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Friday, June 9th, 2023
4:16 am	LED firms see revenue improve in May https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD207/led-packaging-revenue-taiwan.html Most Taiwan-based LED chipmakers and packaging houses, including Ennostar and Everlight, posted sequential revenue gains in May as demand from downstream customers began to warm up, according to industry sources. (Comment on this)
3:27 am	GaAs foundries to see pick-up in handset AP demand https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD206/gaas-passive-pcb-other-ic-components-demand.html Most Taiwan-based GaAs foundry houses have seen a pick-up in demand for handset-use power amplifiers (PAs) from the handset supply chain players, particularly those in Asia, even though sales of handsets in the end market remain in the doldrums. (Comment on this)
3:34 am	Infinite possibilities: Ecomtent and the value of generative AI https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230609VL201/cta-generative-ai-ecommerce-interview.html As headlines about artificial intelligence continue to dominate news feeds and anxieties abound about what world will be wrought by the continued advancement and adoption of AI technologies, it is helpful to peek behind the curtain to witness the creation of value by generative AI. (Comment on this)
2:29 am	TSMC opens new advanced backend fab https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD214/tsmc-3dfabric-advanced-packaging-testing.html TSMC's Advanced Backend Fab 6, the foundry's first all-in-one automated advanced packaging and testing fab to realize 3DFabric front-end to back-end process and testing services integration, has opened. (Comment on this)
2:30 am	Taiwan MCU suppliers post slight revenue growth in May https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD211/generalplus-holtek-consumer-electronics-semiconductor.html 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. (Comment on this)
2:31 am	Memory contract prices to bottom out in 2H23 https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD210/adata-technology-dram-memory-chips.html DRAM contract prices are likely to bottom out in the third quarter of 2023 while the NAND flash segment will reach the lowest point in the fourth quarter, according to memory module company Adata Technology. (Comment on this)
2:34 am	Notebook ODMs may cut shipment prospects for 2H23 https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD213/inventec-notebook-demand-notebook-market-notebook-odm-notebook-shipments-taiwan-notebook-odms-wistron.html Notebook ODMs may see lower-than-expected shipment growth in the second half of this year compared to the first half, which may further lower annual shipment estimates, according to industry sources. (Comment on this)
2:36 am	Ichia expects over 20% revenue growth in 2023 https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD209/automotive-display-automotive-flexible-pcb-ichia-technologies.html Ichia Technologies, a flexible PCB (FPCB) and mechanism integration component supplier, expects to post a more than 20% revenue surge in 2023, buoyed by a ramp-up in shipments for automotive displays. (Comment on this)
2:39 am	Liquid-to-air becomes common method for cooling data center servers https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD205/data-center-liquid-to-air-server-cooling-quanta-cloud-technology-wiwynn.html The use of liquid-to-air cooling designs in data center servers has increased and entered the mainstream, according to sources at server ODMs. (Comment on this)
2:39 am	OSATs eyeing chiplet opportunities https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD212/ase-osat-chiplet-advanced-packaging-demand.html ASE Technology and other OSATs capable of providing advanced packaging technology are all gearing up for a boom in demand for chiplets. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
6:58 am	Li Auto on track to begin production at Beijing plant https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608VL205/beijing-china-li-auto-plant-vehicle.html?chid=13 China-based EV company Li Auto will likely start production at a new plant in the Shunyi district of Beijing between July and August. The facility is expected to make 100,000 battery EVs annually. (Comment on this)
8:33 am	Intel announces Arc Pro A60 and Pro A60M GPUs https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230607PR201/intel-arc-ai-gpu.html Intel has introduced the Intel Arc Pro A60 and Pro A60M as new members of the Intel Arc Pro A-series professional range of graphics processing units (GPUs). The new products are a significant step up in performance in the Intel Arc Pro family and are carefully designed for professional workstations users with up to 12GB of video memory (VRAM) and support for four displays with high dynamic range (HDR) and Dolby Vision support. (Comment on this)
8:47 am	Apple's watchOS 10 targets health sector; will Garmin's domain be affected? https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD202/apple-watch-garmin-wearable-smartwatch.html At WWDC 2023, Apple unveiled the latest generation of its smartwatch operating system watchOS 10. Industry sources widely regarded this as the largest update since the initial version was announced in 2015. (Comment on this)
8:50 am	Soaring EV sales could still leave world short on emissions goal https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608VL206/battery-green-energy-sales-vehicle-news.html?chid=13 Electric-vehicle sales are poised to more than double by 2026 but eliminating emissions from road transportation by the middle of this century will require even greater efforts, according to BloombergNEF. (Comment on this)
8:54 am	Europeans reluctant to de-risk from 'partner' China, survey says https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608VL207/china-europe-us-china-trade-war.html?chid=10 Most Europeans consider China a key economic partner despite seeing limits to the relationship, according to a survey that comes as the bloc tries to find a safe way to engage with Beijing. (Comment on this)
7:20 am	New US GaN patent war may cripple exports of top China vendor https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608PD200/gan-epc-innoscience-patent-infringement-us-china-chip-war.html A recent patent lawsuit filed by US-based gallium nitride (GaN) technology specialist Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) against China's top GaN devices vendor Innoscience Technology is likely to deter the latter from developing its sales abroad. (Comment on this)
7:36 am	High-efficiency centrifugal chillers increasingly needed at datacenters, clean rooms https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230607PD201/chips+components-cooling-green-production-mitsubishi-heavy.html With energy conservation, carbon reduction, and green production becoming an irreversible trend in all industrial fields, incorporating highly energy-efficient equipment and intelligent system learning mechanisms will enable enterprises to promote energy transformation with integrated solutions. In this regard, highly efficient centrifugal chillers supplied by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are among solutions that can serve the needs of industrial manufacturers, according to Up Young Cornerstone, MHI's sole sales agent in Taiwan. (Comment on this)
7:50 am	New Micron RDIMM memory solutions enable AI, data analytics, and memory-focused workloads https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230607VL210/dram-memory-chips-micron.html Micron Technology announced the volume production availability of high-capacity 96GB DDR5 RDIMMs that operate at speeds of up to 4800MT/s and have twice the bandwidth of DDR4 memory. (Comment on this)
8:14 am	Pegatron chairman hints that company has 'very close relationship' with Apple's Vision Pro https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608VL204/apple-pegatron-vision-pro.html T. H. Tung, chairman of major electronics manufacturer and Apple supplier Pegatron, was recently asked about Apple's latest product, the Vision Pro. He expressed that the Vision Pro's top-of-the-market price is due to it pushing the limits for this kind of product. Regarding Pegatron's involvement, he simply stated that Pegatron "has a close relationship with this product." (Comment on this)
6:27 am	SK Hynix begins mass production of 238-layer 4D NAND https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230608VL203/sk-hynix-238-layer-4d-nand-product.html SK Hynix has begun mass production of its 238-layer 4D NAND flash memory, and product compatibility testing is presently being conducted with a global smartphone manufacturer, according to the memory chipmaker. (Comment on this)