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After the dissolution of the Oppo's Zeku chip design team, Xiaomi CEO Lu Weibing emphasized during a recent financial briefing that the company's in-house chip design program is , likening it to a marathon. The clarification aimed to dispel external rumors about the suspension of Xiaomi's chip design program.
Worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled US$40 billion in April 2023, up a slight 0.3% sequentially, according to the latest Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) statistics. Sales were down 21.6% compared to the same period in 2022, however.
GPU vendor Nvidia has placed additional orders for various products with IC test socket manufacturers, according to industry sources.
Taiwan-based memory module maker Apacer expects the memory spot price to rise and the contract price to stabilize in the third quarter of 2023, while memory demand is expected to recover quarter by quarter in the second half, but is unlikely to enjoy a surging increase, according to company president C. K. Chang, who added that the memory industry should return on track with the resumption of memory demand from key applications including servers, PCs and smartphones in 2024.
Japan has officially announced that it will tighten controls on exports of 23 types of semiconductor equipment to China starting July 23. How the new trade curbs will impact Chinese semiconductor industry is drawing increasing concerns from market and industry observers.