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MCU specialists such as Holtek Semiconductor, Nuvoton Technology, and Generalplus Technology all experienced modest sequential revenue growth in May, despite the fact that demand for consumer electronics as a whole has yet to recover significantly.

Han Jin-man, who oversees Samsung Electronics Semiconductor and Device Solutions (DS) business in the Americas, highlighted the shortage of semiconductor technology talent in the U.S. as a major obstacle for Samsung and urged for a national-level solution in a recent online conference.

Display driver IC specialist Novatek Microelectronics and Network IC vendor Realtek Semiconductor have reported May revenues that meet market expectations.

Samsung Electronics has notified module customers it is going to raise the official quotes for NAND wafers, according to industry sources.

Power management IC (PMIC) suppliers are seeing pressure on their gross margins as a result of market price cuts, according to industry sources.

Yongin City in Gyeonggi province of South Korea is poised to become the worlds largest semiconductor hub, as it will accommodate an enormous national semiconductor park to be established by the government and Samsung Electronics by 2042. Furthermore, another mega memory production base planned in Yongin by SK Hynix is set to become operational by 2027.

Intel made public a new approach to both how chips are made and how they are tested. For the first time, chipmaking is going two-sided, according to an Intel press release.

Generative AI is shaping up to be a key trend in the entire technology industry, and it doesnt appear to be a short-term bubble but rather a long-term wave. It has the opportunity to become a crucial application that can totally change human-machine interaction and work models. Because of this, major companies, from edge to cloud, are all actively planning to ride this wave of growth. This trend inevitably became a focal point of Computex 2023.

The in-house chip development programs of leading Chinese smartphone makers has been under spotlight. On May 31st, Huawei-spinoff smartphone brand Honor set up a wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai Honor Smart Technology Development Co. (temporary translation), fueling speculation if Honor will strengthen its in-house chip design deployment. In the aftermath of Oppos recent disbandment of its in-house chip design team, there has been speculation if Honor will establish a chip design subsidiary and ...

Memory chipmakers have shown downstream customers that they will no longer sell at low prices, while module manufacturers with high levels of inventory are eager to see spot market prices stabilize, according to industry sources.