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Global Foundries to Commercialize AR Glasses MicroLED Solutions with FD-SOI Technology
Feb
MicroLED solutions developer Micledi Microdisplays has partnered with Global Foundries to enable the brightness, resolution, power, size and scale required for the company's AR glasses display technology, supported by Global Foundries' 22nm FD-SOI (or 22FDX) process Affordable and affordable technology for consumers.
According to eeNews, Micledi Microdisplays CEO…
Indian media: Samsung plans to produce 4G and 5G equipment in India
Feb
Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to apply for the India Telecom Investment Incentive Program and manufacture 4G and 5G equipment in India. In India's telecom market, Nokia and Ericsson currently dominate.
Samsung held a meeting with India's telecom sector and expressed interest in participating in the second phase of the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) sche…
Industry sources say shortages of chips and components for network equipment will ease in the second half of the year
Feb
Equipment supplier sources said the consequences of overbooking customers' networking equipment could begin to materialize in the second half of 2022, when chip and component shortages and logistical issues are expected to ease.
According to digitimes, Edgar Masri, CEO of switch manufacturer Zhibang Technology, said that the third quarter will be a key node to ob…
up to date! US blacklists China Mobile, China Telecom and Russia's Kaspersky
Feb
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added more Chinese companies to a blacklist that "poses an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security or the safety of the people."
The FCC on Friday blacklisted Russia-based Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) and China Mobile International USA, alleging the entities' communications equipment and se…
Korean media: Volkswagen, Hyundai and other automakers face the crisis of nationalization in Russia
Feb
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that major auto companies such as Volkswagen, Stellantis, Ford, Renault, and Hyundai will be in a very disadvantageous position if foreign companies withdraw from Russia and nationalize their assets.
According to businesskorea, Joe McCabe, chief executive of AutoForecast Solutions, warned in an interview with Automotive News …
Reuters: U.S. Senate passes $52 billion chip bill to beat China and others in competition
Feb
On March 28, local time, according to Reuters, the U.S. Senate reapproved a bill to provide $52 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor chip manufacturing on Monday, hoping to reach a compromise after months of discussions.
A vote of 68 in favor and 28 against will be sent back to the House of Representatives. It's a cumbersome process that culminates in a fo…
Korean media: Reduce dependence on Japanese factories, Chinese panel factories are testing OLED FMM with Korean factories
Feb
Han Ki-su, CEO of South Korean maker Philoptics, said it is testing its fine metal mask (FMM) for OLEDs with a Chinese panel maker. The manufacturer is currently relying on a Japanese company's FMM and wants a second supply.
According to TheElec, Han Ki-su said at the shareholders' meeting held on the same day: "The test evaluation work started at the end of last…
Korean agency: China's rise has caused raw material supply risks, threatening South Korean semiconductor and other industries
Feb
The Bank of Korea said in a recent report that the risk of raw material procurement caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the rise of China is currently the biggest concern for South Korea's new growth industries. These industries include next-generation semiconductors, displays, electric vehicles, rechargeable batteries, biotechnology and healthcare…
SA: The global smartphone AP market revenue will increase by 23% in 2021, and TSMC will account for 3/4 of the total production
Feb
On April 1, according to DIGITIMES, Strategy Analytics data showed that the global smartphone application processor (AP) market will grow by 23% in 2021 to reach $30.8 billion.
Among them, Qualcomm maintained its leadership in smartphone APs with a 38% revenue share, followed by MediaTek and Apple with 26% each.
According to Strategy Analytics, Apple, MediaTek…
Reuters: How to keep chips away from Russian weapons is a challenge for Western manufacturers
Feb
Chipmakers' lack of ability to track the flow of many of their low-end products could hamper new U.S. sanctions aimed at blocking U.S. technology exports to Russia, industry executives and experts said.
According to a Reuters report on the 1st, late last year, the US Conflict Armed Research Center released a report saying that the chips on Russian drones came fro…
Samsung's high-end smartphone is rumored to use MediaTek AP for the first time, Exynos market share declines again
Feb
Samsung Electronics is studying plans to install MediaTek APs on high-end smartphones Galaxy S22 FE and Galaxy S23 to be launched in the second half of 2022, which means that the market share of Exynos APs produced by Samsung Electronics' foundry division will further decline.
So far, Samsung Electronics has used Qualcomm APs and Exynos APs on high-end smartphone…
Reuters: White House says semiconductor shortage could reduce U.S. GDP by 1 percentage point in 2021
Feb
The White House held a confidential briefing with some members of Congress on Wednesday to discuss the dire risks to the U.S. economy posed by semiconductor supply chain issues. The White House is pushing Congress to allocate $52 billion to subsidize semiconductor production.
"The most optimistic estimate is that a semiconductor shortfall could lead to a full per…
II-VI accelerates expansion of U.S., Sweden 6-inch and 8-inch SiC substrate capacity
Feb
II-VI is accelerating investments in the fabrication of 6- and 8-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrates and epitaxial wafers in the United States and Sweden. The company previously announced that it would invest $1 billion over the next decade in large-scale plant expansions in Easton, Pennsylvania, and Kista, Sweden, in a bid to become one of the world's largest sup…
Industry: Large-scale power outages expose the biggest hidden danger of TSMC's power shortage
Feb
According to industry insiders, the recent large-scale power outages in Taiwan, China, have made foundries worry again that not only will there be insufficient power supply during the peak summer season, but also more power outages without warning.
According to the "Electronic Times" report, citing sources, a large-scale power outage in Taiwan on March 3 disrupte…
Taiwan media: Apple orders may account for nearly 26% of TSMC's total revenue in 2021
Feb
TSMC's latest figures show that its largest customer orders in 2021 rose 20 percent to NT$405.4 billion ($14.3 billion), or nearly 26 percent of overall wafer revenue in 2021.
According to Digitimes, market watchers believe that Apple has been TSMC's largest customer, and TSMC has secured orders for almost all of Apple's custom chips used in iPhones, iPads, Apple…