Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the gaming subsidiary under the Sony Group, announced that it will lay off 900 employees, around 8% of SIE's total staff. The main reasons include...
Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. (JASM), a majority-owned subsidiary of TSMC, held the opening ceremony of its first fab in Kumamoto on February 24, 2024. It has created...
When Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. unveiled plans to begin building a new chip fabrication facility in Japan in 2022 and start production in 2024, it looked like an implausibly...
At its latest earnings call event, Sony revealed a downward adjustment to its sales goal for the PlayStation 5 (PS5) console while reporting a new high in CMOS image sensor (CIS)...
Asia Pacific (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Singapore) accounts for 84% of global chip exports and is home to 10 of the 16 semiconductor exporters and the top six suppliers, which...
Panasonic has decided to sell Shiftall, its subsidiary responsible for VR head-mounted display (HMD) development, on February 1, 2024. Panasonic, alongside Sharp and Sony, were all...
TSMC has announced plans for a second wafer fab through Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), a joint venture between the Taiwan-based pure-play foundry and its Japanese...
Apple is set to officially launch its brand-new Mixed Reality (MR) headset Vision Pro on February 2. The general market perception is that, despite its high sale price of US$3,499,...
Having to overcome ramps and bumps on its internationalization journey, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's leading pure-play foundry, is learning to act...
Inventory adjustments for mobile phone CMOS image sensors (CIS) have commenced due to disappointing demand since December 2023. Still, overall shipment pull-ins are expected to accelerate...
Automotive applications will be the key growth driver for CMOS image sensors (CIS) in 2024, with promising demand from China, according to supply chain sources.
The semiconductor industry in Kyushu, Japan, is gradually recovering, with IC production value exceeding JPY1 trillion (US$68 billion) from January to November 2023.
Founded in 2023 by former Google AI researchers Llion Jones and David Ha, startup Sakana AI has attracted significant investments from leading Japanese companies such as NTT, KDDI,...
