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Automotive IGBT demand is booming! IDM orders are full until 2023, and capacity is in short supply
In addition to MCU and MPU, the shortage of automotive chips is the most concerned power IC, of which IGBT is still in short supply, and the delivery cycle of international IDM manufacturers has been extended to more than 50 weeks. Domestic IGBT companies closely follow the market trend, and prod...Read more -
All employees cut their salaries and stay at work! The two major new energy car companies exploded
Under the epidemic, every industry is not easy. As China’s three major high-paying industries of real estate, finance and the Internet, a wave of salary cuts and layoffs has been staged in turn. And the industry’s recognized outlet, new energy vehicles are not spared. According to the...Read more -
Can’t go up? Prices were lowered and fabs agreed to delays in pulling goods
As the prosperity of the semiconductor market continues to decline, the semiconductor “cold wind” blows to the upstream material field, and the silicon wafers and monocrystalline silicon wafers that originally performed relatively well have also begun to loosen. 01 The silicon wafer f...Read more -
Part of the graphics cards are in short supply offline, and prices have risen
According to the Electronic Times, a supply chain insiders pointed out that many graphics card brands offline supply is in short , especially RTX 3060 models above the shortage is very serious. Under the influence of out-of-stock, some graphics card prices have increased. Among them, the RTX 3060...Read more -
Intel CEO Henry Kissinger: Launch Intel IDM 2.0 strategy new phase
November 9 news, in 2021 Intel CEO Kissinger (Pat Gelsinger) launched IDM2.0 strategy to open the foundry business, he set up foundry services (IFS) division, hoping to use its fabs to advanced process technology for IC design companies without fabs foundry production of chips, and further with t...Read more -
Toyota and eight other Japanese companies enter into a joint venture to establish a high-end chip company to address the ongoing semiconductor shortage
According to foreign media reports, eight Japanese companies, including Toyota and Sony, will cooperate with the Japanese government to form a new company. The new company will produce next-generation semiconductors for supercomputers and artificial intelligence in Japan. It is reported that Japa...Read more -
TSMC’s defense line has been broken, and 7nm production capacity has fallen to 50%
DIGITIME news, the global wafer foundry leader TSMC defense line has broken through, 7nm capacity utilization rate has now fallen below 50%, the decline in the first quarter of 2023 has intensified, Kaohsiung 7nm expansion has also been suspended. It is understood that at present, there are many ...Read more -
The supply of photomasks necessary for wafer production is in short supply, and the price will increase by another 25% in 2023
News on November 10, it was reported that the supply of essential masks for wafer production has been tight and prices have risen recently, and related companies such as American Photronics, Japanese Toppan, Great Japan Printing (DNP), and Taiwan masks are full of orders. The industry predicts th...Read more -
France: Large parking lots must be covered with solar panels
According to foreign media reports, the French Senate passed a new legislation that stipulates that all parking lots with at least 80 parking spaces are equipped with solar panels. It is reported that from July 1, 2023, small parking lots with 80 to 400 parking spaces will have five years to meet...Read more -
IC chip failure analysis
IC chip failure analysis, IC chip integrated circuits cannot avoid failures in the process of development, production and use. With the improvement of people’s requirements for product quality and reliability, failure analysis work is becoming more and more important. Through chip failure a...Read more -
There are skills in the classification and application of power management IC chips
Power management chip IC is the power supply center and link of all electronic products and equipment, responsible for the transformation, distribution, detection and other control functions of the required power, is an indispensable key device of electronic products and equipment. At the same ...Read more -
Germany plans to lure chip makers with €14bn in state aid
The German government hopes to use 14 billion euros ($14.71 billion) to attract more chipmakers to invest in local chip manufacturing, economy minister RobertHabeck said Thursday. Global chip shortages and supply chain problems are wreaking havoc on automakers, healthcare providers, telecom car...Read more
