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EVENTS
Effective relief is expected in 2024 when
large swathes of mainstream products mi- March 7-10, 18th International Conference on
grate to 12-inch production. Device Packaging, Fountain Hills, Ariz., imaps.
org
Audio Codecs for laptops
Audio Codecs for laptops are primarily March 15-16, “Road to Chiplets,” Heter-
manufactured on 8-inch wafers, and Re- ogenous Integration Testability, MEPTEC,
altek is the main supplier. In the 1H21, the meptec.org.
squeeze on capacity delayed lead times
which affected notebook computers ship- March 21-25, SEMI-THERM Symposium 2022,
San Jose, semi-therm.org
ments.
March 23-25, SEMICON China, Shanghai,
Although the stocking efforts of certain China, semiconchina.org
tier1 customers proceeded smoothly in
the second half of the year, these products March 23-25, productronica China, Shanghai,
remained difficult to obtain for some small China, productronica-china.com
and medium-sized customers.
April 5-7, DesignCon, Santa Clara, Calif.,

At present, Realtek has partnered with designcon.com
Semiconductor Manufacturing Internation-
al Corporation (SMIC) to transfer the pro- April 25-29, Components for Military and
Space Electronics, virtual, tjgreenllc.
cess development of laptop Audio Codecs com/cmse/
from 8-inch to 12-inch 55nm.
April 26-27, SEMI - MEMS and Sensors Tech-
Mass production nical Congress, Berkeley, Calif., semi.org
Mass production is forecast for mid-2022
and is expected to improve Audio Codec May 1-4, TestConX, Mesa, Arizona, test-
supply. conx.org

n addition to PMIC/Power Discrete, an- May 2-5, SEMI - Advanced Semiconductor
other mainstream product derived from Manufacturing Conference, Sarasota Springs,
8-inch manufacturers is the large-sized N.Y., semi.org
panel Driver IC.

Although most fabs still manufacture ADVERTISERS
8-inch wafers, Nexchip provides a 12-inch
0.11-0.15μm process technology used to CMSE tjgreenllc.com/cmse/
produce large-sized Driver ICs. Contech Solutions contechsolutions.com
E-tec e-tec.com
HCD Corp. hcdcorp.com
As production capacity at Nexchip grows LEENO Industrial leeno.com
rapidly, the supply of this product has MCT Worldwide mctint.com
been quite smooth. TrendForce believes MEPTEC meptec.org
that this is a special case. Mainstream Mirror Semiconductor mirrorsemi.com
large-sized Driver ICs are still manufac- OKins Electronics okinsglobal.com
signalin.com
Signal Integrity
tured on 8-inch wafers with no trend to TestConX testconx.org
switch to 12-inch wafers.trendforce.com TopLine topline.tv