News
According to a report by Taiwan's TechNews, the Huawei Kirin 9000S mobile processor, dubbed by Chinese media as "4G technology with 5G speed," was incorporated into the Huawei Mate 60 Pro smartphone on the 29th. The phone was made available for purchase directly without a launch event or prior promo...
In-Depth Analyses
The risks associated with the United States' suppression of China's semiconductor industry and the ongoing tension in China-US relations continue to permeate the supply chain. However, most customers of foundries are adopting a cautious approach, either maintaining a wait-and-see attitude or gradual...
Insights
According to TrendForce’s latest investigation, Chinese foundries have already suspended plans to expand production capacity for advanced processes after the US government began restricting the exportation of equipment and technical support for processes related to non-planar architectures. TrendF...
Insights
The market started worrying about the oversupply in semiconductor 2023, when the demand will start growing again depends on two factors: the situation of the macroeconomy and the inventory status. Since foundries’ capacity utilization rates started drop in 3Q22, chip supply as a whole has decre...
Insights
In recent years, China's IC sales have been increasing year over year. Although sales have been suppressed by the United States and the impact of the pandemic, China's IC sales still increased by 17% in 2020. Benefiting from the development of terminal applications such as 5G, online office, and sma...