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Tuesday 11 January 2022
Taiwan fabless chipmakers see limited impact from power outage at Hua Hong fabs
A recent power outage at Hua Hong Semiconductor's wafer fabs located at the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai has so far had a limited impact on Taiwan-based fabless chipmakers' deliveries,...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Taiwan III-V IC makers gearing up for robust RF, PA demand
Taiwan-based gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundries including Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor (AWSC), and epi-wafer suppliers such as Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Distributors of ICs, materials upbeat about demand for servers in 2022
Semiconductor material distributors are optimistic about demand from the server sector in 2022, particularly from US cloud service platforms (CSP) operators Google, Meta, Microsoft...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
TSMC to enjoy 30% revenue surge in 2022
TSMC is expected to see its revenue in US dollar terms grow about 30% to another record high in 2022, but may face challenges to keep profit growth going, according to sources at...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
GlobalWafers reports record 2021 revenue
Silicon wafer company GlobalWafers saw its revenue climb by over 10% on year to a record high of NT$61.13 billion (US$2.21 billion) in 2021.
Tuesday 11 January 2022
OLED DDI demand to boom for handset, automotive applications in 2022
OLED display drive IC (DDI) demand for handset and automotive applications is set to grow sharply in 2022 allowing DDI backend specialists ChipMos Technologies and Chipbond Technology...
Monday 10 January 2022
Highlights of the day: Foundry houses unlikely to raise quotes in 2Q22
Taiwan-based foundries are likely to avoid raising IC manufacturing service quotes in the second quarter of 2022,...
Monday 10 January 2022
Lead times for high-end SoC testers extend to over 6 months, says Advantest
It will take at least six months for Advantest to deliver its high-end SoC testing equipment as shortage of key chip components needed to power the equipment has constrained the company's...
Monday 10 January 2022
Global wafer foundry industry analysis and forecast, 2022
Digitimes Research believes 2021 were a fruitful year for the global foundry industry thanks to strong order momentum and is optimistic about its outlook going into 2022.
Monday 10 January 2022
HTC to invest in China semiconductor investment funds
HTC has announced that its subsidiary HTC Electronics (Shanghai) will invest in two semiconductor industry funds in China to get access of chip supplies.
Monday 10 January 2022
Innolux unveils miniLED-backlit gaming panel
Innolux has unveiled a 27-inch 1,440p IGZO 300Hz miniLED-backlit gaming panel matched with Nvidia-developed Esports Vibrance, Dual-Format, and Reflex Analyzer functions for its GPU,...
Monday 10 January 2022
Taiwan foundries may freeze quotes in 2Q22
Taiwan pure-play foundries are likely to freeze their quotes in the second quarter of 2022, as their fabless and IDM clients find it increasingly difficult to pass rising costs onto...
Monday 10 January 2022
Apple devices supply chain to sustain strong shipments till Chinese New Year
Shipments from supply chain partners for Apple devices are expected to remain in high gear through at least Chinese New Year holiday in early February, as buying sentiment for iPhones,...
Monday 10 January 2022
Importance of Southeast Asia semiconductor industry highlighted by COVID-19
The impact of COVID-19 on the global semiconductor industry has varied by region, as main chip production bases such as Taiwan and South Korea have dealt well with the pandemic. However,...
Monday 10 January 2022
AMD latest 3D desktop processor to adopt TSMC SoIC technology
AMD has launched its first 3D desktop processor for the consumer segment at CES 2022, which is expected to be fabricated by TSMC using 3D SoIC (system on integrated chips) technology,...