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Wednesday 23 September 2020
SEMICON Taiwan 2020 opens
SEMICON Taiwan 2020 has kicked off in Taipei and will run through Friday, highlighting 15 theme pavilions and innovation zones as well as 19 international forums on-site and online...
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Royole rolls out 5G foldable smartphone
China-based flexible panel maker Royole has rolled out its second foldable smartphone, the Flex Pai 2, which is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 CPU supporting 5G technology.
Wednesday 23 September 2020
Top-10 semiconductor suppliers continue to grow in 2Q20, says Omdia
Building on bullish growth in first-quarter 2020 in weak market conditions, the world's top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to continue their revenue growth at a rate of 2.4% in...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Highlights of the day: 8-inch foundry quotes rising
Supply of 8-inch foundry capacity has been tight, with delivery lead time extending to three to four months. Rush orders placed with 8-inch...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Egis files infringement complaint against Goodix
Taiwan-based Egis Technology (EgisTec) has filed a patent complaint with Beijing's Intellectural Property Court against China-based Goodix Technology for allegedly infringing on one...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Notebook power IC prices poised to hike on tight foundry capacity
Taiwanese IC designers are likely to raise their quotes for power management ICs and MOSFETs for notebooks, desktop PCs and servers to reflect increased costs resulting from tight...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
LeddarTech acquires Phantom Intelligence assets
LeddarTech, a developer in level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Phantom Intelligence, including all of its intellectual property...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Taiwan MOSFET suppliers prioritize high-margin orders amid tight foundry capacity
Taiwan-based MOSFET chip suppliers have stopped accepting low-margin orders, while giving supply priorities to established clients amid tight capacity at upstream 8-inch foundry fabs,...
Tuesday 22 September 2020
Sonix brace for strong sales through year-end 2020
IC-design house Sonix Technology is poised for strong sales through the end of 2020, having seen its revenues hit the second highest ever in August thanks to robust demand for its...
Monday 21 September 2020
Highlights of the day: TSMC reportedly adopts GAA transistors for 2nm chips
TSMC's has disclosed that its 3nm process will continue to adopt a FinFET structure, but the foundry reportedly will take a new approach to its 2nm...
Monday 21 September 2020
Arm acquisition to enhance Nvidia datacenter biz, says Digitimes Research
Nvidia's GPU and AI solutions have seen strong demand from the datacenter market segment, and its acquisition of Arm should help complement the business.
Monday 21 September 2020
Qualcomm seeking to shift orders from SMIC, says report
Executives at Qualcomm have paid visits to Taiwan-based pure-play foundries for the purpose of securing capacity support if deliveries from China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International...
Monday 21 September 2020
HDD demand picking up thanks to surging Chromebook orders
Robust demand for Chromebooks from the education segment has not only led to shortages of entry-level processors and LCD panels, but also spurred demand for hard disc drives (HDDs),...
Monday 21 September 2020
Opportunities amid macro uncertainty: Q&A with Avnet Asia-Pacific president Prince Yun
The coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the escalating US-China trade war, have prompted businesses to revise their roadmaps and goals for 2020. Disruptions brought by the pandemic...
Monday 21 September 2020
North American semi equipment industry billings continue growth
August billings among North American manufacturers of semiconductor production equipment registered sequential growth for the second consecutive month.