COMPUTEX 2023 will be held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1 & Hall 2, from May 30 to June 2 with over 1,000 exhibitors from 17 countries using 3,000 booths, focusing on six major themes: high-performance comp......more

With billions of devices connected to cloud applications and services, secure programming and provisioning of integrated circuits form the foundation for protecting chips. The journey to understand the security challenges ......more

In the run-up to the planned IPO in New York, Arm is reportedly developing an advanced chip to showcase its design capability, risking its relationship with major customers, such as Qualcomm and MediaTek. Financial Times, qu......more

NeoGene Tech, a Guangzhou-based Taiwanese thermal management solution provider, has in Q3 2022 supported Xiaomi to successfully launch its flagship 5G smartphone, Xiaomi 12S Ultra, with excellent thermal dissipation performance......more

The 40th edition of the International VLSI Symposium on Technology, Systems and Applications (VLSI TSA) kicked off on April 17 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The symposium focuses on the convergence of semiconductors and cutting-edge......more

The vast stretch of land lying a kilometer north of the German city of Grossenhain, Saxony has long been a part of the country's military history: at the onset of World War 1, the fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, bette......more

BARCELONA, Spain—While 5G is still in the early stages of deployment in many markets, and most commercially available networks are non-standalone, the industry is already experimenting with the possibilities of next-gener......more

According to Taiwan's representative to India, Baushuan Ger, Indian economic and trade authorities have been keen on forging ties with Taiwan, hoping to have Taiwanese firms construct plants in India. People may still be sk......more

"When I did my research at Stanford University, the cleanroom was mainly staffed by those from East Asia and India," recalled Dr. Chih-Huang Lai, Vice Dean of the College of Semiconductor Research under Taiwan's N......more

Every open standard needs a robust ecosystem if it is to be widely adopted—and that includes testing and verification capabilities. Just as vendors have rallied around the rapidly evolving Compute Express Link (CXL) ......more

Nvidia has built a software library for the acceleration of computational lithography workloads, enabling order-of-magnitude speedups for these workloads when combined with the latest GPU hardware. The library, CuLitho, will be......more

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA —  Gordon Moore, the Intel Corp. co-founder who set the breakneck pace of progress in the digital age with a simple 1965 prediction of how quickly engineers would boost the capacity of co......more

BARCELONA, Spain—At last week’s Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC23), Open RAN and private 5G were two of the biggest topics dictating cellular industry discussion. Technologists involved in hardware and software for ......more

Applied Materials has introduced its new Centura Sculpta pattern-shaping system that promises to provide a cost-effective alternative to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography double patterning used to print dense interconnect l......more

The European Chips Act is the EU’s response to the global chip shortages we’ve seen since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The legislation proposes a series of initiatives to support semiconductor R&D and man......more

BEIJING —  China’s government on Thursday criticized the Netherlands for joining Washington in blocking Chinese access to technology to manufacture advanced processor chips on security and human rights groun......more

Israeli chip startup Hailo has added three new vision AI chips designed for different use cases from the Hailo-8. While the Hailo-8 has mainly been used as a co-processor for vision processing in industrial edge boxes and aggre......more

San Diego, CA — March 6, 2023 — AvicenaTech Corp., a privately held company in Sunnyvale, CA, has partnered with ams OSRAM to develop high-volume manufacturing of GaN microLED arrays for its industry-leading Li......more

EdgeQ, a startup led by former Qualcomm executives, plans to introduce its first chip for 5G private networks in the middle of this year. Before that, the company is set to hold a technology demonstration with customer Vodafone......more

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) is focusing its rules for companies that aim to win the largest part of the $52 billion in CHIPS Act subsidies on national security. Analysts told EE Times the U.S. expectations are set hig......more

South Korea's semiconductor industry, which Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have led, faces a double whammy amid falling memory prices and a tighter US ban on China. According to Yonhap, due to the 42.5% fall in se......more

Japan-based chip equipment maker Ulvac has announced an investment project for a new technology R&D site. The site will be located in South Korea to satisfy client demand. According to multiple reports from Japanese medi......more

In this episode, we talk about chiplets, 3D stacking, heterogenous integration, and multi-die systems design. Stanford University’s Subhasish Mitra talks about his keynote at the HiPEAC conference, where he talked about u......more

Ambiq Micro is the latest microcontroller maker to build its own AI-focused software development kit (SDK). The combination of Ambiq’s Neural Spot AI SDK with its ultra-low power sub-threshold and near-threshold technolog......more

There is much excitement around 5G private networks and the use cases the technology can enable for many enterprises. Such networks promise to deliver the best of all worlds—purpose-built networks with unprecedented data ......more

LEUVEN, Belgium — As imec develops the next level of integrated circuit chips, Cédric Rolin, the institute’s program manager for sustainable semiconductor technologies and systems, and members of hi......more

Recent years have brought an exponential increase in the number of electronic gadgets and sensors used in automobile design. This will only continue as the sector continues to shift to e-mobility and autonomous driving. At the ......more

AI in chip design has gone mainstream, with Synopsys’ AI-powered DSO (design space optimization) tool reaching 100 commercial tapeouts. The company’s DSO was released in 2020, with its first commercial tapeout in......more

Synopsys, Inc. reaches scale for AI-driven chip designs as major semiconductor customers register the first 100 commercial tape-outs with the company's Synopsys DSO.ai (Design Space Optimization AI) autonomous des......more

At its latest conference call on Feb 2, Infineon said its Aurix MCU family is "on full ramp mode," adding that having gotten more wafers, it expects availability of automotive MCUs to improve in the second half of 202......more

The United States and European Union are divided by thousands of miles of the Atlantic Ocean, and their approaches to regulating AI are just as vast. The landscapes are also dynamic, with the latest change on the U.S. side set ......more

Seoul Viosys (“SVC”) (KOSDAQ: 092190), a globally recognized optical semiconductor element manufacturer, will attend ‘Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2023,’ the biggest display expo in Europe, held in Ba......more

Perceive, the AI chip startup spun out of Xperi, has released a second chip with hardware support for transformers, including large language models (LLMs) at the edge. The company demonstrated sentence completion via RoBERTa, a......more

We wish you Happy the year of Rabbit. Things going as your planned in the Rabbit Year.   ...more

Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology continue to fight for supremacy in the NAND market, with both companies recently announcing higher-density 3D NAND solutions—albeit with different nomenclatures. Samsung h......more

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will probably take years to wean itself from Asian chip supplies because of a dearth of investments in domestic production capacity, according to industry insiders and government observers. ......more

The Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is rapidly and incessantly expanding, with an ever-increasing number of connected devices thanks to the diffusion of smart technologies, the transformation and digitization processes creat......more

Barcelona, Spain–based startup Sateliot plans to be the first satellite operator to put up a 5G IoT constellation. Elon Musk’s SpaceX operation is launching the first Sateliot nanosatellite in February. Sateliot hop......more

Asia's semiconductor companies are now facing the challenge of a global economic slowdown, as the pandemic-driven demand growth fades away, indicated the latest '2023 Asia Supply Chain (ASC) Top 100 Market Cap Companies......more

Midea Group, China's largest maker of home appliances, has been extending its reach into semiconductors, especially the microcontrollers used in household appliances. Despite hurdles, the China-based appliance maker, which ......more

For half a century, Taiwan and South Korea have been competitors in many different industry sectors, from shoemaking, garment, refrigerators and TVs, to PCs, handsets and semiconductors. In the 1990s, Taiwan took the lead in th......more

With Samsung Electronics likely to revise its 2023 smartphone sales target downwards, sources at the Taiwan-based IC design firm say Oppo, Vivo, and other China-based brands are also planning to launch next year. Android smartp......more

Chiplets are getting a lot of interest as of late, so much so that a Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) consortium recently formed to corral best practices into a standard. Now, a Silicon Valley startup, Eliyan ......more

Nordic Semiconductor will bring its full portfolio of wireless IoT products to CES 2023 on booth 52039 at the Venetian Expo. Highlights on the booth will include the company's Matter 1.0 solutions. Matter is a standard from......more

Semiconductor device manufacturing requires the availability of high-quality wafers with perfectly flat and smooth surfaces. The quality of a wafer’s surface is fundamental to ensuring high-performing and reliable devices......more

The $52 billion spending plan outlined in the CHIPS and Science Act that has been signed into law has significant implications for the semiconductor ecosystem—from chip manufacturers to engineers and production ......more

As countries worldwide are building semiconductor ecosystems for national security reasons, India is trying to encourage advanced fabless semiconductors and deep technology. India's Ministry of Electronics & IT said ......more

Rain Neuromorphics has trained a deep learning network on an analog chip—a crossbar array of memristors—using the company’s analog-friendly training algorithms. The process required many orders of magnitude......more

Compared to the PC industry's deceleration, the server industry is expected to enjoy an on-year shipment growth in 2022 and another increase in 2023 as consumers' usage of Internet services has continued to expand, whil......more

In recent years, Silicon Valley has seen a growing cohort of Indian tech talent, some of whom run world-class tech firms. But what I hear is that there is only one Indian technology association in Silicon Valley, while the ethn......more

At the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) 2022, Intel unveiled research breakthroughs in 2D and 3D IC packaging technologies fueling its innovation pipeline for keeping its promises to put a trillion tr......more

Safety and security are huge and complex chip-design-verification challenges to be dealt with for medical technology (MedTech) applications. Acknowledging this, Lucio Lanza, managing partner of Lanza techVentures, asked panelis......more

Company unveils new process to create functioning 100 micron length micro-light sources with higher yield, lower cost — enabling short cavity lasers and micro-LEDs for autonomous driving, AR, and VR applications KYOTO,......more

LONDON—6G Futures, the center for research, education, and innovation that King’s College, the University of Bristol, and the University of Strathclyde established a bit longer than a year ago, is formally seeking f......more

The fast evolution of electronic technologies has allowed, in recent years, the creation of increasingly compact, performing, and efficient devices. The higher operating frequencies at which different classes of electronic comp......more

The IC distribution industry is a highly competitive market where speed is paramount, constituting an indispensable part of any discussion about restructuring electronic supply chains or building resilient supply chai......more

LONDON—As an e-scooter company, Wingz faced a relatively new fleet-management issue in 2021: Quickly deciphering where drivers of their free-range scooters were parking or abandoning them—so they could be found, ins......more

Going green is becoming table stakes no matter the sector, and the semiconductor industry formalized a commitment to sustainability by launching the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC). SEMI, the industry association serv......more

NHK, the Japanese public broadcasting company, has reported that a new semiconductor company will be jointly funded by eight Japanese conglomerates to develop cutting-edge logic semiconductors. The new company is called Rapi......more

MediaTek has introduced a new smartphone application processor series built on TSMC's second-generation 4nm process technology, and expects smartphones powered by the new chips to hit the market by the end of 2022. The n......more

Not that anyone needed more proof that the analog segment in the electronics industry is booming, but Texas Instruments (TI) is serving it up anyway: On Sept. 29, TI announced it began initial chip production at RFAB2, a new 30......more

It is an established national policy of the US to rebuild the local semiconductor supply chain. US secretary of state Antony Blinken and secretary of the treasury Janet Yellen have both emphasized that the reliance on Taiwan fo......more

Mercuria Holdings, a fund backed by the Development Bank of Japan and Japanese trading house Itochu will buy a 200mm wafer fab from US-based ON Semiconductor, according to Nikkei Asia. The purchase will be jointly made wit......more

Rapid advances in the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), wireless technologies, and wireless charging are some of the biggest drivers behind the development of new electronic components in 2022. Coupled wit......more

Calumet Electronics is working to be one of the first IC substrate suppliers in the United States, helping to fill a critical gap in the domestic electronics supply chain. “Calumet will be one of the first, if not the ......more

Silicon Labs’ exit from any business not related to wireless connectivity and IoT devices marks the beginning of the company’s journey to becoming a “pure-play” IoT chip designer, according to Silicon La......more

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS The latest U.S. salvo in the chip war against China will set back its domestic chipmakers by generations, while global suppliers of semiconductors and fab tools will incur billions of dollars i......more

Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" maintains that troops start out with their own country's supplies and then get replenishments from the enemies. Taiwan may be small, but it can make use of different strategies. We m......more

Taiwan-based IC analysis and inspection labs including Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) and Integrated Service Technology (iST) and Materials have reported impressive profit results for the third quarter of 2022......more

The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced that it is implementing a series of targeted updates to its export controls to restrict China's ability to both purchase and manufactur......more

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) added limits on exports of chips and related production tools to China, citing national security concerns. Following the announcement, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer noted he is ......more

Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors are on track to build their momentum as demand for fast charging grows. Wise-integration, a startup specialized in gallium nitride (GaN) power supply solutions, advances with an ambition to dis......more

