The Dutch government plans to implement new export restrictions on advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, which will mainly affect ASML's immersion lithography systems, but the company does not expect significant impact on its 2023 financial outlook or long-term prospects.

The outlook for semiconductor wafer foundry operations is expected to gradually improve in the second half of 2023, with stable prices and improved demand for mature process technology, while capital spending and expansion progress of major players have decreased or been delayed.

Kyocera closes its solar panel factory in Tianjin to focus on producing residential solar panels, presenting an opportunity for electronic components distributors to explore potential partnerships.

The foldable smartphone market is predicted to grow significantly in 2022, with Samsung leading the way, although other Chinese manufacturers are entering the market and challenging Samsung's dominance.

Anaflash collaborates with Samsung foundries to develop embedded flash IP using single crystalline silicon licensed from the University of Minnesota, with plans to commercialize non-volatile memory for battery-powered applications, such as medical wearables, and the technology will be showcased at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference in San Antonio, Texas in April.

ALTOBEAM has released its new ATBM6062 series Wi-Fi 6+BLE dual-mode chip, which supports Wi-Fi 6 and BLE 5.0 protocols, and boasts advanced features that improve speed, efficiency, and range of wireless transmission.

The prices of lithium-ion battery materials, including cobalt, phosphate, and carbonate, continue to decrease due to slow demand in China's electric vehicle market.

Intel has completed the development of its Intel 18A and 20A manufacturing processes for its own products and for its Intel Foundry Services (IFS) customers, with plans to begin using the 20A node in the first half of 2024 and the 18A node in the second half of 2024, and has positive collaboration channels with seven out of its ten largest foundry customers.

Samsung Electronics plans to reduce its dependence on ARM and use its own designed CPUs to compete with Apple by resuming the development of central processing unit (CPU) cores for smartphones and personal computers (PCs).

Multiple IC design companies report that Taiwanese foundries have no intention of lowering their prices, which puts pressure on IC design companies to increase production or sign longer contracts to receive discounts.