Flexium conservative about 1H23 prospects
Flexible PCB maker Flexium Interconnect is conservative about its business prospects for this year's first half, citing weak demand and high inflation in the post-pandemic era......»»
IC industry suppliers see varied prospects
Global semiconductor and IT suppliers have raked in unprecedented revenue growths, thanks to COVID-driven stay-at-home economy. However, the reveling seems to be drawing to an end, with different sectors now bracing for different scales of downturn......»»
Gigamon hires Mark Coates as VP EMEA
Gigamon announced the appointment of Mark Coates as VP EMEA, to further drive regional growth, lead aggressive hiring strategies and support EMEA customers and prospects who are planning to adopt a modern hybrid and multi-cloud strategy. Coates will.....»»
LED firm Brightek cautious about 2Q22
LED packaging specialist Brightek Optoelectronic has expressed caution about its business prospects for the second quarter, when sales are expected to hit bottom for 2022......»»
Quanta, Inventec upbeat about 2H22 server shipment prospects
Taiwan-based server makers Quanta Computer and Inventec are expecting shipments to grow in the second half of the year thanks to strong demand from US-based cloud service providers......»»
Appeals Court Rules Texas Social Media Law Can Proceed
A three-person panel of federal appeals court judges is letting a Texas law aimed at punishing social media companies for alleged anti-conservative bias go into effect for now. From a report: In a ruling late Wednesday, the panel stayed a district co.....»»
IC equipment maker Trusval stays positive about sales prospects
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 macro environment......»»
DDI makers to see 3Q22 shipments boosted by car, specialty applications
Display driver IC (DDI) demand for handsets and other consumer devices has been sluggish and market prospects remain uncertain for the third quarter, prompting DDI makers to switch their supply focus to automotive and niche-market applications, accor.....»»
The 9 best tweets of the week, including a parking ticket and the Elvish language
It was a...let's say...weird...week to try to laugh at tweets. A leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision indicated conservative justices are set to overturn Roe v. Wade, gutting women's reproductive rights at the federal level while also carving out.....»»
Taiwan DDI backend firms remain optimistic about 2Q22
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) backend specialists ChipMOS Technologies and Chipbond Technology remain upbeat about their business prospects in the second quarter of 2022, despite uncertainty in the mobile phone market. They attribute this to c.....»»
AP Memory expects logic chip shortage to ease in 2H22
Shortages of certain logic chips are expected to ease in the second half of 2022, according to WL Chen, chairman for Taiwan-based AP Memory Technology, who also expressed optimism about the demand prospects for the latter part of this year......»»
Taiwan server makers optimistic about 2H22 sales prospects
Taiwan-based server makers continue to enjoy robust order visibility, and are upbeat about sales prospects for the second half of 2022, according to industry sources. Companies including Inventec, Quanta Computer, and Wiwynn are all poised to post do.....»»
Parade upbeat about 2022 sales prospects for transmission interface ICs
Taiwan-based Parade Technologies, a supplier of mixed-signal ICs for display and high-speed interface standards used in computers, consumer electronics and display panels, remains optimistic about its sales prospects for 2022 despite growing market u.....»»
Consumer IC firms cautious about 2H22 demand prospects
Consumer MCU and other chip suppliers have become less aggressive in seeking more available foundry capacities for 2022 as they are cautious about the demand prospects for the second half of the year, according to industry sources......»»
Memory spot prices to continue slide in 2Q22
DRAM and NAND flash spot prices are expected to continue trending downward in the second quarter of 2022, prompting channel distributors to be conservative and to offload their inventories at the prices lower than their purchasing prices, according t.....»»
IC design houses see more order cutbacks from China phone brands
Chinese brand mobile phone vendors have further cut chip orders for the second quarter, casting a shadow over the demand prospects for the second half of the year, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses......»»
British Encryption Startup Arqit Overstates Its Prospects, Former Staff and Others Say
Arqit says its encryption system can't be broken by quantum computers, but former employees and people outside the company question the relevance of its technology. The Wall Street Journal: A U.K. cybersecurity startup rocketed to a multibillion-doll.....»»
Memory module makers cautious about short-term demand prospects
Memory module makers including Adata Technology, Apacer Technology and Team Group have all expressed caution about short-term demand prospects, citing unfavorable macroeconomic conditions......»»
Automotive CIS emerging as new blue-ocean market for supply chain
It seems that CMOS image sensor (CIS) demand momentum for mainstream handset applications has become stagnant amid unclear market prospects, but the automotive CIS segment is emerging as a new blue-ocean market for CIS suppliers, according to industr.....»»
Your forgotten digital footprints could step on your job prospects: How to clean it up
Applying for a new (or first) job can be time consuming. The job application process, particularly for graduate schemes, involves multiple steps: tailoring your application, psychometric testing, interviews and participation in a day or more of asses.....»»
Memory firms cautious about end-market demand prospects
Brand vendors, downstream memory module makers and distributors have all turned cautious about end-market demand prospects this year, judging from disappointing sales of consumer electronics products thus far in 2022, according to industry sources......»»