In 2022, the demand of semiconductor chips is facing an uncertain outlook, apart from the strong surge in orders of previous year. Especially in consumer electronics sectors, the market seems to be lessening demand and showing ......more

Chinese car vendors have asked chip suppliers, including foreign ones, to place wafer starts for their demand with China-based foundries as China accelerates its push for IC self-sufficiency, according to industry sou......more

South Korea, which has been reluctant to discuss the formation of a “Chip 4” alliance with the United States, Japan, and Taiwan because of concerns about a possible trade war with China, is joining the talks, source......more

The automotive share of the total IC market has steadily increased since 1998 growing from 4.7% of total IC sales that year to 7.4% in 2021, according to IC Insights. The proportion is forecast to ......more

Chipmakers Intel, Micron, Samsung, and TSMC have announced plans to build foundries in the United States thanks largely to the CHIPS Act, which aims to rebuild America’s prowess in semiconductor manufacturing. But the eff......more

Much of the news of India's shift to electric vehicles (EV) is limited to passenger and some commercial vehicles. But what often goes unnoticed is that EVs are perfectly suited for several niche markets as well. Agricultura......more

Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$54.59 billion in August 2022, increasing 0.6% sequentially and 2.0% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Taiwan-based makers' overseas prod......more

Macroeconomic factors and changing investment strategy have taken their bites on China's semiconductor startups. As Financial Times reported, weakening market demand, especially in the consumer sector, has changed......more

As visitors return to Taipei's exhibition halls for the semiconductor industry's annual event, Semicon Taiwan 2022, browsing as usual through the hundreds of exhibitors specialized in areas from material to software, it......more

The electric vehicle (EV) industry has developed a wide range of multi-wheeled electric vehicles, including self-balancing unicycles, two-wheeled scooters, electric motorcycles and bicycles, three-wheeled tuk-tuks and also four......more

Taiwan's IC test interface specialists have seen strong demand for networking chips applications thanks to mounting penetration of Wi-Fi 6/6E solutions, compensating for the order decline in handset APs, according......more

Automotive IC IDMs including Rohm Semiconductor will reportedly raise their prices to reflect rising raw material costs, according to industry sources. On September 1, IT companies were reportedly notified via a le......more

Global automotive display shipments are expected to reach 197 million units in 2022, up 7.2% on year, and will continue to grow to 288 million units by 2027 with a CAGR of 7.9% over the five-year period, according to DIGITIMES ......more

For the second time, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York selected Transit Wireless to fully roll out wireless connectivity across the NYC subway system. This time, 5G cellular wireless is part of th......more

New restrictions from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) on global exports of advanced chipmaking technology aimed at Chinese chip designers like Alibaba and Baidu are “overblown” and unlikely to blunt ......more

Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$54.26 billion in July 2022, decreasing 7.8% sequentially and 1.9% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The decrease was attributable to weak de......more

The stay-at-home economy that has been robust for more than two years is starting to fade as the pandemic gradually slows down. The three major game console brands, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, have all generally been more con......more

t Hot Chips this week, Untether unveiled its second-gen architecture for AI inference, the first chip using this architecture, as well as plans to expand to edge and endpoint accelerators. Untether’s new architecture, ......more

Taiwan-based niche-market PCB maker Eiso Enterprise and PCB materials vendor Aurona Industries have been diversifying their target market segments with the efforts bearing fruits, according to industry sources. In recent yea......more

Ever since Ventana Micro Systems came out of stealth last year, the company has been busily developing relationships with partners and potential customers to create traction for its RISC-V–based chiplets, which ......more

The global top-5 notebook brands (not including Apple) saw their combined shipments slip 28% on month and over 30% on year in July as the worsening global economy continues undermining market demand and dimming the industry&rsq......more

Taiwan's IC test interface solutions providers including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and WinWay Technology reportedly may almost fully retreat from the supply chain for iPhone APs in 2023 probably due to i......more

In an exclusive interview with EE Times, Keith Krach, former Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment in the Trump administration, speaks on the significance of the CHIPS Act, which has sin......more

AI development will not boom until 2024-2025 since it has not reached a critical breakthrough, according to provost Richie Tsai for Taiwan AI Academy. Development of AI, software and semiconductors will drive new economic de......more

Taiwan-based IC test interface specialists, such as Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and Sigurd Microelectronics, have seen their diversification efforts bear fruit as their operations are poised to be less affecte......more

The Chips and Science Act, after months of debates, finally made it through the US Congress and now waits for president Joe Biden’s signature. Now, the global semiconductor industry is wondering its impacts. While it rema......more

Alchip Technologies, a contract designer of AI silicon, punches above its weight in leading process nodes. The company expects to join much larger fabless companies with the world’s first 3 nm test chips early next year. ......more

The U.S. CHIPS Act is close to approval. The Senate has voted in favor of a trimmer package of subsidy measures that’s more focused on rebuilding the American semiconductor industry. On July 19, the Senate voted 64&nda......more

TSMC's had 24.9% growth in sales in 2021 and it is estimated that it may be close to 30% in 2022. TSMC chairman Mark Liu has said the foundry has a structural advantage. I don't know how people understand the characteri......more

Instead of selling memory chips for Japan- and US-based brands, Sahasra Semiconductors has decided to set up a memory chip assembly, test, and packaging (ATMP) unit in India and sell its own chips by December, which may be Indi......more

Automotive IC verification and analysis demand continues to be strong and will drive the revenue growth of Taiwan-based companies such as Audix and Integrated Service Technology (iST), according to industry sources. ......more

Cadence Design Systems and Tower Semiconductor, the leading analog solutions, announced a collaboration to advance automotive and mobile IC development. The unique design challenges and analysis characteristics of ......more

The debut of the world's first dual-camera handset in 2011 kicked off a competition between handset vendors of adding more cameras on mobile phones, pressing brand vendors including Samsung Electronics, Huawei and Xiaomi to......more

In recent years, the smart car and autonomous driving industries in China have grown in popularity. Related software and hardware technologies have become more important in these sectors, with companies focused on artificial in......more

In 2016, the AlphaGo computer program beat South Korean Go player Lee Sedol 4:1, shocking the world with the power of artificial intelligence (AI). Today, AI has penetrated everyday life and traditional industries, impacting ev......more

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 weakening consumer demand, according ......more

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 fab capacities at IDMs for automotive chip ord......more

IGSS, an applicant for the US$10 billion semiconductor incentive scheme, is looking to set up its fab in southern India. Renesas, eyeing opportunities in India, has expanded its relationship with Tata Group.   Singap......more

he global chip market will be worth $680.7 billion in 2022, an annual increase of 11 percent despite soaring energy costs, supply chain shortages, Covid-19 lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine, according to IC Insights. ......more

EMI, Foxconn Technology and UMC provide complete automotive chip solutions through effective and close partnerships with Taiwan’s automotive semiconductor supply chain, facilitating expansion into the global automotive ch......more

Despite lingering handset sales uncertainty, mobile SoC vendors MediaTek and Qualcomm continue to roll out new high-end offerings, while Apple remains keen on developing high-performance chips in house for its devices, providin......more

Taiwanese startup Neuchips has taped out its AI accelerator designed specifically for data center recommendation models. Emulation of the chip suggests it will be the only solution on the market to achieve one million DLRM infe......more

LED driver IC design house Macroblock has expressed caution about its sales prospects for the second half of 2022 due to excess inventories for general offerings held by its customers, but it is still expected to end ......more

The supply of automotive MCUs is expected to stay tight through the second half of 2023, according to industry sources. Despite the sharp decline in consumer electronics demand, the electrification of vehicles is driving the......more

Nissan and Mitsubishi respectively have reported high orders for their new electric "kei" car since late May, according to media reports. The two Japanese carmakers co-developed a new electric light automobile (bel......more

Taiwan's IC analysis and inspection labs are optimistic about better performance in the second half of 2022 than the first half, bolstered by increasing wafer material analysis (MA) demand by foundry houses and reliability ......more

California startup Ayar Labs is building an ecosystem around its optical chip–to–chip communication technology. The company has partnered with Nvidia to develop next–generation architectures with optical I/O. ......more

Despite rampant inflation and other macro headwinds, IC Insights continues to anticipate an 11% increase in total semiconductor sales this year - the same growth rate that was forecast in January. The semiconductor......more

Samsung SDI and Stellantis this week have agreed to invest more than $2.5 billion in an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in the car manufacturing rustbelt of the U.S. as the nation’s automobile industry starts to elect......more

Dish Network has finally debuted its first 5G market in the U.S. with its launch in Las Vegas on May 4. This is just the first hurdle, however, as the greenfield 5G operator still has many obstacles to clear on the ro......more

The growths of automotive and industrial applications have boosted demand for IC packaging materials such as leadframes, according to industry sources. IDMs remain relarively optimisitc about mid- to long-term outlook, the s......more

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger believes that the two–year shortage of chips that’s limited output of products ranging from cars to advanced weapons will continue through 2024. “Chip shortage — we&r......more

IC production in China represented 16.7% of its US$186.5 billion IC market in 2021, up from 12.7% 10 years earlier in 2011, according to IC Insights. The share is forecast to increase by 4.5pp from 2021 to 21.2% in 2026, or a 0......more

Driven by the shortages of automotive chips, many automakers have embarked on semiconductor development, but they need to tackle multiple challenges such as cost and technical barriers, according to industry sources. Tesla p......more

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) saw sales grow by more than 66% during the first three months of this year as the company warned of weakening demand in China, its home market. While the Chinese governm......more

China is a long way from semiconductor self-sufficiency, IC Insights reports. While China-based chip production will represent 21.2 percent of its domestic IC market in 2026, foreign companies such as Samsung, SK Hyni......more

China, the world's leading consumer of semiconductors, is undergoing a third semiconductor shift in tandem with the development of 5G, consumer electronics, and AI. Owing to the shift of the semiconductor industry – g......more

In 1984, Intel decided to exit the DRAM business, which marked the start of technology diversion between memories and logic IC. In hindsight, Intel's decision made sense. Memories and logic IC are very different in terms of......more

AI chip startup Axelera has tested and validated a chip as a test vehicle for its Thetis digital in–memory compute core. The company’s tests show the 12–nm chip can achieve 39.3 TOPS with a power efficiency of......more

GlobalFoundries (GF) last week announced a $117 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), in which the chipmaker will assist the DoD in resupplying critical U.S.–made semiconductors for national secur......more

Networking device assembler Wistron NeWeb expects the shortage of MCUs, MOSFETs, power management ICs (PWM IC) and other chips demanding mature process manufacturing to persist and continue disrupting its output through the fir......more

Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment maker Trusval Technology remains optimistic about its business prospects for the second quarter, as its chipmaking customers are still stepping up order placements despite an unfavorable mac......more

Industrial-control IC prices have risen amid tight supply, according to sources at IC distributors. A slowdown in demand for handsets, notebooks and other consumer electronics devices has led to a related IC inventory pile-u......more

India is edging toward the construction of its first IC fab in the southwestern state of Karnataka following ISMC’s recent announcement. The project would invest about $3 billion in a 65–nm analog chip fab, accor......more

Touch key product applications are becoming increasingly innovative, with a trend of increasing intelligence in terminal products, HOLTEK Semiconductor has launched its new 5V wide-voltage range Arm Cortex-M0+ To......more

The rising demand for automotive applications has compelled Arm to recognize the need for novel architectures for protecting automotive IC security, said Simon Teng, senior director of the company's automotive partnership i......more

On my daily walks, I often look up at the streetlights and think about the potential they hold for deploying many different technology solutions, whether for environmental monitoring, surveillance, or for enhancing network infr......more

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, saw its profit in the first quarter of 2022 jump by more than 50% on strong demand for memory in data centers. South Korea’s largest company posted net i......more

The success of India's semiconductor manufacturing plans depends heavily on partnerships with global companies. Vedanta's recent tie-up with Foxconn underscores this. But setting up chip-making factories requires a lot ......more

India held the first-ever Semicon India conference, during which semiconductor companies such as Applied Materials and ISMC announced investments in response to India's goal to build a semiconductor ecosystem. According ......more

Taiwan-based pure-play foundries continue to see orders for automotive semiconductors ramp up while stepping up their capacity expansion pace, according to industry sources. The world's major automotive IC IDMs......more

SiFive and BrainChip have partnered to show their IP is compatible in SoC designs for embedded artificial intelligence (AI). The companies have demonstrated BrainChip’s neuromorphic processing unit (NPU) IP working alongs......more

With US-based network IC vendors putting increased focus on automotive applications, Taiwan's MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor are both expected to grow their presence in the non-automotive high-end segment, acc......more

Samsung, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), Micron, SK Hynix, and Kioxia/Western Digital (WD) increased their share of the world’s silicon wafer capacity to a total of 57% by the end of 2021, according to mark......more

