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Tuesday 16 January 2024
Faraday to acquire Aragio Solutions
Faraday Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of fabless ASIC services and silicon IP, has announced plans to acquire silicon IP company Aragio Solutions through its subsidiary Sheng...
Tuesday 16 January 2024
China sees the largest annual drop in chip import value in 2023
According to the latest official figure, China saw its semiconductor import value drop by the most in recent years, signaling the US export curbs, China's indigenization efforts,...
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Disco plans investment for new semiconductor materials plant, responding to global demand surge
According to Nikkei, Japan-based semiconductor equipment provider Disco is anticipated to invest over JPY40 billion (US$273.8 million) to build a plant in Kure, Hiroshima...
Tuesday 16 January 2024
EgisTec to acquire IP company InPsytech
IC design house Egis Technology (EgisTec) has announced plans to acquire InPsytech, a silicon intellectual property company, for NT$4.7 billion (US$150.5 million).
Tuesday 16 January 2024
OLED DDI demand for smartphones to continue growth in 2024
OLED display driver IC (DDI) demand for mobile phones is expected to continue rising in 2024, thanks to the increasing adoption of OLED panels by Chinese mobile phone brands and the...
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Huawei chip design arm HiSilicon launches RISC-V MCUs
Through a chipmaking affiliate, Huawei has recently released RISC-V architecture-based MCUs, thereby advancing into the market for edge AI devices.
Monday 15 January 2024
More new features still to come for foldable devices in 2024
Foldable designs can not only be applied to smartphones, but it's also expanding into other product lines. Asus unveiled a portable folding display at CES 2024, while Austria's C-Seed...
Monday 15 January 2024
Wi-Fi 7 will bring more efficient bandwidth usage
The Wi-Fi 7 standard is officially set to be finalized in the first quarter of 2024 and IC design companies, including Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Realtek, are gearing up for...
Monday 15 January 2024
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix sprint toward sixth-gen HBM
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are speeding ahead with research and development to catch the sixth-generation HBM4 market.
Monday 15 January 2024
China sooner or later will 100% indigenize smartphone OLED panel supply chain
Thanks to Chinese smartphone vendors' effort to prioritize domestic procurement of key components, the local supply chain of organic light emitting diodes (OLED) has grown significantly...
Monday 15 January 2024
ST announces restructuring to accelerate time-to-market
STMicroelectronics has unveiled its upcoming organizational restructuring, set to take effect on February 5, 2024. The new organization is to "deliver enhanced product development...
Monday 15 January 2024
Apps will power China's AI says country's top engineer
China's tech experts want the country to seize AI applications initiative.
Monday 15 January 2024
Chinese satellite industry plays catchup as application and chip innovations hold the key forward
China's satellite industry is expecting a high-growth period driven by an increasing number of application scenarios, especially in the mobile and automotive sectors. Entering 2024,...
Monday 15 January 2024
China mulls great AI chip leap as Nvidia disappoints
Unimpressed by Nvidia's reduced performance GPU chips, Chinese cloud titans Alibaba and Tencent look to homegrown replacements.
Monday 15 January 2024
Taiwan's Phison to make high-end server hay with PCIe 5.0 retimer chips
Essential digital retimer chips needed for the server industry's upgrade from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0 are in short supply.