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Monday 11 July 2022
PMIC vendors likely to have more 8-inch fab capacity for 2023
Tight capacity supply at 8-inch wafer fabs is on track to ease on weakening demand for large-size display driver ICs, CMOS image sensors (CIS) and even power management ICs (PMIC)...
Monday 11 July 2022
Asia IC50: Who dominates IC design industry in Asia
Looking at the revenue numbers of these 50 companies in Asia IC50 provides good indicators of the health of the overall IC design ecosystem.
Monday 11 July 2022
Intel hires TSMC OIP executive to build ecosystem alliance
How fast can Intel build up its foundry business ecosystem? Perhaps in a few years, as it has successfully acquired TSMC's Open Innovation Platform (OIP) former helmsman to help it...
Monday 11 July 2022
TSMC sees 2Q22 revenue top NT$500 billion
TSMC saw its quarterly revenue top the NT$500 billion (US$16.8 billion) mark for the first time in the second quarter of 2022.
Friday 8 July 2022
IC designers see deployments in automotive applications paying off
Taiwan's IC designers have seen their deployments in automotive applications gradually paying off, but revenues generated from the segment can still hardly offset the ongoing declines...
Friday 8 July 2022
OmniVision eyeing entry into Tata Motors supply chain
OmniVision Technologies is eyeing entry into the supply chain of India-based Tata Motors with its automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS), according to industry sources.
Friday 8 July 2022
Novatek misses 2Q22 sales guidance
Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported June revenue fell 25.7% sequentially, with total revenue for the second quarter coming below its guidance given...
Friday 8 July 2022
Intel CEO may visit Taiwan in August
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger may visit Taiwan and meet with TSMC in August to discuss their cooperation for the 3nm process, as the upcoming Meteor Lake CPUs have been rescheduled to begin...
Thursday 7 July 2022
IC design houses caught in dilemma over LTAs with foundries
Long-term agreements (LTAs) signed with foundry partners have caught IC design houses in a dilemma over whether they should honor the contracts in the second half of the year amid...
Thursday 7 July 2022
OLED DDI supply remains tight with stable prices in 2H22
OLED display driver ICs (DDI) remains in relatively tight supply with prices expected to stay put in the second half of the year, and suppliers are pinning their hopes on the chip...
Thursday 7 July 2022
Realtek enjoys another quarter of record revenue
Network IC specialist Realtek Semiconductor saw its revenue hit a record high for the second consecutive quarter in the second quarter of 2022. Revenue totaled NT$60.26 billion (US$2.02...
Thursday 7 July 2022
IC IDMs see lead times shorten
Deceleration in pull-ins of orders for HPC and handset chips has significantly shortened delivery lead times at IDMs, according to industry sources in China. However, the available...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
IC inspection labs to embrace strong 3Q22
Slowdowns in handsets and other consumer electronics areas have prompted brand device vendors to accelerate their pace of inventory correction, but the vendors and core chip suppliers...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
ESMT upbeat about customized SoC memory demand
Demand for customized SoC memory solutions remains relatively brisk compared to conventional memory chips, according to Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT). The memory IC...
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Taiwan GaAs foundries to see fab utilization rates rise in 3Q22
GaAs foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC) are both expected to see their fab capacity utilization rates pick up in the third quarter of 2022, according...