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Thursday 25 November 2021
EVs the biggest business opportunity for Taiwan since PCs, says PSMC chairman Frank Huang
Electric vehicles (EV) have been one of the most talked-about topics of 2021. In Taiwan, in addition to Foxconn's MIH Alliance recently surpassing 2,000 members, Powerchip Semiconductor...
Thursday 25 November 2021
Audio IC shortage easing
Notebook-use audio IC shortages are easing, with the supply shortfall expected to narrow next year, according to industry sources.
Thursday 25 November 2021
TSMC outsources part of CoWoS packaging production to OSATs
TSMC has outsourced part of its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging to OSATs including Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) and...
Thursday 25 November 2021
Samsung looks to involve domestic IC designers in 3nm foundry ecosystem
Samsung Electronics has introduced a new strategy to quickly involve South Korean IC designers in the 3nm foundry ecosystem by strengthening its 3nm semiconductor foundry design support...
Thursday 25 November 2021
LCD TV panel prices to rebound in 1Q21 or 2Q21, says AUO president
Better-than-expected TV sales during China's Double 11 online shopping festival signals that global demand for TVs is beginning to pick up, and LCD TV panel prices will rebound in...
Thursday 25 November 2021
Industry watch: Taiwan, a game changer
According to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the global semiconductor manufacturing revenue including wafer foundry and IC package and testing industries, grew...
Thursday 25 November 2021
GaN Systems, USI partner to accelerate GaN adoption in EVs
GaN Systems has announced a strategic partnership with Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a subsidiary of ASE Technology, to co-develop GaN power modules for the electric vehicle...
Thursday 25 November 2021
Samsung to set up advanced wafer fab in Texas
Samsung Electronics has announced plans to invest an estimated US$17 billion in the establishment of a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas. The fab will be dedicated...
Thursday 25 November 2021
New Samsung fab in Texas to eye orders from major US vendors
Samsung Electronics has disclosed plans to set up an advanced wafer fab in Texas. The new fab that will be equipped with advanced process manufacturing equipment and facilities will...
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Highlights of the day: Smartphone chip vendors reserving 12-inch fab capacity for PWMICs
Shortage of foundry supply is sending major smartphone application processors vendors booking 12-inch fab capacity in advance to facilitate shipments of their power...
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Samsung Display to expand OLED panel capacity
Samsung Display (SDC) is poised to expand production capacity for TV-use QD-OLED panels or IT-use OLED panels in South Korea, according to local media.
Wednesday 24 November 2021
TV IC demand to pick up as early as 1Q22
TV-related IC demand is expected to pick up as early as the first quarter of 2022 following a slowdown in TV market sales seen since the third quarter of 2021, according to sources...
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Quartz component maker Siward expects supply to remain tight in 1H22
Quartz component supplier Siward Crystal Technology expects the overall industry supply to remain tight in the first half of 2022, as suppliers' capacity expansion pace fails to catch...
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Smartphone AP suppliers demanding 12-inch fab capacity for PWM ICs
Smartphone application processor vendors including Apple, Qualcomm and MediaTek have moved to reserve the available 12-inch BCD (bipolar-CMOS-DMOS) process capacity at foundries for...
Wednesday 24 November 2021
Will Qualcomm bet on Samsung's 3nm process?
Qualcomm announced plans to launch its next-gen Arm-based SoC, "designed to set the performance benchmark for Windows PCs."