The US' bid to increase onshore chip production would be futile, as it would not be globally competitive and able to compete with TSMC, according to Morris Chang, founder of Taiwan-based pure-play foundry. Chang made the......more

China's auto industry is estimated to lose 20% of its production due to COVID-19 restricitions in Shanghai and its neighboring cities - a region, known as the Yangtze River delta, that accounts for 21.6% of the industry'......more

Apple has become a bellwether in the HPC chip segment by rolling out its high-performance M1 series built using advanced process at its foundry partner, but all other manufacturing segments in the semiconductor industry will al......more

While Russian troops were bombing Ukraine, a US delegation led by Michael Glenn Mullen, ex-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, arrived in Taiwan, followed closely by a separate visit by former US secretary of state Mike Pomp......more

More than 600 businesses in Shanghai, primarily IC and auto makers, are resuming operations under the municipality's approval after days of COVID lockdown. TSMC said its Songjiang plant had not halted operations d......more

Worldwide IC unit shipments will increase 9.2% to a record high of 427.7 billion units in 2022, after surging 22% in 2021, according to IC Insights. Of the 33 major IC product categories defined......more

K-Best Technology, a subsidiary of Acer, is gearing up efforts to introduce its wireless communication technology to the world, as it sets sights on business opportunities in the global Internet of Things (IoT) market. Havin......more

Power management IC (PMIC) supplier M3 Technology (M3Tek) plans to have its stock listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in the second quarter of 2022. Speaking at its pre-listing performance presentations on April 14......more

Demand for chips will present divergent trends in 2022, as automotive chips will remain in short supply and consumer electronics makers are reportedly scaling down their chip demand, according to industry so......more

Edwards, which makes vacuum pumps and advanced exhaust systems used in semiconductor manufacturing, is working closely with the world's major foundries to reduce carbon emissions when fabricating ICs particularly those......more

Semiconductor manufacturers worldwide are on track to boost 200mm fab capacity by 1.2 million wafers, or 21%, from the start of 2020 to the end of 2024 to hit a record high of 6.9 million wafers per month, SEMI said in its new ......more

US companies captured 54% of the worldwide IC market in 2021, propelled by a 47% share of IDM sales and a 68% share of fabless sales, according to IC Insights. South Korean companies held 22% of the ......more

The top electric vehicle (EV) brand by sale units in India, Tata Motors, has announced the Curvv, a concept vehicle based on a new EV-first platform, a step forward to offering up to 10 EVs by 2025. According to The Eco......more

The U.S. government and domestic chipmakers strengthened separate efforts this week to pass the $52 billion CHIPS Act of stimulus measures. The CHIPS Act currently awaits congressional approval, warning of strategic vulnerabili......more

Following Tata' and Vedanta's foraying into the semiconductor industry, Laksh Vaaman Sehgal, vice chairman of Samvardhana Motherson, India's leading auto wiring harness manufacturer, has said the group has set up a ......more

3M has suspended production in Belgium of the polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) used in the chipmaking process, which is considered hazardous to human health. The materials supplier halted production of PFAS at a plant near t......more

Taiwan-based diode and MCU makers have stepped up their deployments for the automotive market recently, eyeing future opportunities presented by the rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs). Despite uncertainties ca......more

Tata's subsidiary Tejas Networks has announced to acquire Bengalore-based fabless IC startup Saankhya Labs to build a global telecom equipment company, indicating accelerated investments from Tata Group in the sem......more

Rapid growth of the new energy vehicle (NEV) market and rising demand for analog chips used in automotive electronics is promoting the expansion of global analog chip manufacturers, including Chinese chipmakers.   Wi......more

Tata's subsidiary Tejas Networks has announced to acquire Bengalore-based fabless IC startup Saankhya Labs to build a global telecom equipment company, indicating accelerated investments from Tata Group in the sem......more

Another year of double-digit market growth is expected for analog ICs in 2022 after sales in this semiconductor category surged by an unprecedented 30% in 2021, according to IC Insights. Total analog IC&n......more

Built with low–earth orbit (LEO) in mind, STMicroelectronics’ latest series of radiation–hardened ICs boast a plastic package with a total ionization dose immunity up to 50 krad(Si), enabling next–gen sa......more

China's IC designer Amlogic Inc expects Wi-Fi and automotive chips to further spur its growth, after the smart TV market gets more competitive, according to the company. Driven by the demand for smart TVs,......more

ASML, the sole producer of critical EUV lithography machines, said it anticipates chip shortages to persist for at least the next two years. The warning is said to stem from ASML’s reliance on its suppliers, including Ger......more

AMICCOM released a new generation of low current sub1-GHz wireless SOCs in March 2022, named A9129F6, A9139F6, and A9159F6. AMICCOM continues to integrate the existing RFICs with MCU and roll-out highly integrated SOC products.......more

Built with low–earth orbit (LEO) in mind, STMicroelectronics’ latest series of radiation–hardened ICs boast a plastic package with a total ionization dose immunity up to 50 krad(Si), enabling next–gen sa......more

AMICCOM Electronics Corporation (AMICCOM) has announced a new 2.4GHz wireless transceiver SOC named A8131M0. The A8131M0 supports data rate 250kbps to 2Mbps with FSK modulation. This chip integrates high performance Arm Cortex-......more

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) on March 21 announced that it will expand its ABF substrate production capacity at its Busan plant, bringing its total investment in the segment to KRW1.6 trillion (US$1.32 billion), according ......more

Taiwan has formed a national group for R&D of quantum technologies, with focuses on quantum devices, computing, algorithms and communication, according to Gwo Shangir, convenor's of the government's Quantum System P......more

Chinese carmakers have begun deploying resources in semiconductor development, as chip shortage continues to haunt the automotive industry. Chinese carmakers still rely heavily on imports of car chips, but they are now movin......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses experienced high revenue and profits in 2021, but entering into 2022, many companies clearly felt growth easing. Customers restarted set off-season stock adjustments and no longer blindly......more

IC Insights has forecast that NAND flash memory capital spending will rise 8% to US$29.9 billion in 2022, surpassing the previous all-time high of US$27.8 billion spent in 2018. Flash memory capital spending soared in 2......more

With the war between Russia and Ukraine not likely to cease any time soon, IT firms have turned cautious about their operation in 2022. Notebook ODMs, despite still having robust orders for the first half, visibility of or......more

Reviving U.S. semiconductor production, at the apex of the electronics industry, is unlikely to succeed without also rebuilding the more basic domestic ecosystem of companies in chip assembly and test, according to industry exp......more

After dropping 2% in 2019, the global foundry market logged a strong 21% rebound in 2020, driven by sales of application processors and other components for 5G smartphones, according to IC Insights. The foundry market......more

Taiwan recorded a total export value of US$37.45 billion for February 2022, decreasing 6.3% on month but increasing 34.8% on year, while the corresponding total import value of US$31.64 billion declined 9.8% on month but rose 3......more

Apple reportedly is in talks with a Korean substrate maker for the supply of ABF-based FC-BGA substrates for processing Apple Car chip solutions, sparking concerns about which IC substrate suppliers will eventually contribute c......more

Renesas Electronics and Tata Elxsi set up Next Generation EV Innovation Center, which opened in January, in Bangalore to develop EV technology, such as battery management systems and motor control units.   Relia......more

Most of the electronics sector is doing brisk business, and the few parts that are lagging are likely to perk up quickly. Printed circuit boards and integrated circuit substrates are in high demand, and Nan Ya PCB is expan......more

Efforts aimed at reviving U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and strengthening technology supply chains advanced this week with the introduction of a catch-all bill that funds “surge production” of U.S.-made chips whi......more

The world's markets demand more chips than are readily available. Multiple chipmakers have begun capacity expansion projects, even though some critics fear that oversupply could be possible in the future. Reportedly, T......more

Indian fabless semiconductor startup Steradian Semiconductor has formalized cooperation with communication systems provider Astra Microwave Products to produce radar modules, the latest partnership the startup has established s......more

The role of Taiwan's IC industry is growing amid the persistent shortage of automotive chips. TSMC has in recent years expanded its automotive client portfolio, according to industry sources. Long-term order co......more

Worldwide microprocessor sales grew 14% to a record-high US$102.9 billion in 2021, after climbing 16% in 2020, when COVID-induced lockdowns drove up demand for PCs, large-screen smartphones and other devices enabling stay-at-ho......more

NIO is preparing to design phones that interact with its cars, and to implement those phones in-house. ASE hopes that its negotiations will yield an agreement to make 5G chips for iPhones. Taiwan foundries alread......more

Despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam remains an attractive location for manufacturers that seek relocation from China, and it is gaining advantages with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership......more

Major semiconductor suppliers around the world are finding different ways to strengthen their competitiveness, as industry analysts expect that most of them will achieve record revenues in 2022 due to strong global demand. A......more

LED driver IC design house Macroblock has developed two new driver ICs used in automotive interior/exterior lighting, MBI6659Q and MBI6665Q, and has obtained AEC (Automotive Electronics Council)-Q100 certificatio......more

According to The Elec, Hyundai has started testing ICs for home appliances on vehicles, attempting to replace car chips with IC controllers used in home appliances. Sources at suppliers said it is the car......more

Taiwan's copper-clad laminates (CCL) makers including Elite Material (EMC), Iteq, and Taiwan Union Technology are all gearing up their deployments in high-frequency offerings for automotive applications, according to indust......more

Silicon Labs’ latest families of wireless-enabled SoCs for IoT applications for the first time include a hardware AI/ML accelerator. The upgrade is indicative of the growing popularity of AI/ML techniques for a variety of......more

Many companies have tried and failed to make microchips in India. Undeterred, Vedanta seeks a partnership with Foxconn to make chips in India. In Taiwan, Compal and Inventec are failing to ship their products on time&......more

Total semiconductor sales are forecast to rise 11% in 2022, following a 25% surge in 2021 and an 11% increase in 2020, according to the market research group IC Insights. If achieved, it would mark the first time sinc......more

Taiwan's exports in 2021 totaled US$446.5 billion, a 29.4% growth year-on-year, while the momentum of growth is expected to continue through Q122, the government has said. Taiwan's Ministry of Finance on February 11 ......more

Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers face grave challenges, but have only intensified their efforts to produce and deliver chips. Loosening labor restrictions are motivating Taiwanese companies to hire foreign wor......more

EE Times is turning 50 in 2022. We published our first issue only a few months after Intel ushered in the modern computing era with the introduction of the first microprocessor in November of 1971. This newspaper provided front......more

DIGITIMES has released its ranking of "Asia Supply Chain Market Cap 100" based on the market capitalization of companies engaging in Asia supply chain manufacturing. These rankings go one step further to capture the d......more

India's car manufacturers might be expecting prolonged chip shortages for both cars and scooters. According to The Hans India, Maruti Suzuki India's latest earnings declined significantly by 47.8% due to&......more

The Shanghai municipal government has newly released a package of generous incentives to encourage investments in the development and production of semiconductor materials and equipment, as well as chip design software solution......more

Private 5G networks are already one of the most hyped tech phrases of 2022. But how many production 5G private networks are actually out there? EE Times examined the progress of 5G private networks in January 2021 ......more

Former president of Industrial Technology Research Institute Chin-Tay Shih pointed out in a recent forum organized by Li Kwoh-ting Foundation that top US companies often use Research Lab organizations to interact with young stu......more

MediaTek has showcased what the company claims is the world's first live demo of Wi-Fi 7 technology, and expects products with Wi-Fi 7 to hit the market starting in 2023. Although the Wi-Fi industry is still promoting Wi......more

The IC market is forecast to rise 11% this year following a 26% surge in 2021 and a 13% increase in 2020, according to IC Insights. If achieved, IC Insights said, it would mark the first ti......more

Singapore could face challenges in sustaining its economic revival spurred by strong global demand for electronic products and semiconductors in 2021, according to industry analysts. The city-state saw its economy ......more

Taiwan is a semiconductor manufacturing powerhouse, but it relies heavily on foreign equipment suppliers. Now the country's president has vowed to improve Taiwan's semiconductor equipment self-sufficiency. A recent......more

Semiconductor content in electronic systems reached 33.2% last year, surpassing the previous record high set in 2018, according to IC Insights. Historically, the driving force behind the higher average annual ......more

Global IDMs have been actively exploring advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) ICs despite limited business opportunities in the autonomous driving market currently due to government regulations and long development ti......more

Although some of its key semiconductor industry players were put on the Entity List by the US government since 2019, China managed to register double-digit growth in the revenues of all of its semiconductor sub-sectors in 2020,......more

Founded in 1997, MediaTek originated from the UMC Group which was founded in the 1980s. The management team has witnessed the wonderful era "from micrometer to sub-microns" in Taiwan. In view of the future of Taiwan&#......more

