China-based companies such as China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), Silian Microelectronics and NCE Power are actively developing high-end power semiconductor product lines.
ICs for consumer products are expected to see worse shortages than other applications in 2022 as many IC design houses have prioritized supply capacity for non-consumer chip offerings...
Since EVs are not driven by engines, "design for simplicity" has become a new element to boost EV business opportunities. According to Japan Auto Parts Industries Association, a traditional...
Demand for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) is growing in the car-use electronics sector. Taiwan-based manufacturers are looking to seize...
Shortage of automotive chips will persist throughout 2022, particularly those fabricated at 8-inch wafer fabs, and may not ease until 2025 given that the majority of 8-inch fab capacities...
According to DIGIMIES Research, after reaching a pinnacle of more than 83 million vehicles in 2019, the global automotive market encountered a sales plunge in 2020 and 2021 due to...
Taiwan-based OSATs will experience mixed supply of packaging materials, with molding compounds to see the worst crunch beyond ABF substrates, and wirebonding leadframes and DAF (die...
LED packaging service provider Brightek Optoelectronic in June 2021 began to construct a factory in eastern China with initial investment of NT$700 million (US$25.1 million) and will...
Memory and storage revenue has outpaced the rest of the semiconductor industry over the last two decades, according to Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO for Micron Technology, who...
The wide bandgap (WBG) features of third-generation semiconductors make them particularly suitable for recharging and radio frequency (RF) applications, as silicon carbide (SiC) has...
A while back at a DIGITIMES-hosted seminar on the ICT industry's outlook in 2022, Tony Huang, deputy director of the DIGITIMES Research Center, pointed out that the regular safety...
Himax Technologies has announced that its second-generation automotive in-cell TDDI (touch and display driver integration), HX83192 series, entered mass production in the third quarter...
Taiwanese tech firms hold an advantage in the development of electric vehicles (EV) and the government has promised more resources for infrastructure and incentives to spearhead a...
Taiwan Advanced Automotive Technology Development Association (TADA), after near one year of preparation, began operation on December 16. The organization is eyeing to become the...
NXP Semiconductors has announced a strategic partnership with Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) to work on transforming a car into an edge device. NXP will provide FII with its comprehensive...
