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Monday 29 January 2024
AI chip advancements fuel surge in Japanese semiconductor backend process materials
Amidst the rapid advancement in AI chip development, emerging technologies like chiplets are making semiconductor backend processes more intricate. As a result, the prices and profit...
Monday 29 January 2024
Japan's semiconductor renaissance (1): manufacturing and equipment
In the second half of the 1990s, Samsung Electronics came to the forefront of Dataquest's DRAM manufacturer rankings. NEC and Toshiba were in second and third place, and other Japanese...
Monday 29 January 2024
UK Advanced Propulsion Centre director: Taiwan crucial for global EV development
DIGITIMES recently interviewed Julian Hetherington, the director of the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), to understand the future of EV development in the UK and its potential benefits...
Thursday 25 January 2024
ITRI unveils ambitious 2035 tech roadmap and sustainability initiatives
Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) revealed its comprehensive 2035 technology strategy and roadmap on January 24, focusing on areas such as...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
'Taiwanese Chips Act' to take effect in February, aiming to cement semiconductor leadership
While the recent US CHIPS and Science Act, European Chips Act, and Japan's subsidy plan have enticed TSMC to build wafer fabs in the US, Germany, and Japan, Taiwan has responded with...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Geopolitical storms are fragmenting EV battery market
Geopolitical tensions are causing market fragmentation for key electric vehicle components such as on-board batteries.
Wednesday 24 January 2024
China's import of South Korean semiconductor materials skyrockets in 2023
To counter the ban imposed by the US to slow down its development of advanced semiconductors while ensuring its dominance in general-purpose semiconductors, China is aggressively...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
CCL firm Ventec grows presence in car industry supply chain
Taiwan-based Ventec Electronics, which specializes in niche-market copper-clad laminates (CCL) and thermal materials, has effectively penetrated the automotive industry supply chai...
Wednesday 24 January 2024
TV makers stockpiling panels, other components ahead of panel production cuts
Panel manufacturers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait plan to reduce production significantly during the Lunar New Year, encouraging a price rebound. This scheme has prompted white-box...
Tuesday 23 January 2024
TCL CSOT CEO Zhao Jun predicts future of OLED at CES 2024
TCL CSOT CEO and COO Zhao Jun talked about automotive display tech breakthroughs and inkjet-printed OLED progress in an exclusive interview during CES 2024.
Monday 22 January 2024
Japanese PSC materials firms ride solar wave, envision resurgence in 2030s
The Japanese-developed Perovskite Solar Cells (PSC) are the latest innovation in solar power technology. With enhanced practicality through technological evolution and strong government...
Friday 19 January 2024
Wah Lee sees strong materials demand for advanced packaging, AI
Materials distributor Wah Lee Industrial is upbeat about demand supporting advanced chip manufacturing and AI applications.
Thursday 18 January 2024
Asahi Kasei expands material business reform, aiming to resume pre-pandemic performance levels by fiscal 2024
The Asahi Kasei Corporation, a prominent Japanese chemical company, is undergoing a strategic shift in response to the challenges posed by global economic downturns and the 2020 pandemic...
Thursday 18 January 2024
Advanced packaging continues to boost high-end material demand
According to sources at IC packaging material distributors, advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration are driving demand for high-end materials.
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Disco plans investment for new semiconductor materials plant, responding to global demand surge
According to Nikkei, Japan-based semiconductor equipment provider Disco is anticipated to invest over JPY40 billion (US$273.8 million) to build a plant in Kure, Hiroshima...