Taiwan recorded a total export value of US$40.72 billion for December 2021, the historically second-highest monthly level, exceeded only by the US$ 41.58 billion recorded in the preceding month; this was an increase of 23.4% on......more

Japan-based semiconductor testing equipment supplier Advantest is introducing new testing solutions for next-generation memory, NAND flash and high-end CMOS image sensors (CIS) as it looks to expand its presence in the system-l......more

Total semiconductor sales are forecast to grow 11% and reach a record-high US$680.6 billion in 2022, after climbing 25% in 2021, according to IC Insights. Above average increases are expected in all major product c......more

Notebook IC design specialists particularly those engaged in peripheral chips including touchscreen controllers and high-speed interface chips have reported impressive sales results for 2021 with many of them generati......more

The global semiconductor industry topped $150 billion in revenue during the third quarter, fueled by strong memory sales that rose 13.8 percent over the previous quarter, “Preliminary data shows the NAND market reached......more

PC brand vendors have stepped up manufacturing in India, but their Taiwan-based notebook production partners have been reluctant to set up assembly lines in the South Asia country. Taiwan-based networking device ......more

In a semiconductor industry forum that marked the 20th death anniversary of the late senior presidential advisor Li Kwoh-ting, many distinguished ICT leaders shared their insights. President Tsai Ing-wen delivered an openi......more

Taiwan's major networking IC supplier Realtek Semiconductor is set to raise its quotes for Wi-Fi SoCs and Ethernet chips in the first quarter of 2022 to reflect increased foundry costs, according to industry sourc......more

The accelerating pace of 5G wireless network rollouts over the past year across many regions has benefitted telecommunications equipment suppliers and makers of 5G-enabled phones. That momentum also promises to provide a profit......more

Many Taiwan-based cleanroom and equipment and facility suppliers will come with TSMC to the US to build a semiconductor supply chain cluster. The prices for DRAMs and network, industrial ICs are posed t......more

Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain will bring the biggest benefits to homogeneous/heterogeneous packaging, system-level testing (SLT), as well as advanced technology for materials analysis (MA), reliability analysis (RA) a......more

ICs for consumer products are expected to see worse shortages than other applications in 2022 as many IC design houses have prioritized supply capacity for non-consumer chip offerings with higher profit margins, accor......more

The semiconductor market should remain robust in 2022, but chipmakers still face some factors, such as trade tensions, that could disrupt the market. But the automotive chip market may see shortages last til......more

The continuing price hike of overseas semiconductor intellectual property (IP) could force small- and medium-sized IC design houses in South Korea to give up cutting-edge process design, according to an ET News&n......more

Another year, another sales record for the white-hot semiconductor equipment sector, benefiting from a seemingly inexorable spending spree expected to continue into 2022 despite stricter U.S. restrictions on the sale of advance......more

DRAM and NAND flash contract prices are poised to continue trending downward in first-quarter 2022, but memory demand from datacenters and enterprise storage is expected to pick up. Taiwan-based IC desi......more

A technology partnership between the semiconductor materials arm of German multinational Merck and Palantir Technologies, the data analytics specialist, will tackle chip shortages via a collaboration platform aimed at chipmaker......more

PlayNitride is exhibiting a 1.58-inch microLED display equipped with passive matrix (PM) driver IC for use in wearable devices at Opto Taiwan 2021 optoelectronics exhibition during December 21-23, according to the com......more

Xiaomi has quietly set up a new company with a registered capital of CNY1.5 billion (US$235.3 million) through subsidiary X-Ring Limited, according to industry sources in China. Shanghai Xuanjie Technology (transliterated fr......more

Demand for EDA (electronic design automation) software solutions is expected to grow sharply in the post-Moore's Law era, as they are badly needed in heterogeneous integration operations for both 3D IC and si......more

Intel has announced a plan to invest over US$7 billion to build a semiconductor assembly and testing plant in Malaysia, as part of its efforts to tackle chip shortage. Pegatron chairman TH Tung said the IC shorta......more

Etron Technology's in-house developed KOOLDRAM products are being adopted by car vendors, a milestone for its entry into the automotive sector, according to the Taiwan-based niche-market memory IC design specialis......more

Optical computing startup Lightelligence has demonstrated a silicon photonics accelerator running the Ising problem more than 100 times faster than a typical GPU setup. Lightelligence’s photonic arithmetic co......more

Worldwide semiconductor capex is on track to surge 34% in 2021, its strongest percentage gain since a 41% increase in 2017, according to IC Insights. The US$152.0 billion in outlays this year would also represent a......more

Although some IC segments are seeing inventory rising, others are still in short supply, with foundry capacity expected to remain tight in 2022. In the IT sector, demand for entry-level notebooks and Chromeb......more

Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology have all reported impressive revenue gains in both November and the first 11 months of the year thanks to growing sales of graphics cards, notebooks and m......more

Semiconductor material distributors have enjoyed booming sales arising from robust demand from wafer foundry and IC packaging/testing service providers and consequently, Niching Industrial, Chang Wah Electromaterials,......more

Responding to the ongoing global chip shortage and a severely disrupted semiconductor supply chain, IC makers are jumping at the opportunity to collaborate with customers to both increase chip inventories and boost profits. ......more

PSMC chairman Frank Huang has long been known in the IT industry as a very unique personality, or even a cat with nine lives. Huang has plans to invest NT$300 billion (US$10.81 billion) to build an industrial park for the semic......more

Different types of SiP (system in package) solutions are facing diverse challenges, and can be materialized only through close cooperation among related semiconductor supply chain players, according to CP Hung, vice president o......more

The AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems (ACCESS) founded by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) convened a press conference on the 30th of November to share the vision of fostering a semi-open R&......more

The Canada Semiconductor Council unveiled a report with the title "Roadmap to 2050: Canada's Semiconductor Action Plan" in November, trying to come up with a strategy to address the "twin shocks" of lack......more

The technological benefits that the 3D stacking of integrated circuits brings have the potential to ease the current chip shortage concerns, according to Cadence Design Systems. As demand for faster processors continues to rise......more

Chipmakers and IC distributors of networking chips are poised to embrace a price hike due to the prolonged chip storage. Memory chips, such as DDR3, will also benefit from it to stop the falling pr......more

TSMC, Kioxia and Micron Technology are reportedly expected to receive government subsidies in Japan to support their new fabs or expansion projects locally in Japan. A recent Nikkei report said Japan is allocating ......more

Strong demand for PCBs and IC substrates is sending suppliers increasing capacity, which in turn is extending order visibility at equipment suppliers to second-half 2022. And shortage of ABF substrates&......more

One of the least-well-known heroes of the semiconductor revolution, Jay Last, died on November 11, 2021. Last was one of the famous team of eight people that left Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to found Fairchild Semiconduct......more

According to the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), the global semiconductor manufacturing revenue including wafer foundry and IC package and testing industries, grew 13.6% from US$501 billion in 2019 to......more

Shortage of foundry supply is sending major smartphone application processors vendors booking 12-inch fab capacity in advance to facilitate shipments of their power management ICs next year. Memory maker Winbond expec......more

There are indications the overheated semiconductor sector may be cooling off after roughly 18 months of record-breaking demand for silicon, wafers and production gear. However, demand for chip design services remained strong du......more

Taiwan-based COF (chip on film) OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) service providers such as ChipMOS Technologies and Chipband Technology as well as COF substrate supplier JMC Electronics hold the general opinion......more

As demand for Ethernet ICs continues to grow robustly on proliferating IoT applications, Taiwan's second-tier networking chips vendors including Asix Electronics under MediaTek and IC Plus affiliated with Uni......more

Chip shortage has plagued many industry sectors for months, partly due to insufficient foundry support. But MediaTek has struck deals with pure-play foundry houses for making its 5G chips in 2021 and beyond. In China,......more

Taiwan-based display driver IC vendor Novatek Microelectronics plans to hire an additional 400-500 design engineers in 2022 while also increasing pay to expand its talent pool. Novatek's vice chairman and presi......more

With pure-play foundries initiating another price hikes to reflect their continued tight fab capacities, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain gross margin, according to ......more

Wolfspeed has signed a strategic supplier agreement with General Motors to develop and deliver silicon carbide (SiC) power devices for GM’s electric vehicles (EV). GM will use Wolfspeed’s products specifically in it......more

DRAM ASPs soared 41% through the first eight months of 2021, rising from US$3.37 in January to US$4.77 in August. ASPs slipped 3% to US$4.62 in September, still a 37% surge compared to the beginning of 2021, according to I......more

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, will continue striving for more available capacities at foundries to support its growth next year, according to the fabl......more

Despite a recent cutback in demand for large-size display driver ICs, Taiwan-based IC material distributors remain upbeat about the overall demand that will buoy their sales performance this year, according to ma......more

With the continuous advancement of technology, semiconductors and the role they play are becoming increasingly more important across industries and in personal life. Hon Hai (Foxconn) chairman Young-Way Liu talked about ne......more

Global server shipments only increased 8.5% sequentially in the third quarter of 2021, lower than the 13% forecast DIGITIMES Research made in July, due to IC and component shortages, according to the latest figures fr......more

The consensus that emerged from an April 2021 meeting of high-level corporate executives at The White House to discuss fixes to the ongoing semiconductor shortage echoed what observers have been saying for months......more

A resilient semiconductor supply chain is pivotal to the global economy, and the world has learned it the hard way over the past two years. Industry leaders who spoke on the US-Taiwan High-Tech Forum (UTHTF) hosted by the North......more

Simon Segars took center stage at this week’s Web Summit in Lisbon to discussthe global chip shortage. While being optimistic about the health of the semiconductor industry, he argued that solving the current cr......more

India continues pushing for its local manufacturing of EV and semiconductors; however, lithium batteries are hard to find. Honda may launch its first electric two-wheeler in India in the next financial year. India needs to s......more

The marketing of 6G wireless got a boost this month during the Brooklyn 6G Summit. The event grew out of previous Brooklyn 5G Summits. The 6G jamboree launched the hype cycle for the new technology earlier than ever before......more

Ericsson aspires to deliver 5G connectivity without linking to the power grid by wirelessly powering base stations with lasers. To that end, the infrastructure vendor has teamed up with laser specialist  PowerLig......more

The annual output value of Taiwan's automotive electronics exceeded NT$250 billion (US$8.99 billion) in the past year, and there is an opportunity to double growth in the coming four to five years, reaching more than NT$600......more

The so-called third-generation semiconductors are promising, and Taiwanese firms, including those from the semicondutor and IT sectors, are gearing up efforts looking to build a strong presence in compound semiconductors&n......more

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 141.01 for September 2021, the highest-ever monthly level, increasesing 2.22% sequentially and 12.78% on year, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs......more

The Hsinchu Science Park (HSP), Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) and Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) generated combined revenues of NT$2,370.575 billion (US$84.89 billion) in January-August 2021, growing 24.53% on year, a......more

The U.S. Congress and the Biden Administration are hurtling down the track toward investing billions of dollars in the domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry. But there is a flaw in their approach because they are ignori......more

Foxconn, the world’s largest assembler of consumer devices such as Apple’s iPhone, is entering semiconductor production as part of a plan to expand into electric vehicles. Foxconn recently announced it will ......more

Automotive IDMs have already told their clients that their chip prices will go up by 10-20% starting 2022 amid rising compoents and materaisls costs. Foundry quotes have been rising, but they are expected to......more

Taiwan recorded exports totaling US$39.65 in September 2021, hitting a monthly record for the third consecutive time with growth of 0.3% sequentially and 29.2% year-on-year, while the corresponding imports reached US$33.21 bill......more

Rain Neuromorphics has taped out a demonstration chip for its brain-inspired analog architecture that employs a 3D array of randomly-connected memristors to compute neural network training and inference at extremely low power. ......more

First, a few perspectives on AI: It’s a misnomer! AI is neither artificial, nor is it intelligent. AI cannot recognize things without extensive human training. AI exhibits completely different logic from humans in terms o......more

The car industry has been plagued by component shortages, and automotive IC shortages are likely to last till at least 2023. TSMC's plan to build a mature process fab in Japan comes as good new......more

NeuroBlade, the compute-in-memory startup, has secured $83 million to help market its data analytics accelerator based on its XRAM computational memory chip. The Series B funding round takes NeuroBlade’s total funding to ......more

Notebook ODMs may not see strong shipment growth in traditional peak season in second-half 2021, but it does not mean that the notebook market is heading for a downturn. Samsung expects to move its 3nm GAA proces......more

Despite optimistic predictions that auto makers have seen the worst of ongoing semiconductor shortages, sources closer to the technology supply chain maintain things will get worse before they get any better. Industry consul......more

