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Wednesday 19 June 2024
TSMC draws Zeiss to build Innovation Center in Hsinchu
Carl Zeiss, the global optics leader from Germany, announced the official opening of its first Innovation Center in Taiwan on June 18.
Wednesday 19 June 2024
South Korean AI startup DeepX places orders to TSMC's 3nm process; maintains partnership with Samsung
South Korean AI semiconductor startup DeepX is reportedly set to become a new customer of AsicLand, an IC design company that partners with TSMC.
Wednesday 19 June 2024
GlobalWafers receives EUR103 million subsidy for Italian fab
GlobalWafers announced on June 18 that, following the European Commission's Directorate-General (DG) approval of GlobalWafers' Italian subsidiary MEMC Electronic Materials' plant...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
AI memory chip war heats up: SK Hynix allegedly uses NPE in proxy patent lawsuit against Micron
With the intensifying competition in the AI memory chip market, leading memory vendors like SK Hynix, Micron Technology, and Samsung Electronics are gearing up for proxy patent battles...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
O-Ran Summit in Taipei highlights Taiwan's unique position in software and hardware
As mobile communications firmly enter the 5G era, the telecom equipment supply chain, previously dominated by just a few major players, is experiencing fresh changes.
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Taiwan IC design houses accelerate preparation of new AI-related chip products for 2H24
Taiwan's IC design houses are gearing up to prepare new AI-related chip products for the second half of the year, in response to positive feedback from both enterprise and consumer...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
GDDR7 in growing demand for AI-powered notebooks, memory vendors ready for mass production in 2H24
As AI applications expand to portable devices such as notebooks, demand for the latest generation of graphics memory, GDDR7, is gaining momentum, especially after AI chip leader Nvidia...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
SK Hynix reportedly to complete DRAM fab construction ahead of schedule
SK Hynix's M15X DRAM plant in Chungbuk-Cheongju, which is under construction, is expected to be completed ahead of schedule.
Tuesday 18 June 2024
EndoSemio's innovative single-use endoscope solves clinical pain points while safeguarding patient health
Endoscopes play an instrumental role in minimally invasive surgeries.
Tuesday 18 June 2024
BYD becomes official partner of UEFA Euro 2024
BYD has been selected as the official e-mobility partner of UEFA Euro 2024, replacing Volkswagen, signifying the increasing prominence of Chinese businesses on the international st...
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Chinese MCU suppliers grow automotive businesses as Taiwanese competitors regain market share
China-based MCU companies have been actively developing the automotive market in recent years.
Tuesday 18 June 2024
Network IC firms upbeat about 2H24, as markets in Europe and US bottom out in 2Q24
Amid the surge in AI-related chip demand and rebounding consumer device market as inventory destocking ends, demand for networking chips is yet to pick up, with low pull-in momentum...
Monday 17 June 2024
Meta delays AI chatbot launch in Europe after regulator pushback
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. will delay its launch of the Meta AI chatbot in Europe after regulators on the continent requested the company pause its plan to train...
Monday 17 June 2024
Microsoft's Japan chief sees country accelerating its use of AI
Japan has been one of the fastest countries to embrace the use of new artificial intelligence tools and has the potential to accelerate its economy and tech sector by going further,...
Monday 17 June 2024
Does AI scale-up distract emerging Taiwanese automotive tier-1 suppliers?
Geopolitics and the Group of Two (G2) dynamic have attracted Taiwan's ICT supply chain much attention.