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Monday 4 September 2023
European public cloud spending to reach US$142 billion in 2023, defying budget cuts amid economic downturn, says IDC
According to the Worldwide Software and Public Cloud Services Spending Guide published by IDC, public cloud services spending in Europe will total US$142 billion in 2023 and will...
Monday 4 September 2023
Competition in high-end TV market heats up as China joins the fray
As China's TV market share continues to rise, it has intensified its targeting of South Korean brands. Despite Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics still dominating a significant...
Monday 4 September 2023
Japan's EV ambitions hits bumps on its road to battery recycling
While the American journal Foreign Policy highlights China's restrictions on mineral exports, particularly rare earth minerals crucial for EV motors and battery components,...
Friday 1 September 2023
AI unicorn PFN to develop Japanese-centric generative AI with ABCI supercomputer support
Japanese AI unicorn Preferred Network (PFN), after announcing in June its plans to develop a purely Japanese generative AI and related large language model (LLM), has recently gained...
Friday 1 September 2023
TSMC's fab creates stronger-than-expected economic effect on Kumamoto

The economic benefit of TSMC's wafer factory in Kumamoto, Japan is larger than what was observed in 2022. Latest estimates have increased...

Friday 1 September 2023
Samsung and LG still dominate global TV market in first half of 2023
In the first half of 2023, the two major South Korean brands, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, continued their dominance of the global TV market. Samsung maintained its spot...
Friday 1 September 2023
Samsung automating semiconductor packaging, doubling efficiency
Samsung Electronics is not only the first company in the world to launch a labor-free semiconductor packaging line, but it has also set a goal of converting its packaging plants to...
Friday 1 September 2023
Taiwanese govt pours US$30mn into public charging stations, boosting local supply chain
In light of the continuous rise in the number of EVs in Taiwan, the Executive Yuan has granted approval to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications' (MOTC) proposition for...
Friday 1 September 2023
Samsung reportedly to build 236-layer NAND at P1 facility
Following rumors that said Samsung Electronics was considering halting some of its NAND flash production at its P1 facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, new rumors have now emerged...
Friday 1 September 2023
Taiwan makers in chip supply chain form alliance to expand in US market
Ten Taiwan-based companies in the chipmaking supply chain have formed an alliance to expand their presence in the US market.
Thursday 31 August 2023
To enhance its HBM competitiveness, SK Hynix expands packaging talents internally
The AI boom has fueled the high-performance semiconductor market. SK Hynix, in light of investment reduction, has elected to expand its HBM technology capabilities through recent...
Thursday 31 August 2023
South Korean battery makers could hardly recoup investments in US despite IRA grants
Driven by significant grants under the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), South Korean battery makers LGES, SK On, and Samsung SDI have expanded their production investments in North...
Thursday 31 August 2023
Samsung breaks through memory bottleneck; announces research results on HBM-PIM and LPDDR-PIM
At the 2023 Hot Chips forum, in addition to Intel's announcement of its data center chip product, the latest report from Korea's TheElec also pointed out Samsung Electronics...
Thursday 31 August 2023
South Korean equipment makers keen on developing new-gen HBM processing tools
The proliferating artificial intelligence (AI) applications are generating significant growth potential in demand for next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, driving South...
Thursday 31 August 2023
Taiwan and Japanese ICT firms join hands to help Wi-Fi HaLow cross the chasm
Representatives of information and communications technology (ICT) companies, as well as chief technology officers of telecom firms and system integrators in Taiwan, squeezed into...