As AI hype recedes and new engineering challenges are confronted, memory requirements are coming into focus: Not every machine learning and inference task will require advanced memory technology. Instead, proven conventional me......more

As we reported, Globalfoundries broke ground this week on a new 300-mm fab in Singapore, one of a projected 19 new high-volume fabs to be built by the end of this year, according to the industry group SEMI. Those f......more

The pursuit of technology sovereignty from China to the U.S. to Europe has moved to the forefront as semiconductors emerge as the coin of the realm. As Beijing invests billions on chip innovation and U.S. lawmakers reach con......more

The IC industry sees uneven inventory in different segments, with short supply of power management ICs and other mature chips worsening. China's eletricity restrictions policy is creating uncertaint......more

Edom Technology has announced plans to acquire fellow Taiwan-based IC distributor Promaster Technology, which sells mainly RF and 5G connectivity chips, through a share swap. Promaster is currently a product distri......more

A new wave of price hikes among chip vendors is looming as STMicro and Xilinx have both told clients their product prices will go up in fourth-quarter 2021. The US government reportedly is demanding foundry houses, in......more

Leadframe maker I-Chiun Precision Industry plans to further expand production capacity for another two product lines - heat spreaders and LED photocouplers - by 30% each, with the additional capacity scheduled to come online in......more

After a record-high start in the first quarter of 2021, semiconductor merger and acquisition announcements cool off a bit without the "megadeals" seen in 2020, according to IC Insights. After a surge in s......more

China has imposed a power cut policy that has hit many factories in many of provinces. Taiwan-based PCB makers who have manufacturing lines in Suzhou and Kunshan have stopped production following orders from local gov......more

Increasing foundry and materials costs are prompting some major IC vendors in Taiwan to decide to raise their product prices in fourth quarter of 2021. In China, many components makers are being affected by the C......more

As the U.S. semiconductor industry awaits enactment of a chip legislation that among other things would provide tax and other incentives to build domestic foundries, Intel Corp. is in the midst of negotiations to construct a U.......more

As traffic gradually returns to pre-pandemic volumes, you may have noticed among the brake lights more electric vehicles. More Teslas, an occasional Ford Mustang Mach-E, even a top-of-the-line Porsche Taycan (the supposed &ldqu......more

The impact of chip shortages that are in varying degrees had a negative impact on the overall notebooks shipped by the world's top-5 notebook brands (excluding Apple) in August, which saw a 3% sequential drop, according to ......more

Total foundry sales this year will surpass the US$100-billion mark for the first time, and continue increasing at a strong 11.6% average annual growth rate through 2025 when total foundry sales are expected to reach US$151.2 bi......more

External circumstances and changing industry demands have continued to impact various industry chains since the second half of 2020. For IPC companies, the consensus in 2021 is that they can only produce as many products as the......more

That water is in short supply is not news, but things are set to get more challenging. Close to 2.4 billion people already live in “water scarce” areas, according to the World Data Lab, which operates the Water Scar......more

Some Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers have claimed their book-to-bill ratios remain above one with clear order visibility through the end of this year and even 2022, in response to recent reports indicating LCD pa......more

China-based Vanchip Technologies, a subsidiary of MediaTek, is partnering with IC distributor WPG and GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors to promote its Wi-Fi 6 RF front-end modules (RF FEM) including power amplifier (PA)......more

IC packaging materials distributors continue to see strong demand for wire-bonding operations despite uncertainties facing sales of notebooks, handsets and other end-market devices in the fourth quarter of the year, accord......more

The substantial increase in the number of quantum bits, also called qubits, and structural dimensions of logic gates have made the fidelity and connectivity of qubits highly critical. Taking into consideration Taiwan......more

Tight supply has pushed up foundry costs, fueling pressure on IC design clients. First-tier IC design houses are now ready to increase prices for their chip solutions in first-quarter 2022. Pure-play fo......more

Arm is partnering with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop an ecosystem platform available for international IC design startups looking to invest in Taiwan. A press event was hel......more

IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) has enjoyed a strong influx of MA (materials analysis) and FA (failure analysis) orders for AI chips and third-generation semiconductors from foundrie......more

LCD driver IC design houses will hike quotes to reflect continually increased costs for wafer foundry services but have been faced with reluctance from clients, LCD panel makers, because panel prices have kept falling......more

IC design houses are caught between rising foundry costs and weakening end-market demand. The IC designers' sales and profits for foruth-quarter 2021 are coming under pressure. And PSMC is yet ......more

Vietnam saw a large increase in its exports of mobile devices and related components in July and higher foreign investment from South Korea-based electronics vendors, while Oppo made its way to the top in Thailand in second-qua......more

Taiwan's backend houses including ASE Technology, Greatek Electronics, Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE), Lingsen Precision Industries and Taiwan IC Packaging have seen clear order visibility for audio chips ......more

As the U.S. semiconductor industry awaits enactment of a chip legislation that among other things would provide tax and other incentives to build domestic foundries, Intel Corp. is in the midst of negotiations to construct a U.......more

Chip shortages have been troubling many vendors, including Apple, whose much anticipated miniLED-backlit MacBook Pro series may be unveiled later than expected. The electric vehicle market looks so promising that many......more

HDI PCB demand has been robust for high-end applications, and major makers including Unimicron Technology, Compeq Manufacturing, and Tripod Technology are planning to enforce capacity expansions in 2022 to meet the demand, acco......more

Taiwan chip vendors including MediaTek will continue to play an influential role in the global high-tech sectors in 2022 with major advantages including strong IC design prowess, effective marketing strategy and sound......more

Just weeks after demonstrating its ability to make 300-mm CMOS wafers using a thin layer of diamond, EE Times caught up with Akhan Semiconductor Chairman Adam Khan for a follow-up to our previous interview&n......more

Foundry houses have been raising their service quotes, but fabless IC designers are finding it more and more difficult to pass on the increases in production costs to their downstream clients who are seeing ......more

SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd has unveiled a new technology for automotive application integrated circuits ("ICs") or chips used in vehicles. SilTerra's 180nm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS ("BCD") automotive grade pr......more

Taiwan-based leadframe makers Shuen Der Industry (SDI) and Jih Lin Technology are optimistic about shipments for automotive power components and modules over the next two to three years, according to industry sources. T......more

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 137.34 for July 2021, decreasing 1.90% sequentially but increasing 15.02% on year, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Based on MOEA......more

Taiwan-based IC distributors including Answer Technology (ANStek), GMI Technology, WPG and WT Microelectronics have all seen a strong pull-in of orders for Wi-Fi and other networking chips with order visibility extend......more

Samsung Electronics replaced Intel as the number one quarterly semiconductor supplier in the second quarter of 2021, according to IC Insights. Driven by surging demand and rising prices for DRAM and flash memory, S......more

China-based foundries may not be able to provide manufacturing sevices using the most advanced processes, but they see strong demand from the domestic market. SMIC and Huahong are expected to report handsome......more

In line with the country's bid to improve semiconductor self-sufficiency, China-based PCB maker Shennan Circuits has made plans to invest almost US$1 billion in building ABF substrate production lines. In Korea,&n......more

IC shortage is disrupting production at many industry sectors amid tight foundry capacity. PC makers have disclosed that short supply of small ICs is expected to persist through 2022. Taiwan's MOSFE......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are generally optimistic about globally increasing adoption of USB Type-C interface specification, and expect global demand for Type-C chips to grow over 50% on year in 2021 and 2022......more

Despite some ongoing shortages of microcontrollers and automakers having to temporarily close assembly lines this year, automotive MCU sales are forecast to surge 23% in the economic recovery of 2021 to a record-high level......more

Taiwan's leading flexible PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology and flexible antenna board supplier Flexium Interconnect have kicked off peak-season shipments as scheduled for new iPhones and other Apple devices, with th......more

Car chip supply has improved thanks to more support from foundry houses. But automotive chip shortage will still last for some time. Notebook ODMs may have reported significant results for the second quarter, but thei......more

Samsung Electronics has announced its new wearable processor, the Exynos W920. The new processor integrates an LTE modem, and is built with an advanced 5nm extreme ultra-violet (EUV) process node. The Exynos W920 packs two A......more

Global server shipments grew only 9.2% sequentially in the second quarter of 2021, weaker than Digitimes Research's estimation of 14% growth made in April, due to shortages of components and ICs. The volumes will gr......more

Taiwan-based LCD panel makers continue to feel the impact of chip shortages, which will likely persist for the next 2-3 years, according to industry sources. The price of LCD TV panels below 55 inches has been further declin......more

IC Insights has released its ranking of revenue growth rates for the 33 IC product categories in 2021, and forecast for 2021. Among the 33 IC product categories, 32 will exprerience sales growth this ye......more

Along with increasing demand for fine-pitch LED displays and lighting products, global supply of LED driver ICs has been 20-30% short of demand, according to Taiwan-based LED driver IC design house Macroblock. ......more

China's PCB maker Dongshan Precision Manufacturing (DSBJ) has disclosed plans to invest CNY1.5 billion (US$232.1 million) in establishing a new wholly-owned subsidiary that will be dedicated to production and sale of I......more

IC designers in Taiwan are poised to embrace the most lucrative year in 2021 amid the persistent crunch of chips, but they are also facing increasing cost pressure on developing new-generation chip solutions, which may res......more

IC unit shipments are forecast to surge 21% in 2021, following an 8% increase in 2020 and a 6% drop in 2019, according to IC Insights. IC unit shipments for 2021 will reach 391.2 billion, more than 11 tim......more

Touch panel specialist General Interface Solution (GIS) expects sales of its fingerprint recognition solutions to climb as a proportion of company revenue to 20-30% in 2023 and 2024, compared with the current 5-6%. ......more

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology saw its net profits for second-quarter 2021 shoot up 202% on year to NT$1.01 billion (US$36.1 million), thanks to substantial improvements in production yield rates and eff......more

MediaTek has announced that on behalf of subsidiary Richtek Technology, its agreement with Intel to acquire assets related to the power management solutions product line sold under the Enpirion brand owned by Intel and its subs......more

Demand from the car sector has been strong, and foundry houses are stepping up efforts to rolling out more automotive chips. Apple's manufacturing partners are seeing COVID-induced disruptions to their production in Vi......more

Chang Wah Electomaterials (CWE), after building a solid presence in the distribution of semiconductor materials, is on track to transform into a manufacturer of diverse materials including even front-end process solutions. C......more

Chip shortage gas been serious, but Apple and carmakers are both asking for more ICs, the former looking to secure supply for its upcoming devices and the latter to prevent dirsuptions to their productions. Chinese IC......more

In light of the global semiconductor demand surges and chip companies looking to avoid the risks from the trade war and supply chain storage, the India government has recently provided new incentives to global semiconductor com......more

PCB manufacturers engaged in the notebook, tablet and other PC industry supply chain continue to see their shipments constrained by shortages of various chips in varying degrees, which may persist through the second half of thi......more

Automotive component and parts suppliers are cautious about shipments in the second half of this year, despite brisk order visibility they have, according to industry sources. Demand has recovered, but shortage of semiconduc......more

As of December 2020, Taiwan led the world with 21.4% of global wafer capacity installed in that country, according to IC Insights. In second place was South Korea, which accounted for 20.4% of global wafer capacity. ......more

IC testing service provider and equipment developer YoungTek Electronics (YTEC) has seen strong demand for IC testing services and equipment as well as equipment for miniLED backlighting, according to industry so......more

PCB manufacturers continue to see their supply constrained by the ongoing shortage of related upstream materials, such as copper foils and epoxy resin, according to industry sources. Upstream PCB materials suppliers continue......more

Symtek Automation Asia (SAA), an automated semiconductor equipment supplier, has seen its first-tier customers raise capital spending in a bid to push their development of 5G and HPC technologies. This has driven up the number ......more

GaAs IC foundries Win Semiconductors and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company (AWSC), and GaAs epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company (VPEC) are all poised to log significant revenue gains in the secon......more

The development of on-device AI chips for smart speaker applications is gaining momentum as brand vendors are incorporating those chips into their speaker products to improve related real-time voice services and sound quality a......more

Taiwan-based distributors for IC fabrication and packaging materials have all seen their order visibility extended to the first quarter of 2022, bolstered by a persistent booming semiconductor industry, according to i......more

Taiwan-based analog IC vendors are poised to see their third-quarter 2021 revenues hit new highs again on the growing availability of foundry capacity support from 8-inch fabs, according to industry sources. The ve......more

Pure-play foundries are focusing on fulfilling chip orders coming from the car industry in the third quarter of 2021, allocating more of their available capacities to orders for automotive ICs, according to industry source......more

Taiwan-based IC test solutions providers Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and Keystone Microtech are both expected to enjoy a strong second half of 2021, thanks to robust demand for handset application processors, ......more

