Holtek stays cautious
MCU specialist Holtek Semiconductor is maintaining its cautious stance, citing the continued lack of clarity on market conditions......»»
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......»»
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......»»
IC design houses conservative about shipments for handsets
Taiwan-based IC design houses are cautious about their shipments for handsets in the second quarter of 2022, and are uncertain about their sales prospects for the third quarter, despite recent roll-outs of new models from China-based handset vendors,.....»»
Testing houses see customers turn cautious
Dedicated testing houses including Sigurd Microelectronics and King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) have seen their customers increasingly adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards order commitments beyond this year, except those for Wi-Fi 6 SoCs and automotive.....»»
NOR flash supply stays tight
The supply of NOR flash memory particularly high-density chips remains tight, but suppliers are only capable of raising prices for part of their high-end products, according to industry sources......»»
Notebook ODMs turn cautious amid market uncertainty
Macroeconomic uncertainty arising from the Russia-Ukraine war and surging coronavirus cases in China, as well as the ongoing shortages of certain chips and components, has cast a shadow over major notebook ODMs' business prospects this year, accordin.....»»
Mobo and graphics card makers turn cautious amid demand uncertainty
Taiwan-based main motherboard (mobo) and graphic card vendors including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI), as well as smaller peers Rock and TUL, have turned conservative about their business prospects for 2022.....»»
Highlights of the day: IT firms turning conservative about 2022
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 orders is weak for the second.....»»
Chicony expects strong revenue growth in 2022
Keyboard and camera module maker Chicony Electronics is expecting double-digit revenue growth in 2022, as demand for commercial laptops and gaming PCs stays robust......»»
Beware three challenges for 2022 business operations
Enterprises, for business operations in 2022, must be cautious about three challenges: Geopolitical risks, economic impact of inflation, pressure (from governments' policies and clients' requirements) regarding net zero carbon emission, according to.....»»
SpaceX sent Starlink internet terminals to Ukraine. Users should be cautious
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect to the company's satellite-based internet service — to Ukraine this week, responding to a plea from the country's vice prime minister amid fears that Ukrain.....»»
NAND flash supply falling short of demand
NAND flash vendors' cautious attitudes towards capacity expansion and a substantial cutback in output at Kioxia-Western Digital JV fabs in Japan will flip the market into undersupply starting the second quarter of 2022, according to CK Chang, preside.....»»
Highlights of the day: NAND flash prices rising
NAND flash prices are being pushed up by Micron's and Western Digital's latest moves to increase their NAND flash prices by about 10%. While memory chip makers have been cautious about increasing output, semiconductor foundry house UMC has announced.....»»
Xintec cautious about 2022
CMOS image sensor backend specialist Xintec has expressed caution about its sales performance this year, citing the ongoing pandemic, labor shortages, and supply-side challenges, as well as several unfavorable macro factors......»»
Holtek lands big orders for 32-bit MCUs for optical transceiver modules
Taiwan's MCU supplier Holtek Semiconductor has landed big orders from a leading US networking client for two million 32-bit MCU chips for use in optical transceiver modules, and is set to kick off official shipments starting in March, according to in.....»»
New atom-level insight into drug-target residence time
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Tübingen helps to explain what defines how long a drug molecule stays bound to its target......»»
Physicists Created Bubbles That Can Last for Over a Year
If you've ever blown bubbles, you know how quickly they burst. Now French researchers have concocted a type that stays intact for hundreds of days......»»
Holtek to significantly scale up 32-bit MCU chip output starting 4Q22
Holtek Semiconductor expects to significantly scale up its 32-bit MCU chip output starting in the fourth quarter of 2022, thanks to long-term capacity supply contracts with foundry partners, according to company spokesperson Armstrong Tsai......»»
Istanbul airport stays shut as snow pummels Mediterranean
Europe's busiest airport in Istanbul delayed its reopening on Tuesday and Greece declared a public holiday as the eastern Mediterranean neighbours began digging themselves out of a rare snowstorm that ground their capitals to a halt......»»
Ibase Technology cautious about worsening component shortage in 1Q22
Industrial computing device maker Ibase Technology, despite booming orders, expects first-quarter 2022 consolidated revenues to likely remain unchanged sequentially because the currently short supply of components appears poised to worsen later in th.....»»