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Links Week Ending 6th August 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. The Biography of the Pixel = a …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Financial Data| Germany| Google| Graphics Processing| LG Electronics (LGE)| Outdoor Displays| Roku| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones

Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

by Artem Alekseenko

IC Insights is currently assembling its 1Q21 top-25 semiconductor supplier ranking, which includes company sales forecasts for 2Q21 that will be presented later this month in the May Update, the third monthly Update to …

Tags:Forecasts| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Semiconductors

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Samsung Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2Q21

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say IC Insights forecast that the improving DRAM market will mean that Samsung goes back past Intel as the largest semiconductor supplier again. The firm was ahead of Samsung in 2017 and …

Tags:Intel| Market Data| Samsung| Semiconductor Market

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Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Grew 10.4% in 2020

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $466.2 billion in 2020, an increase of 10.4% from 2019, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. “Memory, GPUs and 5G chipsets led semiconductor growth, driven by hyperscale, PC, ultramobile …

Tags:Gartner| Semiconductor Market

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TSMC Cancelling Price Cuts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Nikkei said that it had seen a letter from TSMC to clients asking them to accept higher prices so that it can ramp up investments as it has seen a …

Tags:Investment| Semiconductor Market| TSMC

Where We’re At in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

I was recently able to attend an online webinar organised by Sigmaintell, a market research company in China and SID China. There were two sessions, one on large area displays and one on mobile …

Tags:Semiconductor Market| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| SOCs

Pat Gelsinger opens up Intel’s checkbook for IDM 2.0

by Bob Raikes

What They Say According to our friend, Dr. Jon Peddie, Intel’s new CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has rapidly set-out what is being called his “Integrated Device Manufacturing 2.0” (IDM 2.0) plan. Under the plan. the …

Tags:Intel| Semiconductor Market

Renesas Fire Adds to Chip Woes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Renesas has suffered a fire at is plant in Naka, (located in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture). The damage was limited to around 5% of the clean room area, and the plant’s 300mm …

Tags:Renesas| Semiconductor Market

Qualcomm struggles to meet chip demand for Samsung

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that Qualcomm is ‘struggling to keep up with demand’. Samsung is said to be short of enough APUs for its mid-range and low end smartphones. Qualcomm is said to …

Tags:Qualcomm| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones

Taiwan’s Acer says component shortage squeezes PC makers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Nikkei has published a report on supply chain issues for technology companies, with quotes from Acer. Issues that are impacting device and display makers include: Semiconductors, water & glass (as …

Tags:Glass| Polarisers| Production Equipment| Semiconductor Market