Taiwan's automotive PCB suppliers are poised to embrace notable shipment increases in the second half of the year, bolstered by the growing improvement to automotive IC supply, according to industry sources. TS......more

The car industry used to keep lean inventory, but automotive chip vendors have now been striking long-term deals with foundry houses in order to secure supply for the next two years. Thanks to priority supply from fou......more

The ongoing shortage of notebook-use chips, panels and other components is expected to improve substantially in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to Digitimes Research. Supplies of panel modules, ICs and CPUs are still o......more

Taiwan's CCL maker Iteq will step up its business diversification, with more efforts on developing high-end CCL materials for handset, IC substrate and flexible mmWave antenna applications, in addition to its high......more

The server sector has seen chip shortages worsening, with lead time for critical ICs for server production extended to 52 weeks. Improvements are unlikely until at least fourth-quarter 2021. Chip supply has been tight......more

Globally prevailing shortage ICs and increases in cost of components and materials are expected to negatively affect the automobile manufacturing industry in Malaysia, a local media report has cited Malaysian Automotive As......more

Strong demand across the entire IC market this year is projected to lift sales for the total IC market by 24% and break through the US$500 billion plateau for the first time in history, according to IC&......more

Chip orders for servers, particularly high-speed transmission chip orders, will be ramping up substantially in the third quarter of 2021, according to industry sources. Taiwan-based IC designers including ASMedia T......more

India is looking to attract more ICT manufacturers to invest in India, hoping to fill the gap at the local ICT supply chain, and has been accepting letter of intent for investment from semiconductor companies since th......more

Taiwan's OSATs, now sustaining full capacity utilization for wire-bonding process for lower-end logic chips, are embracing strong backend demand for diverse HPC chips, but their actual business performance in this......more

IC substrate makers continue to see their output fall short of demand, despite a recent slowdown in cryptomining demand, according to industry sources. With cryptomining chip vendors shifting to adopt BT substrates for ......more

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) has recently obtained wafer bumping orders for networking chips from Broadcom and MediaTek, indicating a significant payoff in its deployments in the logic IC field, acc......more

With more capcity support from foundry houses, car chip vendors can now ramp up their output. Some international automotive IC vendors have notified their clients that they can expect more supplies in second-half 2021......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses remain upbeat about their sales growth in the third quarter of 2021, despite a recent cutback in orders from the notebook sector, according to industry sources. Most notebook clients a......more

Some networking device makers, including Wistron NeWeb and Arcadyan Technology, have said the shortages of some parts and components currently affecting the production of networking devices may ease a bit in third quarter 2021.......more

China's smartphone demand failed to gain as much momentum as expected during the Labor Day holidays, resulting in declines in smartphone component shipments in the second quarter, but related orders from Apple will begin to......more

COVID-19 cluster infections among migrant workers at King Yuan Electronics and several other Taiwan-based IC companies' factory sites in Miaoli of northern Taiwan have been brought under control. With power and......more

IC Insights has raised its IC market growth forecast for 2021 to 24%, compared with its previous estimate of 19% growth. If excluding memory, the total IC market is expected to increase 21% this year......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are optimistic about their shipments for smartphone applications in the third quarter of 2021, thanks to the upcoming rollouts of new 5G-enabled models, particularly by Chinese brand......more

Taiwan's semiconductor materials distributors including Topco Scientific, Wah Lee Industrial, Topco Technologies, and Chang Wah Electromaterials are all upbeat about their sales in the third quarter of the year due to stron......more

The automotive share of the total IC market has never been greater than 9.0% while the communications share of the IC market peaked at 37.2% in 2013, according to IC Insights. In 2020, the communic......more

MCU supplier Megawin Technology is on track to swing back to profitability in 2021, having experienced profits for three consecutive quarters as of the first of the year. Megawin has seen its sales and earnings continue to i......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses see mixed shipment momentum for different segments in the second half of the year, with PC peripheral chips to sustain strong demand, handset chips to enjoy a surge in shipments, and chip......more

IC substrate and PCB supplier Unimicron Technology expects to sustain strong shipments throughout 2021, inspired by very clear order visibility for all its major product lines in the months ahead, according to industry sou......more

Taiwan's tech firms have intensified coronavirus-prevention measures after COVID-19 hit some local semiconductors plants, with KYEC bearing the brunt of the impacts, raising concerns about the stability of IC supp......more

Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology continued to see their May sales driven by robust shipments of IC substrates, and are both poised to enjoy a strong 2021, according to industry sources. The outlook for......more

Components shortage has been troubling the PC sector for months. PC brand vendors, seeking to secure components supply, have moved to directly place orders with IC design houses, skipping their ODMs. Apple is exp......more

With analog sales of US$10.9 billion and 19% marketshare, Texas Instruments (TI) maintained its firm grip as the leading supplier of analog devices in 2020, according to IC Insights. TI's analog sales increased ab......more

TSMC is gearing up expansion of its capacity in response to strong demand from diverse sectors. According to the foundry's CEO, TSMC will invest a total of US$100 billion in capacity expansion through 2023. In the......more

AT&S has disclosed plans to invest EUR1.7 billion (US$2.07 billion) to set up a new production base for ABF substrates in Southeast Asia to satisfy the needs of its major HPC chip clients. This would be the lar......more

Vietnam is stepping up the development of its homegrown semiconductor industry, which will be a potential driver of its future exports growth. Vietnam's homegrown semiconductor sector is expected to grasp new business op......more

Passive components makers are closely monitoring the impact of IC shortages on their actual shipments for notebook, server and automotive segments, so as to work out optimal materials procurement and inventory policie......more

Chip orders for servers and datacenters have started picking up, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses, which expect the orders pull-in momentum to carry on through the first half of 2022. IC d......more

Tesla is reportedly approaching IC suppliers in Taiwan, Korea and the US, seeking to secure steady supplies of automotive chips with advance payments, according to industry sources. It might be difficult for Tesla ......more

IC test interfaces that can withstand high current of up to 1,000 A and high voltage of 1,200V will see a significant surge in demand for processing high-current driver ICs and other automotive electronics needed in E......more

Taiwan's III-V semiconductor players including foundry Win Semiconductors and epi-wafer supplier Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) have cut into the supply chains of major carmakers and China's EV vendors by providing ToF......more

Taiwan-based IC testing houses including King Yuan Electronics (KYEC), Sigurd Microelectronics and Ardentec have all kicked off R&D for more advanced 3nm-made chips, while also exerting efforts to develop solution......more

Whether Taiwan's IC industry supply chain can maintain its stability will play a crucial role in the country's export growth this year. With ICs playing an increasingly important role in Taiwan's t......more

Fueled by economic recovery and the transition to a digital economy, memory IC sales are forecast to top US$180 billion in 2022, exceeding the previous record high set in 2018, according to IC Insights.......more

Group Up Industrial (GP) has landed significant amounts of orders, particularly those catering to the manufacture of ABF substrates and BT substrates for AiP modules this year, according to the Taiwan-based maker dedicated to s......more

MediaTek, Qualcomm Taiwan and other IC design houses in Taiwan have adopted work-from-home and other precautionary measures amid a spike of COVID-19 infections locally, according to industry sources. Some companies......more

A resurgence of COVID-19 infections in India and Southeast Asia, as well as a spike in confirmed cases in Taiwan, may cast clouds on the IC market outlook this year, according to industry sources. The COVID-19 resu......more

The consensus that emerged from an April 2021 meeting of high-level corporate executives at The White House to discuss fixes to the ongoing semiconductor shortage echoed what observers have been saying for months......more

Renesas Electronics has unveiled a new 30W wireless charging receiver chip, which is designed to fit into Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 5G Mobile Platform. Renesas said its P9412 enables Qualcomm to be the first to offer a fast 3......more

Taiwan-based Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of analog and power management (PWM) ICs, expects to see its second-quarter revenue grow up to 10% sequentially to a record high. GMT expects to post revenue o......more

The shortages of crucial parts and materials in the networking industry are likely to persist till the end of 2021, affecting the sales performance of related makers for the year, according to sources at Wistron Neweb. Wistr......more

Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have all posted both sequential and on-year increases for their April revenues, and are poised to embrace brisk results in second-quarter 2021 driven by strong......more

Taiwan's leading PCB maker Zhen Ding Technology will see its 2021 capex grow slightly on year to a new high of over NT$22 billion (US$785.71 million) for building new capacity for offerings including IC substrates......more

Because of worsening shortages of ICs and components, downstream ICT product makers are expected to decelerate their paces in specs upgrades for their new products as their upstream partners will not have en......more

Driven by a resurgent memory market and relatively flat sales results from Intel, IC Insights believes that Samsung will again replace Intel as the leading semiconductor producer beginning in the second quarter of thi......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are bracing for a robust second-quarter 2021, fueled by persistently strong demand along with rising chip prices, according to industry sources. Some first-tier players, including Medi......more

Display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists Chipbond Technology and ChipMOS Technologies have seen unstable capacity utilization for processing small- to medium-size applications due mainly to unstable wafer shipments......more

Fabless chip company sales continued their steady climb over the last year, setting a new record in 2020, according to IC Insights, which also reported sluggish sales growth over the last 12 months for integrated device manufac......more

Some Taiwan-based IC distributors and testing service vendors in AMD's supply chain are benefiting significantly from robust sales of the US firm's HPC (high-performance computing) chips to the datacenter sect......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses particularly those specializing in display driver ICs and MOSFET chips are set to see their gross margins and profitability hike in the first quarter of 2021, buoyed by rising ASPs o......more

The ICT supply chain continues to be influenced by serious component shortages and UMC is now looking to have its major clients to enter into 3-year supply agreement. Meanwhile, LCD panel supply is expected to gr......more

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 139.42 for March 2021, increasing 28.81% sequentially and 18.05% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). Based on MOEA's s......more

TAIPEI — Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are poised to widen their IC manufacturing lead in the chip industry this year as they outspend rivals in production technology, according to industry wat......more

Macroblock has launched four models of miniLED backlighting driver ICs for screens of different sizes. Highly integrated driver ICs have technologically evolved to multi-channel scanning architecture, said Macroblock chairma......more

Apple has announced a new iPad Pro equipped with in-house-designed M1 chip and a 12.9-inch Liquid Retina XDR display, and has also unveiled an 11-inch model. The new iPad Pros support 5G wireless connectivity and f......more

As wafer foundry quotes continue rising amid tight capacity, chip vendors are expected to dynamically hike their quotes to reflect increasing costs in the next quarters, according to sources from leading design houses. TSMC ......more

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is interested in acquiring 6-inch or 8-inch semiconductor fabs, according to company chairman Young-Way Liu in response to speculation that the EMS giant is looking to take over ......more

Industry-wide shortage of foundry capacity has sent fabless IC design houses scrambling for support. They are now diversifying their foundry service suppliers in order to secure support. Foundry houses and f......more

Acer has disclosed plans to acquire a stake in FocalTech Systems, a Taiwan-based display driver IC supplier, for up to NT$1.5 billion (US$53.21 million). Acer considers the deal as a long-term investment, according to a comp......more

ICs accounted for a record-high 35.5% of Taiwan's total exports in 2020, indicating Taiwan-based chipmakers are increasingly critical to the country's economy, according to Digitimes Research. Taiwan is where industr......more

US companies held a 50% share of total IDM sales and a 64% share of fabless sales worldwide in 2020, capturing 55% of total IC sales worldwide last year, according to IC Insights. South Korea-based compan......more

Chipmakers are set to roll out Wi-Fi 6E chip solutions in the second half of the year, bringing new business opportunities for IC test and certification labs including Sporton International. Sporton vice chairman P......more

Taiwan-based IC and material distributors are expected to see their profit growths this year outperform revenue increases, as shortages of IC parts and materials are sending prices up, according to industry ......more

Materials for PCBs and IC packaging have seen prices rising and the upward trend is set to continue in the second quarter, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Sumitomo Bakelite has raised quotes for epoxy resi......more

Tight global supply of TXCO (temperature-compensated crystal oscillator) controller ICs seen after a fire damaged in October 2020 a plant operated by Japan's leading vendor AKM is expected to ease in the third quarter ......more

Taiwan-based first-tier IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor are believed to have seen their March revenues climb substantially on month and boost their revenues for ......more

IC testing interface solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test (CHPT) has upgraded its factory in northern Taiwan into 5G-based smart facility through cooperation with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), its parent company, according ......more

US-based semiconductor equipment vendor KLA is looking to beef up its operations in Taiwan with plans to hire an additional 100 staff this year. KLA said it will kick off its spring recruitment program in April looking to hi......more

Taiwan-based PCB and IC substrate companies are poised to enjoy a particularly strong first half of 2021, thanks to robust demand for high-end substrates and HDI boards, according to industry sources. HDI PCB manuf......more

