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Monday 18 December 2023
Rapidus aims for world's fastest fabrication services, targeting custom AI chips
Japan's chipmaking startup, Rapidus, is setting ambitious goals to mass-produce 2nm chips by 2027, aiming to provide the world's fastest chip manufacturing services, targeting clients...
Monday 18 December 2023
SK Hynix restructures R&D organization to boost future competitiveness
South Korean memory company SK Hynix reorganized its material, components, and equipment research and development. They combined them under a new foundational technology center directly...
Monday 18 December 2023
CMUH becomes first Asian medical center assisted by Google MedLM
China Medical University Hospital (CMUH) in central Taiwan has recently announced adopting Google's latest medical large language model, the MedLM. The hospital stated that it was...
Monday 18 December 2023
Taiwan's IC design landscape: weathering 21% revenue storm in 2023, eyeing 14% surge in 2024, according to DIGITIMES Research
2023 spelled tough times for Taiwan's IC design industry as it grapples with a projected 21% dip in revenue. Global economic sluggishness, coupled with geopolitical tensions, war,...
Monday 18 December 2023
Taiwanese optics firms capitalize on global military demand, expanding into defense tech
From the onset of Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the eruption of the Israel–Hamas war, the continuous expansion of defense business opportunities is reshaping the landscape...
Monday 18 December 2023
Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs spearheads tech matchmaking to empower SMEs
After a successful technological collaboration with Foxconn in 2022, the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has decided to further extend its outreach to other industries...
Monday 18 December 2023
Taiwanese panel makers pushing to strengthen supply chains for both Chinese and non-Chinese customers, according to DIGITIMES Research
Taiwan-based panel makers have been keen on establishing plants in emerging markets, concerned that the intensifying geopolitical tensions could lead to the decoupling of the supply...
Monday 18 December 2023
South Korean equipment makers scale up for HBM demand surge
The focal point of the South Korean semiconductor industry in 2023 undoubtedly revolves around high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and it's highly expected that HBM will serve as a driver...
Monday 18 December 2023
Taiwan-based chip companies expanding in Malaysia
Amid the ongoing geopolitical tensions that hit the global chip supply chain, Taiwan-based semiconductor equipment and material suppliers are accelerating their investments in Mala...
Monday 18 December 2023
Weekly news roundup: Huawei will make 1 billion 5G devices for Europe in France and other top stories
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia news stories in the week of December 11-15:
Friday 15 December 2023
LG Innotek conducts R&D for UPCs early with focus on future iPhones
To respond to the full-screen demand of Apple's iPhone, LG Innotek is reportedly investing in R&D for Under Panel Camera (UPC). The company has already applied for several related...
Friday 15 December 2023
South Korean ICT exports returned to annual growth driven by the memory industry
The export of the South Korean Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry has returned to a yearly growth after a hiatus lasting 1 year and 5 months, driven mainly by...
Friday 15 December 2023
South Korean university developed silicon-based thermoelectric semiconductor materials
South Korea's Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) has developed a technology for thermoelectric semiconductor materials by replacing toxic and rare metals with environmentally...
Friday 15 December 2023
Europe's toughened EV incentives to hit Asia-made EVs
Europe sees Asia-made EVs as more of a burden on the environment because of the long transport distance. According to the French government's announcement on December 14, three popular...
Friday 15 December 2023
TSMC's Kumamoto fab aims to source 60% of equipment and materials from Japanese suppliers
TSMC's subsidiary in Japan, Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), has indicated that it aims to procure 60% of equipment and materials from Japanese suppliers for its...