

Realtek Semiconductor and its sales agent GMI Technology are poised to benefit from telecom infrastructure upgrades in China, as they have won major procurement bids introduced by China's top-3 telecom carriers, according to industry sources.

PASSIVE, PCB, OTHER IC COMPONENTSTong Hsing building new plant in Taiwan

Aug 17

CMOS image sensor (CIS) packaging service provider Tong Hsing Electronic Industries is constructing its fourth plant in northern Taiwan, with the facility to begin production in the first or second quarter of 2023 and focus on packaging automotive CIS and power modules, according to company president Chang Chia-shuai.

IC DESIGN, DISTRIBUTIONSouth Korea-based IC designers dominate global supply of OLED DDI

Aug 17

South Korea-based IC design houses together occupied 79% of the global supply of OLED display driver ICs (DDI) in the first quarter of 2022, South Korea-based ETNews cited Omdia as indicating.

IC MANUFACTURINGSEA countries have their own ways of securing chips

Aug 17

As DIGITIMES Asia notes, with reports of high demand for chips, most governments in SEA are in precarious positions as they struggle to meet the demand. SEA countries, one after another, have the intention to build their domestic semiconductor ecosystems, including Indonesia and Vietnam.

PASSIVE, PCB, OTHER IC COMPONENTSPCB players Eiso, Aurona see diversification efforts bear fruit

Aug 17

Taiwan-based niche-market PCB maker Eiso Enterprise and PCB materials vendor Aurona Industries have been diversifying their target market segments with the efforts bearing fruits, according to industry sources.

IC MANUFACTURINGFavite develops AOI equipment for microLED production

Aug 17

Taiwan-based Favite has disclosed it has developed AOI equipment for use in production of microLED chips and panels.

PASSIVE, PCB, OTHER IC COMPONENTSEternal Materials expanding dry film photoresist production capacity in China

Aug 17

Chemical materials maker Eternal Materials has disclosed it is expanding production capacity for dry film photoresist at its factory in Suzhou, China, with the additional capacity to come into operation in fourth-quarter 2022.

IC MANUFACTURINGChinese IC industry counts on chiplet to mitigate US sanctions

Aug 17

As US sanctions continue to intensify, China's semiconductor industry has been looking for ways to bypass the curbs. Chiplet, a modular approach of chip design that integrates multiple circuit blocks on an interposer, is one of the alternatives being explored by the Chinese semiconductor industry to stay competitive.

IC MANUFACTURINGRobust vertical probe card demand to buoy MPI 3Q22 sales

Aug 17

Semiconductor probe card and test equipment supplier MPI continues to see a ramp-up in vertical probe card (VPC) orders for network communications and automotive chips. It is expected to post flat or slight revenue growth sequentially in the third quarter of 2022, according to market sources.