Propelled by 51% share of IDM sales and 65% share of fabless sales, U.S. companies captured 55% of the total worldwide IC market in 2019, according to semiconductor research firm IC Insights. Regional marketshare of IDM......more

Renesas saw one of its plants in northern Japan struck by fire and the incident could lead to a further tightening of global IC capacity for automotive chips, but Taiwan-based PTI is expected to see shifted order......more

Although many Taiwan-based IC design houses have joined Foxconn Technology's MIH platform to tap the global automotive chip market, it remains to be seen when efforts initiated by those IC makers could s......more

A total of 25 companies in Taiwan have newly formed a 5G Smart Pole Standard Promotion Alliance, aiming to draft technological standards and tap huge smart-city business opportunities worldwide. The alliance's first chai......more

China's IC design sector saw out grow 24% to hit a record high in 2020, with the top-five vendors accounting for nearly 50% of the total, Digitimes Research has found. Chips related to communication, consumer d......more

Taiwan-based MCU suppliers are likely to see their revenues increase significantly in March and second-quarter 2021 thanks to capacity support from wafer foundry houses and IC backend service firms, according to indus......more

PCB makers in Japan and South Korea have been shifting production focus to IC substrates from segments of traditional multi-layer rigid boards and even higher-end HDI, flexible PCB and rigid-flex boards, where Taiwan ......more

Semiconductor materials distributors are expected to gain profit momentum from brisk sales of COG or COF packaging materials driven by robust demand for e-paper and ESL (electronic shelf label) display driver ICs (DDI), apart f......more

With seasonality boosting end-market demand, Taiwan-based MCU and other consumer IC suppliers are poised to see revenues increase starting March, according to industry sources. Taiwanese MCU suppliers including Hol......more

Analog IC design house Silergy is expected to see its revenues and profits hit record highs in 2021 thanks to significant product mix improvement and strong demand for handset, datacenter, panel and automotive applica......more

Taiwan-based distributors of ICs and materials continue to see strong influx of orders, which will buoy their sales performance through the second quarter, according to industry sources. Major system makers have increas......more

LCD panel makers have seen orders picking up, in turn boosting their demand for driver ICs. But supply of LCD driver ICs has fallen far short of demand, prompting vendors to consider raising prices. Many other compone......more

Taiwan's IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology has decided to lease a land lot in northern Taiwan to prepare for further capacity expansions beyond those already underway, expecting capacity demand from clients ......more

Taiwan's IC substrate makers with their strong technological prowess are in pole position to explore business opportunities from China's ongoing homegrown CPU development campaign, according to industry source......more

Taiwan-based uPI Semiconductor, an Asustek Computer affliate specializing in high-performance power chips and discrete solutions, has obtained sufficient 8-inch fab capacity support from United Microelectronics (UMC) and Powerc......more

IC Insights has raised its IC market growth forecast for 2021 to 19%, up 7pp from its previous estimate of 12% growth. The 19% market growth is forecast to be driven by a 17% surge in IC unit volume ......more

Taiwan's IC designers are facing increasingly tight capacity and resultant quote hikes at their backend partners though foundry capacity they booked in fourth-quarter 2020 are being fulfilled starting late first-q......more

Semiconductor manufacturing capacity has been tight, sending some major IC design houses in Taiwan seeking support from Chinese backend firms for packaging lower-end chips. Notebook vendors and ODMs currentl......more

Robust testing demand for 5G chips has started buoying revenues at related suppliers including Sigurd Microelectronics and Sporton International. Sigurd, a veteran backend testing partner for MediaTek's chips, saw its Fe......more

Nan Ya PCB has disclosed plans to spend at least NT$8 billion (US$287.5 million) in 2021, compared to a capex of NT$7.35 billion for 2020, for capacity expansions at its plants in China and Taiwan, particularly for ABF substrat......more

IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) has decided to raise quotes for short lead-time orders by 20-50%, particularly for surface analysis (SA) services, according to company chairperson Yo......more

Rising foundry and backend quotes are prompting IC design houses to make efforts to pass on higher production costs to customers, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Tight capacities at foundries and backend h......more

IC manufacturing capacity has been tight, resulting in chip shortages that some expect to last into 2020. Shortages amid strong demand are sending product prices up - one of those being MOSFET whose sup......more

Macroblock has developed miniLED backlighting driver ICs and is likely to begin volume shipments for such driver ICs for use in tablets, notebooks, gaming monitors and TVs in second-half 2021, according to company chairman Yang......more

Most Taiwan-based analog IC design houses are likely to see double-digit growths for their revenues and profits in 2021, judging from their clear order visibility, according to industry sources. Related suppliers, ......more

China became the largest IC market in the world in 2005 and has continued to grow in size since then. In 2020, China's IC market increased to US$143.4 billion, a 9% gain from US$131.3 billion in 2019, ac......more

IC and materials distributors have reported strong revenue results for January 2021 and will experience a particularly strong first quarter this year thanks to downstream clients striving to stockpile more inventories amid......more

Automakers are desperate for support from foundry partners to ease chip shortages disrupting their production, and they are willing to pay extra in return for foundries giving top priority to their orders. TSMC has agreed to gi......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses continue to see their clients make efforts to build up inventories, which may result in pressure on the supply chain, according to industry sources. Fabless chipmakers continue to see their......more

MediaTek's recently announced mmWave-enabled M80 5G modem chip is likely to fuel competition in the mmWave SoC solution market in the second half of 2021. MediaTek said that its M80 modem chips, which also......more

Taiwan-based IC suppliers expect the current tight capacity at IC backend service firms to ease right after the Lunar New Year holidays, benefiting their business developments from the second quarter and bey......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are poised to embrace brisk sales in the first quarter of 2021 despite foundry capacity constraints, with first-tier players including MediaTek and Novatek Microelectronics likely to gene......more

Each of the top-10 growing IC product categories tracked by IC Insights is expected to see a double-digit increase in sales, but only the top-five segments are forecast to grow faster than the total IC&......more

IC testing interface solution provider Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) has obtained probe card orders from a handset applications processor vendor, and is vying for orders from another major player in the handset AP se......more

IC components prices are rising as a result of shortages amid tight foundry capacity, heaping pressure on notebook makers. ODMs are mulling hiking notebook manufacturing quotes in order to ease the pressure. Comp......more

MCU design houses Holtek Semiconductor and Sonix Technology will hike quotes by 10-15%, and fellow companies Elan Microelectronics, Hycon Technology, Sunplus Technology, Nyquest Technology and Nuvoton Technology are expected to......more

Taiwanese foundry houses' promises to devote more capacity to making automotive chips have raised concern among smaller IC designers. With the foundry capacity unlikely to see major expansion anytime soon, production of mor......more

Fabless chip company sales continued their steady climb over the last year, setting a new record in 2020, according to IC Insights, which also reported sluggish sales growth over the last 12 months for integrated device manufac......more

Chip vendors have been striving to obtain capacity support from Taiwan-based foundry houses, which nevertheless have been unable to meet all demand due to tight capacity. The foundries are prioritizing long-term ......more

Memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI) is gearing up to expand its business in the logic IC field in 2021 with focus placed on flip-chip packaging and bumping services, seeking to become an all-round OSAT, ac......more

IC Insights has forecast that the global IC market will rise 12% and set an all-time high of US$441.5 billion in 2021. Throughout its history, the IC industry has experienced amazing highs and endure......more

Greatek Electronics, a Powertech Technology (PTI) subsidiary dedicated to logic IC packaging, plans to raise its quotes between the end of February and the beginning of March to reflect its tight capacity, according to Bor......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses, including MediaTek, continue to encounter tight capacity at their foundry partners and have to decelerate the development of their new chip products due mainly to advanced-node capacity ......more

Taiwan-based RFID specialist Securitag Assembly Group (SAG) expects the commercialization of 5G networks will be instrumental in boosting sales of its products, including RFID labels and tags, according to company president Chi......more

Taiwan-based IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology plans to restore a fire-hit flexible PCB (FPCB) plant in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan, and convert it to produce ABF substrates aiming to expand the company&#......more

As shortages of components continue to haunt the semiconductor industry, LED chipmakers are now looking to raise their product quotes, which will drive downstream LED lighting product vendors to also increase their prices ......more

Taiwan-based IC substrate makers are generally cautious about expanding BT-based substrate capacity. Nevertheless, with demand for SiP (system-in-package) and AiP (antenna-in-package) designs set to boom, the companie......more

MediaTek has unveiled its new Dimensity 1200 and 1100 5G smartphone SoC series built using 6nm process technology. MediaTek disclosed that the new Dimensity 1200 has already received TUV Rheinland certification for its 5G pe......more

As 5G and Wi-Fi 6 are becoming the mainstream specifications for the IT market in 2021, Taiwan's III-V IC companies are expected to maintain a high utilization in the year. Server shipments are also......more

Vertically-integrated LED maker Opto Tech has hiked quotes for Si-based sensor chips, mainly photo diode and photo transistor chips, by 10-15% and fellow maker Tyntek has followed suit by hiking quotes for such product lines by......more

Along with fast growing demand for compound and Si-based ICs used in automotive sensor modules, Taiwan-based GaAs epitaxial wafer makers WIN Semiconductors, Advanced Wireless Semiconductor and Visual Photonics Epitaxy as w......more

Five big acquisition announcements and more than a dozen smaller deals in 2020 pushed the total value of M&A agreements in the year to an all-time high of US$118 billion, surpassing the previous record of US$107.7 billion r......more

Taiwan-based LCD driver IC suppliers continue to enjoy a ramp-up in orders including short lead-time ones, and will see their supply remains tight through the second quarter of 2021, according to industry sources. ......more

Touch panel maker General Interface Solution (GIS) is expected to lock in the first batch of in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor module orders from Samsung Electronics for usage in Korea-based brand's new flagship Gala......more

Tight supply and strong demand are pushing prices up in the secomiconductor sector, ranging from product pricing and manufacturing service quotes. Foundry houses have seen IC designers come knocking on their door......more

Taiwan's exports totaled US$33 billion in December 2020, the highest-ever monthly level with 3.16% on-month and 12.0% on-year growths, according to the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Imports totaled US$27.24 billion, hitting......more

Taiwan-based second-tier fabless chipmakers including Advanced Power Electronics, Andes Technology, Elan Microelectronics, Fitipower Integrated Technology, M31 Technology and Sitronix Technology have all reported record-high sa......more

IC substrate suppliers Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology both saw their fourth-quarter 2020 revenues hit the year's peak, bolstered by higher prices offered by clients to scramble for more capacity support ......more

IC Insights has forecast that China-produced ICs will represent only 19.4% of the country's IC market in 2025, a fraction of the country's "Made in China 2025" goal of 70%. Although Chin......more

Taiwan-based automotive components vendors are eyeing opportunities from MIH, a software/hardware-integrated EV (eletric vehicle) development open platform launched by Foxconn Electronics in collaboration with Yulon Motor,......more

Demand for highly-customized IC sockets will sustain growth momentum in 2021 along with increasing application of SiP (system in package) technology to heterogeneous chips integration, according to industry sources. ......more

The 5G infrastructure development in China is facing uncertainty arising from the US sanctions against telecom equipment vendor Huawei, but Taiwan-based suppliers of CCL still expect their overall shipments to remain ......more

Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) suppliers who have raised quotes by 10-15% to reflect tight supply and rising costs remain upbeat about 2021, as market conditions will still be favorable to the fabless chipmakers......more

Airoha Technology, a MediaTek subsidiary, will acquire all shares of fellow company IC Plus at NT$22 (US$0.78) per share, according to company filings with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). Specializing in Bluetoot......more

With a 22% jump expected in fabless company IC sales this year, led by a forecast US$2.8 billion sales increase by AMD, as compared to only a 6% IC sales increase forecast for the IDMs, IC Insights......more

Taiwan-based WinWay Technology, a dedicated supplier of IC test interface solutions, has plans to expand production capacity for high-frequency and high-speed IC test sockets in 2021 to meet robust demand fo......more

Taiwan's IC substrate makers Unmicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB, and Kinsus Interconnect Technology have seen their production lines in China running at full capacity to serve Chinese chipmakers, although PCB makers ......more

When tough US sanctions against Huawei took effect in mid September, Taiwanese chip suppliers did lose massive orders from one of their biggest clients. But Taiwan's IC ecosystem has since seen the void fille......more

Panel maker Innolux is looking to venture into the IC packaging segment by converting its 3.5G LCD panel fab into an advanced packaging plant dedicated to FOPLP (fan-out panel level package) process, according to industry sourc......more

Taiwan recorded manufacturing production index (2016 as base year) of 124.97 for November 2020, hitting the highest monthly level by increasing 1.94% sequentially and 8.19% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs......more

