As handsets and consumer devices will continue to see sluggish sales prospects, automotive chip vendors hope foundry partners can again allocate more capacity for still-scant automotive chips, according to supply chain sources.

It has become an irreversible trend to incorporate third-generation semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) into power devices and modules for electric vehicles (EV). And Taiwan III-V semiconductor suppliers can leverage the manufacturing prowess of system device makers to deepen related applications, but will face three stages of challenges in this regard, according to an expert at Electronic and Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSRL) under the government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).

TV vendors are making efforts to boost sales of miniLED-backlit TVs, but have been faced with market risks because general demand for TVs tends to decrease along with worsening inflation and anti-COVID-19 lockdown in Chinese cities. In a similar situation, the launch of microLED TVs has been deferred.