With software-defined vehicles rapidly becoming the trend in the automobile market, Arm has introduced its SAOFEE cloud platform for automotive software architecture. According to...

Nexchip Semiconductor, a Chinese mature-node IC foundry, has stepped up its deployment in the automotive IC sector with the opening of a new fab in Hefei specializing in manufacturing...

EVs require four times of gallium nitride (GaN) or silicon carbide (SiC) devices compared with traditional cars. At an EV forum held by DIGITIMES on October 27, John Wang, DIGITIMES...

A recent UBS Evidence Lab's tear-up activity on a BYD Seal electrical vehicle showed that a high level of import substitution in automotive chips is taking place at China EV brands,...

These are the most-read articles on DIGITIMES Asia in the week of October 23-27:

Self-driving cars are the industry's future trend, and Yageo has seen sales from the automotive sector increase as a percentage of company revenue to over 25%, according to the passive...

Leading automotive tier-1 supplier Denso announced on October 26 that it will invest about JPY500 billion (US$3.3 billion) in scaling up the semiconductor business. The company also...

Silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers Co. announced on October 26 significant progress in its 8-inch Silicon Carbine (SiC) wafer production, which is expected to start small-volume...

Chinese foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has formed a joint venture, Xinlian Power Technology, with capital from XPeng Motors, Luxshare Precision Industry,...

Following announcements of semiconductor giants like Foxconn and Micron Technology investing in India, India has dispatched its most high-profile Indian delegation of the year to...

Several media outlets have recently reported on the layoffs at SiFive, a major pioneer in the field of RISC-V chip design. According to reports, the corporation has laid off around...

Germany-based Infineon Technologies has announced on October 24 the closing of the acquisition of GaN Systems Inc.

UK compound semiconductor firm CEO Americo Lemos said that IQE is aiming to establish Taiwan as an important development base for compound semiconductors in Asia to overcome the changing...

Here are the most-read stories during the week of October 16-20:

The development of EV and autonomous driving is leading to an increase in demand for advanced automotive semiconductors. Samsung Electronics recently held a wafer foundry forum in...