Many international semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers have been stepping up investments or strengthening deployments in Taiwan seeking to better serve TSMC's ecosystem clustering at Southern Taiwan Science Park......more

US-based II-VI is expected to supply VCSEL chips, which will be used in ToF LiDAR scanners for the next-generation iPhones set to be released next year, to Apple. Meanwhile, Taiwan server makers' shipments&nb......more

Taiwan-based Group Up Industrial (GP), which specializes in PCB dry process and other semiconductor equipment, has seen clear order visibility through the second quarter of 2021 and is optimistic about its performance next......more

Imaging solution developer Altek and Qualcomm Technologies have cooperated to develop an AI+AGV (automated guided vehicle) automatic inspection solution for use in ASE's smart factory that features a mmWave 5G private ......more

Taiwan-based backend houses have seen strong demand for display driver ICs and NAND flash controller chips, with clear order visibility through the second quarter of 2021, according to industry sources. Display driver&n......more

China's IC industry will register another growth in output next year, driven by the country's efforts in boosting its IC self-sufficiency, as well as international chipmakers' intention of expand......more

Many Taiwan-based IC design service and silicon IP providers are expected to see their revenues hit record highs in the fourth quarter of 2020 thanks to continued orders from Chinese IC design houses, accord......more

Taiwan-based IC distributors are poised to see their revenues continue to grow in 2021 on robust demand for IC parts, notably memory devices, in the coming year, according to industry sources. Major ......more

Following spending of US$106.1 billion in 2018 and US$102.5 billion in 2019, worldwide semiconductor capex is expected to grow 6% to US$108.1 billion this year, according to IC Insights. The foundry segment is esti......more

The fast-charge IC market has seen short supply partly because of tight capacity at foundries and fast growing demand from clients to support upgrades in chargers, according to industry sources. This wave of moment......more

The breakthrough MAX77655 single-inductor multiple output (SIMO) power management IC (PMIC) from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. provides the highest-density power solution for extremely compact next-generation device......more

Taiwan-based semiconductor makers such as Unimicron and Kinsus are expected to see their orders for 5G handsets to pick up significantly in 2021 as demand for 5G phones is expected to be brisk. Meanwhile, UMC will als......more

Global semiconductor sales continued to decline in the third quarter of 2019, despite growth signs in the memory market. Meanwhile, Intel retains top slot in global rankings, while Sony Semiconductor Solutions is a shining star......more

AMD is posing a strong challenge to Intel in the server processor market, with its share in the segment standing a good chance of reaching 20% in 2021. In the memory sector, supply constraints in speciality DRAM ......more

Production at one of Micron's fabs in Taiwan was disrupted by a power outage on December 3, but the company has maintained that operation of facilities has returned to normal. But how the Micron prodution disruption&nb......more

DRAM will generate the greatest sales revenue among all IC product categories in 2020, while NAND flash will outperform other sectors in terms of revenue growth, according to IC Insights. The top-five&nbs......more

Taiwan's IC design houses are doubling down their efforts developing related ICs for 5G phones, as the global smartphone shipments powered by the 5G technology are set to boom in 2021, according to industry s......more

Taiwan-based IC distributors have enjoyed strong sales so far in 2020 thanks to clients' keen inventory preparations and Huawei's brisk short-term orders ahead of its trade ban by the US government, and the mo......more

The US Department of Commerce reportedly will place another 89 Chinese tech firms on its MEU (military end user) control list including JCET's subsidiary STATS ChipPAC and IC distributor Arrow Asia Pac in Hong Kon......more

Industrial computing solution developer Advantech has enhanced marketing of IoT solutions in the China market, according to president Miller Chang for the company's embedded IoT business. With China's infrastructure ......more

VCSEL maker TrueLight expects its shipments of VCSEL chips for proximity-sensor applications to grow significantly in the fourth quarter of 2020, driven by strong order pull-ins from the handset sectors in China and Korea,......more

Manufacturing equipment supplier C Sun expects equipment used in advanced IC packaging, mainly SiP (system in package), FO-WLP (fan-out wafer-level package) and CoWoS (chip-on-wafer-on-substrate), to be the major sour......more

Output value for the global IC foundry industry is forecast to surge more than 20% in 2020, and will register another on-year growth but at a slower pace in 2021, according to Digitimes Research. Digitimes Research......more

ASIC design service and IP provider Faraday Technology has announced its memory compilers based on UMC's 28nm embedded High Voltage (eHV) process technology have been subsequently used by major mobile OLED driver IC custome......more

Testing house Sigurd Microelectronics is optimistic about its business outlook for 2021, as testing demand for related chips for 5G phone, networking, automotive and AI applications will remain strong in the coming year. ......more

The world's top-15 semiconductor companies are forecast to see their combined sales increase 13% in 2020, slightly more than twice the expected total worldwide semiconductor industry growth of 6%, according to IC ......more

The US trade sanctions against Huawei and its chipmaking affiliate HiSilicon continue to benefit Taiwan's IC design sector in the fourth quarter of 2020, set to be a particularly strong fourth quarter for Taiwan-b......more

For Chinese fabless IC vendors, tight foundry supply has been compounded by the fact that China-based SMIC has been blacklisted by the US. More Chinese IC vendors are now seeking support from Samsu......more

A growing number of Taiwan-based network equipment suppliers have ramped up shipments of 5G CPE (customer premise equipment) products to the markets in Europe and the US starting third-quarter 2020 and are poised to further exp......more

IC capacity for leading-edge (sub-10nm) processes is expected to grow and become the largest portion of monthly installed capacity across the industry beginning in 2024, according to IC Insights. Sub-10nm capa......more

MediaTek has announced on behalf of subsidiary Richtek Technology plans to acquire assets related to the power management solutions product line sold under the Enpirion brand owned by Intel and its subsidiaries. The transact......more

Fan motor driver IC supplier Sentelic has reported strong earnings for the first three quarters of 2020, as the ongoing work-from-home activities have helped drive up demand for related MCUs and controller I......more

Demand for TWS earbuds may be robust, but prices for chips supporting these devices have been fallign fast, thanks to keen competition between IC design houses. Pricing for some TWS earbud chips has fallen b......more

China's upcoming 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) will continue to highlight technology and capacity upgrades as the core of its semiconductor self-sufficiency strategy, with foundry capacity projected to expand 40% from the......more

Big, complex data sets, a growing list of commercial applications advanced by impatient consumers and widespread adoption of deep learning and neural networks are seen as accelerating the AI chips set at a roughly 40-percent an......more

FocalTech Systems has raised quotes for its TDDI chips and LCD driver ICs by 10%, and is mulling another double-digit price increase in the first half of 2021, according to industry sources. The price adjustments are to re......more

It remains uncertain how the outcome of the US presidential election may change the country's trade tensions with China, but semiconductor firms in Taiwan generally believe the American government is unlikely to change its ......more

Tight foundry capacity has constrained semiconductor supply, with PWM ICs in particularly serious shortages. The IC shortages are delaying shipments of end-market devices that are badly needed to suppor......more

Taipei — Marvell, after reinventing itself as a supplier of data infrastructure silicon, has joined the upper echelon of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) customers by winning capacity allocation at the 5nm no......more

The semiconductor equipment sector is for now exhibiting remarkable resilience despite geopolitical concerns over an escalating U.S.-China technology cold war and a pandemic that shows no signs of abating. Indeed, ......more

One of the biggest challenges in spaceflight is how to deal with the effects of radiation on electronic components. Radiation-hardened (rad-hard) ICs are used in space applications to ensure the reliable performance of systems ......more

About eight months after the Covid-19 virus pandemic accelerated around the world—causing lockdowns in many countries and driving the global economy into a deep recession—sales of optoelectronics, sensors and actuat......more

Handset brands including Samsung Electronics, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo have stepped up their purchases of IC parts as they aim to take over the smartphone market share relinquished by Huawei in the wake of the US trade s......more

The Wi-Fi 6 penetration rate is likely to advance to 50-60% in 2021 with the latest wireless communication standard increasingly adopted for handsets, routers and notebooks, prompting Taiwan's IC designers and GaA......more

Unimicron Technology's IC substrate plant in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan caught fire on the afternoon of October 28. The site is where the company produces flip-chip chip-scale packaging (CSP) substrates. The fire......more

C Sun aims to increase the proportion of consolidated revenues for advanced IC packaging equipment to 30% in 2021, according to company chairman Morris Liang. C Sun currently has 45% of consolidated revenues coming from PCB ......more

Taiwan IC designers have seen orders swelling from China for imaging processing chips for surveillance, video conferencing and face ID applications as major Chinese chip maker HiSilicon under Huawei has stopped produc......more

IC substrate maker Kinsus Interconnect Technology is set to see its revenues peak for 2020 in the fourth quarter, buoyed by shipments for new iPhones, according to market sources. Kinsus saw its third-quarter 2020 reven......more

A sound ecosystem for high-end IC substrates has to be built in Taiwan as such substrates will still have a big role to play in backend services despite the growing demand for substrate-free advanced packaging solutio......more

Taiwan's driver IC backend firms have seen small-volume rush orders as a result of Samsung Electronics' gradual exit from the LCD panel market, according to industry sources said. Samsung's purchases of......more

Taiwanese IC design houses have mixed feelings about good sales of the new iPhone series, which could limit sales for 5G Android phones in the short term, according to industry sources. Strong iPhone sales will onl......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are eyeing the growing demand for car-use ASICs, with some having won orders from automakers or their supply chain partners, according to industry sources. MediaTek has introduced Autu......more

One of the world's main IC industry clusters is being formed at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP), where TSMC operates its major manufacturing site for 5nm process technology. TSMC has also disclosed plan......more

Sentelic, which specializes in fan motor controller ICs for servers, will be listed on the Taiwan over-the-counter (OTC) stock market in mid- or late-November. Sentelic has enjoyed robust demand for servers so far ......more

Taiwan's IC packaging materials suppliers, including Niching Technology and Chang Wah Technology (CWTC), have seen their order visibility improve significantly, according to industry sources. Many IC ......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are gearing up for a boom in 5G smartphone shipments starting the fourth quarter of 2020, according to industry sources. Global 5G smartphone shipments will peak for 2020 in the fourth......more

The market for system-in-package (SiP) substrates is already tight and will become tighter as Apple is looking to adopt SiP technology in more of its AirPods series, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC substrate s......more

Despite the COVID-19 shutdown of the Chinese economy earlier this year, China's share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17pp higher than it registered in 2010, according to IC Insights......more

Apple's decision of not providing wired earphones for its iPhone 12 series is expected to create a wave of Bluetooth earphone demand, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. At the moment, Bluetooth earphone......more

China's upcoming 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) will continue to highlight technology and capacity upgrades as the core of its semiconductor self-sufficiency strategy, with foundry capacity projected to expand 40% from the......more

Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to enjoy a particularly robust fourth-quarter 2020, thanks to a strong pull-in of short lead-time orders from their China-based clients, according to industry sources. The......more

Power management IC designers Leadtrend Technology, Fitipower Integrated Technology, Weltrend Semiconductor and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) have reported consolidated revenues of NT$143 million (US$4.9 million)......more

China's IC design industry is forecast to generate more than CNY350 billion (US$51.1 billion) in sales in 2020, representing a CAGR of 22% from 2016 to 2020 - the timeframe of the country's 13th Five-Year Plan......more

Taiwan-based IC test solutions providers including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT), Keystone Microtech and WinWay Technology have enjoyed a pull-in of short lead-time orders for GPUs and continued strong demand fo......more

Electric scooter sharing service operator WeMo Scooter and Taiwan Mobile has cooperated to equip the former's bikes with the latter's high-accuracy PM2.5 sensors to dynamically collect real-time air pollution data in Ka......more

The US is apparently turning the heat up on China's semiconductor industry. China's fledgling memory industry may become the next tagret for US sanctions. The US-China trade war has already sent many Taiwanese......more

Many Taiwan-based IC design houses affiliated with United Microelectronics (UMC) are facing the pressure of being marginalized in scrambling for the firm's foundry support, as major foreign chipmakers are aggressi......more

Taiwan-based IC substrate makers including Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are being discouraged from making further investments in China by the escalating US-China trade disputes. The thr......more

Most of Taiwan's IC design houses are expected to see strong sales for September, and they are generally optimistic about their business outlook for the fourth quarter of 2020 thanks to clear order visibility......more

The global IC foundry industry output is forecast to increase 17% to US$70 billion in 2020, and rise another 6.8% in 2021, according to Digitimes Research's latest report. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and US-China tr......more

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IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) saw its revenue climb 20.2% from a year earlier to NT$1.42 billion (US$48.3 million) in the first half of 2020, and expects stronger growth momentum f......more