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Wednesday 9 February 2022
Networking chip vendor Realtek guardedly optimistic about 1H22
Networking IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor expects the market momentum for commercial and communications infrastructure applications to stay robust in the first half of 2022, but...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Taiwan firms put increased focus on high-ASP MCUs
Taiwan-based microcontroller companies including Nuvoton Technology and Weltrend Semiconductor intend to put increased focus on high-ASP (average selling price) products while reducing...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Industry watch: Race of next-generation node process
Competition between leading semiconductor players TSMC, Intel and Samsung has been in the news quite often lately. To my knowledge, TSMC dominates business opportunities in 7nm and...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Silicon Motion looks to SSD controllers for 2022 growth
Flash device controller IC supplier Silicon Motion Technology, which delivered record operating results in 2021, expects that 2022 will be another banner year for the company because...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
China smartphone AP shipments, 4Q 2021
Fourth-quarter 2021 smartphone AP shipments to China-based vendors amounted to 171.2 million units, plunging 30.8% from the prior quarter mainly as China-based vendors faced the situation...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Global tablet market, 4Q 2021
Global tablet shipments amounted to 37.13 million units in fourth-quarter 2021, up 5.4% from the prior quarter but down 20.2% from the prior year, as the tablet market continued to...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Nan Ya PCB posts record January revenue
Nan Ya PCB has reported its consolidated revenue climbed 33.6% on year to a record high of NT$5.24 billion (US$188.3 million) in January 2022.
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Toshiba to split into two standalone companies
Toshiba has provided an update on its reorganization plan disclosed in November 2021, announcing its intention to separate the company into two standalone companies - Toshiba Infrastructure...
Wednesday 9 February 2022
Nvidia and SoftBank terminate Arm acquisition deal
Nvidia and SoftBank Group have announced the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby the former would acquire Arm from the latter. The parties said they agreed...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Infineon aims to ramp up in-house production in 2022
German-based automotive and power semiconductor supplier Infineon is planning to ramp up in-house production in 2022 as it expects semiconductor demand to continue to outweigh the...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Increased functionality, NEV growth drive automotive chip demand
Increased functionality and the emergence of new energy vehicles (NEVs) are intensifying the automotive chip shortage, according to supply chain companies.
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Mirle fulfills NT$1 billion worth of orders from AUO
AU Optronics (AUO) has announced the purchase of a batch of equipment from Mirle Automation for NT$1.02 billion (US$36.6 million).
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Highlights of the day: Apple suppliers during holiday reportedly for new MacBook Pro
Apple's suppliers were kept busy during the Lunar New New holiday reportedly making new MacBook Pro set for launch...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Intel embraces RISC-V for foundry service business opportunities
Intel announced a new US$1 billion fund on February 7 to build a foundry innovation ecosystem and will collaborate with several RISC-V standard IC design firms. Meanwhile, RISC-V...
Tuesday 8 February 2022
Wi-Fi chip vendors working closely with foundries
Wi-Fi core chip suppliers, including MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor, have moved to work more closely with their foundry partners, eyeing a more significant market share this year,...