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Friday 2 December 2022
Profet AI takes bridgehead in Japan, focusing on automotives and manufacturing
Profet AI, a manufacturing AI application provider, has announced that it has been selected as one of the 17 international startups to participate in the Aichi landing pad program...
Friday 2 December 2022
Ferrotec restructuring supply chains outside of China
Ferrotec, a Tokyo-based chip component supplier, has recently confirmed that it's starting to restructure its supply chain outside of China in response to chip export restrictions...
Friday 2 December 2022
MCU suppliers put focus on 32-bit offerings, non-China markets
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers all intend to put a growing focus on developing mid-to high-end 32-bit offerings and expanding sales in non-Chinese markets to weather the impact of the...
Friday 2 December 2022
TSMC soon to hold first tool-in ceremony at Arizona fab
TSMC will hold a ceremony on December 6 to mark the installation of the first batch of equipment at its new Arizona fab in the US, with participants including company founder Morris...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Fab talent crunch: Taiwan's secret sauce for producing excellent semiconductor engineers
As semiconductor companies worldwide expand to build chip capacity, talent shortage has become the greatest challenge to growth and thus attracted more attention to talent education...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Taiwan server ODMs to see non-China capacity share rise closely to 50% by 2023, says DIGITIMES Research
The tech war between the US and China is growing fiercer, prompting Taiwanese server ODMs to accelerate their pace to move parts of their capacities out of China, and ODMs' shares...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Chip war: who are the winners? A conversation with Dr. Yongwook Ryu
As the United States engages in a chip war against China, technology has never been more intertwined with geopolitical power dynamics. The fact that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 1 December 2022
SK Group commits in US manufacturing for EV
One of South Korea's largest conglomerates, SK Group, received the US president Joe Biden on November 29 at its new Michigan facility, according to the group. Biden toured the new...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Samsung Electronics announces 2022 supplier list
Samsung Electronics recently announced its 2022 supplier list, with Chinese optic...
Thursday 1 December 2022
How Silicon Valley looks at the Taiwan miracle (6): Open-mindedness
At a symposium at Stanford University, a professor called "Philip" came over to greet me, and it seemed that he knew me. I politely exchanged business cards with him. And it turned...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Taiwan fabless chipmakers conservative about 2023 prospects
With the demand slowdown worsening in China, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are cautious about their market prospects for 2023, according to sources at foundries.
Wednesday 30 November 2022
2023 outlook: US will grow to be next battery battlefield
Battery makers have fired on all cylinders with expansion this year to meet the surging demand from EV manufacturers. Looking ahead to 2023, major Asian battery companies will keep...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
WSTS sees 2023 global chip market decline while ITRI forecasts Taiwan Semicon industry grows 6.1%
As anticipated, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) downwardly revised its latest semiconductor market forecast in November 2022. The growth of worldwide semiconductor...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Actron becomes largest shareholder of Mosel
Automotive diode specialist Actron Technology has acquired more common shares of its re-invested Mosel Vitelic and has now become the largest shareholder of the 6-inch foundry spec...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
Rohm partners with Shenzhen SiC startup amid concerns of growing Chinese competition
Rohm Semiconductor has entered into a strategic partnership with China-based power semiconductor company Shenzhen BASiC Semiconductor, Nikkei reports.