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Tuesday 23 April 2024
China and Southeast Asia clear winners in Apple supply chain diversification
The latest Apple supplier list shows that the tech giant has grown its global supplier network, especially in Southeast Asian countries.
Monday 22 April 2024
Nvidia to help Japan's AIST build quantum supercomputer
Nvidia announced that Japan's new quantum supercomputer — designed to advance the nation's quantum computing initiative — will be powered by Nvidia platforms for accelerated...
Monday 22 April 2024
Japan's GenAI boost: US$480 million subsidy fuels domestic cloud computing services
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) unveils a JPY 72.5 billion (US$480 million) subsidy to back Generative AI (GenAI) development by five local firms, including...
Monday 22 April 2024
Shinko Electric revises revenue downward amid weak flip chip demand
Japanese IC substrate manufacturer Shinko Electric Industries has announced that due to poor sales of its main product, flip chip packaging substrates, the upcoming fiscal report...
Monday 22 April 2024
Honda will utilize cheaper steel vehicle bodies to counter China-made EVs
Reducing production costs has been a major task for carmakers as a price war persists in the EV market. According to Nikkei, Honda Motor is trying to produce integrated vehicle...
Monday 22 April 2024
Nissan adopts Giga-casting to cut EV costs, will soon launch all-solid-state battery pilot line
Nissan Motor said it will leverage the Giga-casting technique to produce its next-generation EVs and rapidly reduce costs. The automaker recently also invited media members to check...
Monday 22 April 2024
Weekly news roundup: Foreign suppliers concerned about China's chip equipment industry scaling through import substitution
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of April 15 - April 19.
Friday 19 April 2024
Japan's JIC successfully acquires JSR with delisting expected by summer
Japan-based photoresist leader JSR announced that the Take Over Bid (TOB) for its shares, led by the Japanese government and the state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC), had been...
Thursday 18 April 2024
Toshiba cut 5,000 jobs to fuel digitalization and AI
Japan-based manufacturing giant Toshiba is undergoing a significant restructure following its delisting in December 2023.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
HD Renewable Energy partners with Shihlin Electric to scale charging business in Taiwan, Japan
Taiwan-based HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) is expanding its business scope from energy storage and solar energy to EV charging. Jason Chou, HDRE's general manager, said the company will...
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Rapidus outlook dimmed by TSMC, Samsung 2nm fab projects in US
Rapidus might have been caught off guard by TSMC's and Samsung's latest announcements of plans to make 2nm chips in the US, which threatens to undermine the Japanese chipmaker's competitiveness...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Top Japanese carmakers solidify EV battery recycling plans as Toyota partners with Minmetals
Meiwa Corporation, a Japan-based chemical material producer, Toyota, and China Minmetals Corporation recently announced they will set up a joint venture for EV battery recycling in...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Former Microsoft Research Asia VP spotlights global AI regulation and regional developments
Microsoft recently announced plans to open a new branch of Microsoft Research Asia in Tokyo while also skilling three million local talents in AI.
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Japan's semiconductor subsidies eclipse global peers as percentage of GDP
According to data from a consultative council of the Japanese government, subsidies provided to the semiconductor industry by the Japanese government over the past three years have...
Monday 15 April 2024
OpenAI taps ex-Amazon executive to head enterprise push in Japan
OpenAI named the former president of Amazon Web Services's Japan arm to spearhead its push to woo enterprise clients in the world's fourth-largest economy.