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| China offers $200 billion semiconductor purchase |
2/18/2019 |
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China’s high economic-planning company is proposing to extend U.S. semiconductor gross sales to China to a complete over six years of $200 billion. Underneath the proposal, nonetheless, that enhance can be generated partially by transferring meeting operations of U.S. semiconductors from third nations like Mexico and Malaysia to China, permitting these merchandise to be counted as U.S. exports relatively than these of different nations.
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| Adata Technology saw sales of its SSD products increase while DRAM fell |
2/18/2019 |
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Adata said previously the company expects demand for DRAM products to pick up starting the second half of 2019 along with the gradual easing of Intel's CPU supply shortages. Meanwhile, the penetration of SSDs in terminal devices is expected to mount along with continued NAND flash price falls, the company indicated.
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| U.S. industrial output fell |
2/18/2019 |
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The Federal Reserve said Friday that that the manufacturing component of the index dropped 0.9 percent last month, reversing a 0.8 percent gain in December.
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| Nvidia suffers the fall from Crytocurrency |
2/18/2019 |
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Nvidia reported declining sales for its most recently concluded quarter, as the company continues to grapple with a "crypto hangover" caused by the decline in cryptocurrency mining.
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| 200mm wafer production accelerates |
2/15/2019 |
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Strong 200mm wafer growth mirrors sound capacity demand seen across various industry segments. From 2019 to 2022, for example, wafer shipments for MEMS and sensors devices are expected to increase 25% while shipments for power devices and foundries are forecast to jump 23% and 18%,
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| Taiwan foundry houses found business unpredictable for next quarter |
2/14/2019 |
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The order visibility for 12-inch wafer foundry services by TSMC and UMC has reportedly remained opaque for the second quarter, with sizes of orders received also shrinking slightly. And only their 8-inch wafer foundry fabs can maintain high capacity utilization rates in the short term.
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| NAFTA 2.0 talk continue |
2/14/2019 |
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President's pact would give pharmaceutical companies 10 years' protection from cheaper competition in a category of ultra-expensive drugs called biologics, which are made from living cells. Shielded from competition, critics warn, the drug companies could charge exorbitant prices for biologics.
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| Increased talks about recession at the Eurozone |
2/14/2019 |
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Official figures on Wednesday showed that industrial output in the eurozone was 4.2 percent lower in December than the year before, increasing concerns about the economy just at a time when the bloc is facing the prospect of Britain crashing out of the European Union without a deal.
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| Qualcomm sold off EV charging technology to MIT spin off |
2/14/2019 |
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Qualcomm has been developing since before 2012 — is an entire system for charging an EV, enabling drivers to recharge simply parking over wireless charging ground pads. The technology involved includes power conversion, tuning, wireless power transfer, magnetics, control, communications and safety systems.
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| Microchip offer 45V op-amp |
2/13/2019 |
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This 45-V device targets industrial control and factory automation as well as other specialty applications like medical devices and scientific instruments. In addition to the higher-voltage rating are precision features such as almost-zero offset drift, which eliminates the need for calibration or data correction, plus integral EMI filtering, which is often a necessity in its noisy operating scenarios.
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| When politic gets into 5G race |
2/13/2019 |
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Tensions came to a boil in December when the Canadian government detained at the request of the U.S. Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei and daughter of its founder. The U.S. wants to extradite Meng to face charges including bank fraud regarding sales of banned gear to Iran.
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| Trade rises in Germany |
2/12/2019 |
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Exports rose 1.5 percent from November, to 112.3 billion euros ($127.3 billion), while imports rose 1.2 percent to 92.9 billion euros, adjusted for seasonal and calendar factors, the Federal Statistical Office said. That widened Germany's trade surplus to 19.4 billion euros from November's 18.9 billion euros.
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| Smartphone shipment to decline again this year |
2/12/2019 |
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Other than a handful of high-growth markets like India and South Korea, markets were down across the board. IDC blames the declines on multiple factors, including longer phone replacement cycles, increasing penetration in large markets and political and economic uncertainty.
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| Malaysian IC industry seen signs of slow down |
2/11/2019 |
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The local semiconductor industry has witnessed exceptional strong growth over the past two years, partly due to the performance of the memory segment. “We expect the sector to undergo a cyclical downturn in the first half of 2019 (1H19), before starting to recover in 2H19 after the inventory adjustment period is over.
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| Apple take steps to strengthen its modem chip design |
2/11/2019 |
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The Cupertino, California-based company has posted job listings for modem engineers in San Diego, a hub for wireless design talent because of Qualcomm’s longtime presence there and a place where Apple has said it plans to build up its workforce.
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| Nokia looks for savation from 5G |
2/11/2019 |
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Having jettisoned the mobile handset business and undertaken a series of strategic acquisitions, including the purchase of Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia is betting the farm on 5G, a nascent technology with the potential to serve a larger customer base, create new revenue streams, and afford the company the stability it has sought for a decade.
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| China IC production to grow 15% every year |
2/11/2019 |
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China has been the largest consumer of ICs since 2005. IC production in China accounted for 15.3% of its domestic market of $155 billion in 2018, up from $12.6% in 2013, the firm said. By 2023, IC Insights projects that IC production in China will account for 20.5% of its market total.
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