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Monday 17 April 2023
Panasonic considers building third US battery plant in Oklahoma
Japan-based Panasonic is evaluating a plan to construct a new battery plant in Oklahoma, USA. The company has signed a contract with the Oklahoma State government to receive capital...
Monday 17 April 2023
MRAM with low power consumption and high-temperature resistance to enter automotive market by 2028
Tohoku University, located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is responsible for the R&D and commercialization of brand-new IT technology in the industry revitalization policies after...
Monday 17 April 2023
Formosa Smart Energy Tech builds domestic battery chain, breaks ground on Taiwan's largest battery cell plant
Formosa Smart Energy Tech (FSET), the sixth largest company under the Formosa Plastics Group, announced that it has invested over NT$16 billion (US$524 million) through its subsidiary...
Friday 14 April 2023
Kyocera to acquire land in Japan for new US$466 million plant project
Kyocera has reached a deal to acquire about 37 acres or land for building a new smart factory at the Minami Isahaya Industrial Park in Isahaya City, Nagasaki Prefecture, according...
Friday 14 April 2023
South Korea sees larger semiconductor export decline than Taiwan in March
South Korea's March semiconductor exports slipped 34.5% on year amid sluggish market demand, and Taiwan also failed to stay unscathed but with a lower export decline of only 13.4%...
Friday 14 April 2023
IC Design competition: Taiwan vs China
A recent DIGITIMES Research report shows that China has more IC design companies with revenue exceeding $100 million than Taiwan. While the difference in the number of papers presented...
Friday 14 April 2023
oToBrite launches integrated ADAS solution for commercial vehicles
Taiwan-based oToBrite revealed its latest advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) solution for commercial vehicles. The company said the integrated system supports features like...
Friday 14 April 2023
Prosperity and crisis for Taiwan's IC design industry
During the Asia Economic Dialogue held in India, Ajit Manocha, the President of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI), expressed his belief that the semiconductor...
Friday 14 April 2023
Japan's data center services experiencing quantitative changes, inflating electricity costs a hidden concern
Japan's data center service market surpassed the JPY3 trillion (around US$22.8 billion) mark for the first time in 2022. The growth has shifted to software-as-a-service (SaaS), data-as-a-service...
Friday 14 April 2023
EV charging pile company Zerova to expand in Japan
Taiwan-based Zerova Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of power supply maker Phihong Technology, which specializes in electric vehicle (EV) charging piles, has disclosed plans...
Thursday 13 April 2023
Honda and Posco expand partnership into EV battery materials
Honda Motor and Posco Holding are looking to form a comprehensive partnership to facilitate the former's EV ambition. The duo said on April 11 that they are exploring possible collaboration...
Thursday 13 April 2023
Global semiconductor equipment billings reach industry record US$107.6 billion in 2022, according to SEMI
Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment increased 5% from US$102.6 billion in 2021 to an all-time record of US$107.6 billion last year, SEMI, the industry association...
Thursday 13 April 2023
Japan hopes to surpass China to be data center hub of East Asia
Because of the impact of Covid-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war, governments are reevaluating their investment areas from a national security perspective. After energy and semiconductors,...
Thursday 13 April 2023
The three pillars of Taiwan's semiconductor industry
The global semiconductor market reached US$575.1 billion in 2022, but the figure only covers the IC design and IDM sectors. The entire semiconductor value chain should come close...
Thursday 13 April 2023
Winbond obtains NT$20 billion syndicated loan
Winbond Electronics has signed a seven-year syndicated loan agreement for NT$20 billion (US$656.3 million) with 11 local banks in Taiwan, according to the specialty DRAM and flash...