World trade remained weak in the first quarter, with the electronic components index falling below the trend line

World merchandise trade growth appears to have lost momentum in the fourth quarter of 2022 and is likely to remain weak in the first quarter of 2023. The headline barometer index fell to 92.2 from the last release of 96.2 and well below the benchmark value of 100, continuing to indicate weaker trade volume growth. […]
From January to February 2023, 67.58 billion integrated circuits were imported, a decrease of 26.5%;

International electronic business news on the 8th, the General Administration of Customs announced yesterday (7) China’s import and export situation in 2023 1-2 months. According to data from the General Administration of Customs, in the first two months of this year, China imported 888.81 billion yuan (RMB, the same below) of mechanical and electrical products, […]
The global racing energy revolution, energy storage has become a “super track”!

At the beginning of 2023, “new energy” appeared in many electronics industry trend forecast reports, showing its extremely high prosperity. Among them, the industry is particularly optimistic about the three major subdivisions of wind power, energy storage and new energy vehicles. But in fact, these tracks are not new technology, or even new terms. How […]
What opportunities can the phenomenal popularity of ChatGPT bring?

Practitioners in the field of AI believe that ChatGPT is a new starting point for the application of AIGC (AI Generated Content, the use of artificial intelligence technology to generate content), with the continuous improvement of deep learning models, the promotion of open source models, and the possibility of commercialization of large models, AIGC is […]
Is silicon carbide too expensive to use? Behind Tesla’s announcement of a “75% reduction in SiC usage”

Tesla claims to have figured out a way to reduce the amount of SiC devices used by 75% without compromising the car’s performance or efficiency. At Tesla’s “investor day” event on Wednesday, a major event broke out, which can be said to shake the entire SiC upstream and downstream.Colin Campbell, Tesla’s president for powertrain engineering, […]
Rapidus 2nm fab plan exposed, Japan or the birth of the first 2nm fab

Rapidus was created with a $510 million subsidy from the Japanese government and donations from Toyota, Sony, Kioxia, NEC, NTT, SoftBank, and Denso, with $6.8 million invested by each company. According to TV Tokyo, Japan’s Rapidus is considering building its first manufacturing plant in Hokkaido, northern Japan.Rapidus is a joint venture led by technology companies […]
Improve supply chain management: IoT roaming and eSIM can help improve logistics efficiency

The global eSIM market will grow from $4.7 billion in 2023 to $16.3 billion by 2027, with a staggering 249% growth rate during the period, and the market will be driven by eSIM-enabled consumer devices. Mobile phone international roaming has been around for many years. Since the advent of GSM (Second Generation Cellular Radio) in […]
GF and Ankor announced a strategic partnership to build a large-scale packaging project in Europe

GF’s official website recently announced a strategic partnership with Amkor Technology, the largest semiconductor packaging and test service provider in the United States. GF plans to move its 12-inch wafer-level packaging production line from its Dresden facility to Amco’s facility in Porto, Portugal, to build the first large-scale back-end facility in Europe. GF said the […]
Microchip plans to invest in expanding silicon carbide production capacity in the U.S., with manufacturing technology involving 8-inch wafer applications

An important phase of the new investment expansion is the development and upgrading of its 50-acre, 580,000-square-foot Colorado Springs campus to increase SiC manufacturing for automotive/electric vehicles, grid infrastructure, green energy, and aerospace and defense applications. Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP) today announced plans to invest $880 million in its Colorado Springs manufacturing facility in […]
In 2023, sales of new energy vehicles will increase by 30% per year, and 40% of the cost will come from batteries

Fuel vehicles are driven by the heat energy generated by gasoline combustion into kinetic energy, electric vehicles mainly rely on batteries to drive motors, broadly speaking, as long as the use of “electric” to drive the car, can be called electric vehicles (EV), which will further increase the dependence on electronic components, and then drive […]