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Dispaly driver IC company Himax Technologies has warned of a challenging second quarter in terms of both sales and gross margin, but believes this will be a short-term phenomenon with a rebound around the corner starting in the second half of this year.
At its first-quarter 2023 earnings call on May 12, SMIC's top officials remain tight-lipped about the pure-play foundry's advanced manufacturing processes, be it 7nm or 14nm. Apart from emphasizing the urgent orders coming from China's consumer and smartphone sectors that led to full utilization of SMIC's 28nm and 40nm fabs in second-quarter 2023, SMIC's official website has removed 14nm process technology from its list of foundry solutions, which means that it no longer takes orders at this node.
On May 10, 2023, Silicon Catalyst, the world's only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating semiconductor solutions, announced a "Silicon Startups Contest" in partnership with Arm. The contest is organized and administered by Silicon Catalyst and is directed towards early-stage entrepreneurial teams developing a system-on-chip (SoC) design using Arm processor IP, proven in more than 250 billion chips shipped worldwide.
Intel has confirmed that company CEO Pat Gelsinger will go on a business trip to Taiwan later this month.
Nova Technology (Novatech), which specializes in chemical and gas equipment used in the semiconductor and display industries, expects to generate another annual revenue growth in 2023 as its chip clients maintain their order pull-in pace.