Royal Philips Electronics NV, Europe's No. 3 semiconductor maker, will see chip sales rise as much as 5 percent in the first quarter from the previous quarter as demand increases, Het Financieele Dagblad reported, citing a Philips executive.
Second-quarter semiconductor sales will also likely rise from the first, the unit's CFO Jan Lobbezoo said yesterday at a conference, according to the paper. Philips expected chip sales to rise as much as 2 percent from the fourth quarter, CFO Jan Hommen said last month.
POWER BUILDUP: Powered by Nvidia’s B200 Blackwell chips, the data center would support MediaTek’s computing power demand and business growth, the company said Smartphone chip designer MediaTek Inc (聯發科) yesterday launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) data center with a maximum capacity of 45 megawatts to meet its rising demand for computing power required to develop new advanced chips for AI applications. The company has completed the first-phase computing power buildup at the data center in Miaoli County’s Tongluo Township (銅鑼), providing 15 megawatts of capacity to support its research and development (R&D) capabilities, despite an industrywide shortage of key components, MediaTek said. Supply constraints have plagued a wide range of key components, including memory chips, solid-state drives, power supply units and central
IMAGE SENSORS: The Japanese company would be the controlling shareholder of the venture, with development and production lines to be set up in Kumamoto Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday said it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp to create a joint venture to develop and produce next-generation images sensors. The partnership seeks to explore and address emerging opportunities in physical artificial intelligence (AI) applications, such as automotive and robotics, paving the way for innovations and expanded technological advancements, TSMC said in a statement. Sony would be the majority and controlling shareholder of the joint venture, the statement said, adding that the company would set up development and production lines in its newly constructed fab in Kumamoto Prefecture’s
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves climbed back above US$600 billion at the end of last month, as investment gains, currency valuation effects and renewed foreign inflows offset volatility seen earlier in the month, the central bank said yesterday. Reserves stood at US$602.49 billion, up US$5.6 billion from the previous month, the central bank said. The rebound reflected returns on reserve assets, fluctuations in major currencies against the US dollar and the central bank’s market operations aimed at maintaining orderly trading conditions, Department of Foreign Exchange Director-General Eugene Tsai (蔡炯民) said. Financial markets were volatile early last month, with foreign investors recording net purchases
BUSINESS GROWING: The company said it would produce interposers used on 30-nanometer and 40-nanometer technologies at the fab, which would open next year Foundry service provider Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp (世界先進) yesterday said it is adjusting its product portfolio for its new 12-inch fab in Singapore to meet a customer’s demand for interposers used in advanced packaging technology for artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Vanguard said it would license and transfer related technologies from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) and manufacturing equipment supplied by the customer to produce interposers on 30-nanometer and 40-nanometer technologies at the fab. The fab would also produce mixed-signal, power management and analog chips when it enters volume production in the first quarter of next year, said Vanguard, which
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