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Monday 15 April 2024
Renesas revamps old plant, powers up semiconductor production for EVs
Renesas has repurposed an old wafer fabrication facility in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, into a power semiconductor plant.
Monday 15 April 2024
SDC reportedly transferring 500 R&D personnel to mid-to-small-sized OLEDs
Recently, growth in the TV market has slowed down.
Monday 15 April 2024
Japanese auto, semiconductor players developing chiplet-based SoCs for cars
The Advanced SoC Research for Automotive (ASRA), a research organization joined by 14 Japanese car and semiconductor companies, recently received funding from Japan's New Energy and...
Monday 15 April 2024
Hanmi won HBM equipment orders from Micron, Samsung next?
In recent years, due to the development of the High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market, the thermal compression (TC) bonder equipment produced by Hanmi Semiconductor has attracted attention...
Monday 15 April 2024
From gas-powered to EV, Clientron showcases electric system integration technology in Taiwan E-Mobility Exhibition
The highly anticipated annual electric vehicle event, "2035 E-Mobility Taiwan," is set to take place from April 17th to 20th at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 1. This gathering...
Monday 15 April 2024
Weekly news roundup: JCET has offered advanced packaging services for chips below 5nm, the company says
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of April 8 - April 12.
Friday 12 April 2024
China-based suppliers expected to flood the ultra-large-sized LCD panel market, threatening South Korean makers
Ultra large-sized LCD panel shipments are expected to surge in 2024, driven by China-based suppliers, which may lead to a price war in the market, threatening LG Display, the sole...
Friday 12 April 2024
Samsung faces first large-scale strike in history amid intensifying global competition
Samsung Electronics is caught in the history of the first collective strike crisis in South Korea amidst intensifying global semiconductor competition. Samsung's five labor unions,...
Friday 12 April 2024
Taiwan's March export data show robust demand for AI servers from 4 major markets
Taiwan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) released preliminary import and export trade statistics for March 2024 and found that under the strong global demand for AI servers, Taiwan's overall...
Friday 12 April 2024
US and Japan forge clean energy alliance amid global summit
In a landmark bilateral summit, the United States and Japan have solidified a groundbreaking partnership to spearhead the global transition towards clean energy. As reported by Nikkei,...
Friday 12 April 2024
No substitute for silicon over next decade, says TSMC SVP
The ongoing booming artificial intelligence (AI) development relies heavily on massive computing power facilitated by semiconductors, and consequently, looking ahead 10 years, there...
Friday 12 April 2024
SK Siltron obtains further US support to accelerate SiC wafer investment
SK Siltron, a silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer in the United States, is set to receive a US$77 million subsidy from the state of Michigan, following a US$544 million loan...
Friday 12 April 2024
South Korean researchers put the solid in solid-state batteries
A solid-state battery research project supported by the South Korean government has discovered methods to enhance the stability of solid-state batteries. The discoveries will reportedly...
Friday 12 April 2024
Gudeng to set up new plant in Japan
Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer, plans to open a new facility in Japan. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2024, with...
Friday 12 April 2024
South Korea accelerates semiconductor strategy post-Taiwan quake
In the wake of a seismic event rattling Taiwan, and amidst the dawn of the AI era, South Korea's governmental bodies and corporate giants have convened to assess supply chain vulnerabilities...