South Korea's manufacturing sector sustains an impact from the US-China tech war with the COVID-19 pandemic also disrupting its supply chain operations. In response, South Korean manufacturers have built production bases abroad in recent years.
In particular, those making electronics components, computers, imaging devices and base station equipment are stepping up their investments in Vietnam and India.
Based on DIGITIMES Research's observations, the investments by South Korean manufacturers of electronics components, computers, imaging devices and base station equipment in Vietnam and India are ongoing. Especially, their investments in India have continued to show steady growth since 2019, unaffected by COVID-19, but still cannot compare to those in China and Vietnam.
South Korea's investment in Vietnam exhibited a moderate decline from 2020 through 2021 due to COVID-19 but surged to US$928 million in 2022, soaring 116% from US$430 million in 2021. South Korea's investment in Vietnam was still smaller than its investment in China but it's growing rapidly. The 2022 amount already exceeded the 2019 amount.
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South Korea released the K-Network 2030 strategy in February 2023, aimed at building state-of-the-art communication networks and making South Korea an ICT and Internet superpower, and DIGITIMES has studied the strategy to find out what the country is eyeing to do for the next several years.
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Taiwan-, China-, US- and India-based EMS providers have varying manufacturing capabilities in India and are making different handset products.
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With the increasing usage of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and over-reliance on technologies, drivers are more likely to be distracted while behind the wheel, making the adoption of in-cabin monitoring systems (ICMS) rather critical.
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DIGITIMES Asia selected the top 10 IC design houses in China, based on their sales revenue, the net profit margin in 2020, and company revenue per employee. In this paper, DIGITIMES Asia will address the development of these top 10 publicly listed IC design companies, and outline their road to success.
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The semiconductor's production ecosystems are heading towards further decentralization with suppliers having to set up diverse sites to serve clients from different camps – split along the politico-economic divide between China and the rest of the world.
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Major players in the semiconductor sector are looking at ways to improve self-sufficiency or secure partnerships with others, such as Taiwan, whose dominance in the wafer foundry sector has been the envy of the rest of the world.
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East and Northeast Asia plays a dominant role in the global supply of EV-use batteries. Six out of the top 10 battery manufacturers in 2021 are from China or related to it.
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Southeast Asian countries and India are preparing to catch up with their partners in North Asia, to fulfill the high-rising EV demand. With profound reserves of raw materials - nickel, copper, manganese, and aluminum, countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, are in good positions to develop their EV and EV battery industries.
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Vehicle sales in 2020 and 2021 showed widespread adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Typical BEVs currently use lithium-ion batteries, which are unstable and require expensive rare minerals, notably cobalt.
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