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Friday 18 January 2019
Taiwan makers keen to develop auto-use MOSFET, industry IGBT
As international IDMs still dominate the market for IGBT, the core power component for new energy vehicles and hybrid vehicles, Taiwan makers of discrete power devices are keen to...
Thursday 17 January 2019
Taiwan LED makers improving production efficiency in competition with China rivals
Taiwan-based LED firms have been improving their production efficiency by upgrading manufacturing lines with more smart automation equipment in a bid to maintain competitiveness against...
Monday 24 December 2018
VIA expects profitability in 2018 and 2019, says paper
IC design house VIA Technologies expects to be profitable in both 2018 and 2019 as the company has been preparing new products and technologies for areas such as artificial intelligence...
Monday 17 December 2018
ASE highlights Industry 5.0 production safety management concept
As the growing adoption of smart manufacturing solutions at global electronics makers is driving Industry 4.0 to advance to 5.0, leading backend service specialist ASE Technology...
Wednesday 12 December 2018
TSMC to expand 8-inch fab capacity for robust demand for automotive, IoT
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is looking to expand its 8-inch fab capacity to meet strong chip demand for automotive electronics, IoT and industrial automation...
Wednesday 12 December 2018
EtherCAT-based precision synchronous control accelerates automation for warehouse logistics
E-commerce markets in Asia continue to flourish in recent years with China particularly enjoying significant growth year after year, thanks in part to Singles' Day and 618 shopping...
Friday 7 December 2018
Foxconn chairman encourages firms to help balance US-China trade
Foxconn Group chairman Terry Guo has urged businesses to play a role in balancing US-China trade, disclosing that his company will begin helping import more quality products to Chi...
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones to total US$115.7 billion in 2019, says IDC
Worldwide spending on robotics systems and drones will total US$115.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 17.6% over 2018, according to IDC. By 2022, this spending will reach US$210.3...
Monday 3 December 2018
IBM ready to embrace upcoming Bank 4.0 era
IBM is ready for the advent of the Bank 4.0 era by providing banks with system integration and solutions to help them further accelerate banking automation to better offer mobile...
Monday 3 December 2018
Taiwan needs to promote intrapreneurship, says Nobel Prize winner Shechtman
Not everybody owns the "entrepreneurship DNA," and not too many people would choose to choose to create startups, according to Dan Shechtman, an Israeli materials scientist who was...
Wednesday 28 November 2018
Semiconductor equipment communication standard sees increasing application
To accelerate the development of communication infrastructure for mechanical networking to support Industry 4.0 applications amid the lack of unified communication standards, Taiwan...
Friday 23 November 2018
Foxconn says R&D excluded from expense cut plan
To clarify concerns raised about its expense cut, Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has maintained that the budget reduction is primarily aiming at business units that...
Wednesday 7 November 2018
IoT applications offer fertile soil for fostering unicorn startups, says professor
IoT applications can provide fertile soil for incubating unicorn startups, as long as startups can find key solutions in the process of developing creative IoT devices to satisfy...
Monday 29 October 2018
Advantech to acquire Japan-based automation developer Omron Nohgata
Advantech has announced it will invest JPY1.84 billion (US$16.5 million) to acquire a total of 80% shareholding in Japan-based embedded PC maker Omron Nohgata, a subsidiary of Japan-based...
Wednesday 17 October 2018
Lead frame makers expanding capacity to better serve IDMs
Taiwan-based lead frame suppliers such as Jih Lin Technology will build additional production capacity to satisfy growing demand from their IDM customers, despite the growing economic...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research