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Thursday 10 November 2022
China unveils new policies to solicit foreign investments in manufacturing operations
China's severe COVID lockdown measures and tough sanctions from the US have sparked concerns that supply chain relocation to India and Vietnam will be accelerated. This has prompted...
Thursday 10 November 2022
Hsinchu Science Park to acquire land in Longtan for new TSMC fab
Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park (HSP) will complete the acquisition of land in Longtan, Taoyuan, in the northern part of Taiwan, for TSMC's new 1nm wafer fab within two years, according...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Taiwan Mask returns to profitability
Taiwan Mask swung to net profits of NT$599 million (US$18.8 million) in the third quarter of 2022 following two consecutive quarters of losses, buoyed by strong sales of its core...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
MIH poised to make EVs with concept car coming in 2023
MIH, an open EV alliance initiated by Foxconn, announced its plan to build electric vehicles on November 8. The group will utilize a modular design approach that allows parts to be...
Wednesday 9 November 2022
Winbond on track to open new fab in southern Taiwan by end-2022
Specialty DRAM and flash memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics is on track to start operating its new 12-inch plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, by the end of this year but may slow...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Taiwan invests EUR10 million in Lithuania and provides semiconductor scholarships to Central and Eastern Europe students
Taiwan is fulfilling its promise to invest in Lithuania and other Central and Eastern European countries to further enhance collaborations in the semiconductor, electric vehicle (EV),...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Taiwan semiconductor equipment output value to exceed US$3.13 billion in 2022
The annual output value of Taiwan's semiconductor equipment industry is expected to be well over NT$100 billion (US$3.13 billion) in 2022, given that the output value for the first...
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Arbe consolidates edges in radar chip solutions with enhanced data processing power
Helping a car make the right decision is fundamental to autonomous driving. Israel-based Arbe Robotics develops chipsets enabling imaging radars to gather environment data in high...
Monday 7 November 2022
South Korea and Japan ask US to loosen EV tax credits requirements
South Korean and Japanese governments have officially offered their comments on the revised EV tax credits rules of the US. South Korea urged America to postpone the law until 2025,...
Friday 4 November 2022
US seeks to pressure allies' chip gear makers to join export control
Bloomberg quoted sources from people attending a meeting of US semiconductor equipment manufacturer representatives with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said that...
Friday 4 November 2022
OSAT, suppliers cutting prices for DDIs to raise utilization
Taiwan's OSAT services providers and packaging materials suppliers are offering "more flexible" quotes for display driver ICs (DDIs) in a bid to raise their utilization rates, according...
Friday 4 November 2022
Server memory order pull-ins to slow down in 1Q23
Memory makers are expected to see a deceleration in order pull-ins in the first quarter of 2023 as memory demand from first-tier cloud server clients in North America has been declining...
Friday 4 November 2022
With Apple unable to prop up handset market all by itself, supply chains in Taiwan brace for slack season
Apple's iPhone 14 series has performed slightly below market expectations despite having better sales momentum than its Android counterparts. Companies in the Apple supply chain are...
Friday 4 November 2022
Tell-tale export data from Taiwan show US-China market power rebalancing
Taiwan's electronic companies such as Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron used to produce more than 90% of the laptops in China. Many scholars say the outbreaks of trade war and pandemic...
Friday 4 November 2022
Clientron Smart Virtual Onboard Unit won 31st Taiwan Excellence Award
The results of the 31st "Taiwan Excellence Award" were released recently. The Smart Virtual Onboard Unit developed by Clientron stood out among 1109 products, and won the favor of...