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Thursday 6 July 2023
Powerchip to set up 12-inch wafer fab in Japan
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has reached a deal with SBI Holdings under which the Taiwan-based company will gain the investment firm's support to...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Taiwan IC design houses eye network ASIC opportunities
Taiwan-based network IC manufacturers will likely step up efforts to pursue orders for network ASICs as the increasing adoption of generative AI applications has made the segment...
Thursday 6 July 2023
Cyberworks Robotics enhance industrial equipment with autonomous navigation technology
As labor shortages arise, more automation and intelligence have been introduced in various industries. Canada-based Cyberworks Robotics develops self-driving technology for mobile...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Taiwan's Powerchip teams up with SBI to build Japan foundry
Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. and investment firm SBI Holdings Inc. are teaming up to build a foundry in Japan to meet growing demand by manufacturers to source...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Nvidia reportedly mulls outsourcing partial AI GPU production to Samsung
Nvidia is reportedly mulling outsourcing a portion of its AI GPUs to Samsung Electronics for fabrication amid increasingly tight capacity supply from TSMC. Industry observers noted...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
Cosmos Electric sets up subsidiary in Taiwan
New Cosmos Electric, a provider of gas detection and alarm systems for the chipmaking industry, has recently announced the establishment of Taiwan New Cosmos Electric for the marketing...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
South Korea to strengthen IC sector with massive research labs, training camps
In its efforts to better strengthen semiconductor capabilities, the South Korean government plans to establish 10 semiconductor research labs and select 10 universities to launch...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
SAIC Motor exploring production sites in Europe
Shanghai-based SAIC Motor is poised to scale up in Europe. The automaker said on July 4 that it saw car sales outside China grow by 40% in the first half of the year, driven mainly...
Wednesday 5 July 2023
IQE, Taiwan III-V IC makers unaffected by China's export restrictions on critical raw materials
There are several reasons why UK-based IQE and Taiwanese III-V IC manufacturers do not feel threatened by China's...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Japan, EU agree to deepen cooperation on chip research, training
Japan and the EU agreed to step up cooperation on semiconductors a day after China unveiled export restrictions on two metals crucial to some parts of the chip industry, adding to...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
It is built, but will they come? Taiwan's Academia Sinica quantum research base hungers for tech talents
Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research institution, along with the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the Technology Division of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA),...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
AcBel finishes merger of ABB Power Conversion
Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech announced on July 3 to have completed the acquisition of ABB Power Conversion with an amount of US$505 million and has completed all...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
SEMICON Taiwan 2023 to kick off in early September
SEMICON Taiwan 2023 will take place in Taipei from September 6–8, with a focus on advanced process manufacturing, heterogeneous integration, compound semiconductors, automotive...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
With AI as catalyst for market competition, Samsung is expected to launch HBM4 within the year
After ChatGPT brought enthusiasm to the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, the competition between Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix is becoming increasingly intense. Following SK...
Tuesday 4 July 2023
Huawei targets royalty claims at Japanese SMEs, provoking angst
Having been targeted in trade sanctions, Huawei has started to find alternative revenue sources by collecting patent royalties from manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific region. Japanese...