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Tuesday 11 October 2022
Talks between Nissan and Renault could restructure the alliance
Nissan Motor has been discussing with its French partner Renault Group about investing in the latter's new EV business unit. Multiple media reports said the Japanese automaker would...
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Big business opportunites in tough times
Yes, I believe that the next two years will be a subdued period for the industry. But I also believe that Taiwan is one of the few major industrial ecosystems in the world that can...
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Taiwan SMT enters Apple supply chain
Taiwan Surface Mounting Technology (Taiwan SMT) will undertake SMT process for mini LED backlighting of 12.9-inch iPad Pro and MacBook Pro, becoming an Apple supply chain maker for...
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Hyundai Motor charging ahead with multiple bold investments
Successfully averting the crisis of automotive chip shortages, Hyundai Motor Group leapt to the world's 3rd-largest automaker by sales volume in the first half of 2022, up from 5th...
Tuesday 11 October 2022
Garmin cooperates with CHT to launch first LEO satellite-based mobile communication device in Taiwan
Garmin has cooperated with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) to launch inReach Mini 2, a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based mobile communicator and messenger, in the Taiwan market, becoming...
Friday 7 October 2022
Samsung profit sinks 32% as memory chip downturn worsens
Samsung Electronics reported its first profit drop since 2019, underscoring the depth of a global PC and memory chip downturn.
Friday 7 October 2022
Hyundai to kick off sales of new BEV Ioniq 6
Hyundai Motor Group announced that it will start selling Ioniq 6 in select markets in Europe later this year and in the US next year.
Friday 7 October 2022
France-based Wise-integration to disrupt power supply market with deep Asia ties
Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors are on track to build their momentum as demand for fast charging grows. Wise-integration, a startup specialized in gallium nitride (GaN) power supply...
Friday 7 October 2022
RF BAW filter maker Akoustis builds Asia-Pacific foothold in Taiwan
Akoustis Technologies, a US-based IDM of bulk acoustic wave (BAW) high-band filters for mobile and other wireless applications, has located its Asia-Pacific foothold in Taoyuan, northern...
Friday 7 October 2022
Pegatron, Microsoft, Wave-In launch project for advanced communication technologies
Pegatron, Microsoft Taiwan, and Taiwan-based 5G solution specialist Wave-In Communication have jointly announced a partnership project for 5G O-RAN and enterprise satellite communication...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Marketech newly-developed chipmaking equipment technology validated by ASML
Marketech International, dedicated to technology integration and automation systems for semiconductor and optoelectronics production, has seen its newly developed stainless-steel,...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Taiwan semiconductor industry likely to see single-digit growth in 2023, say analysts
Taiwan's semiconductor industry production value is still expected to enjoy single-digit growth in 2023, with TSMC being a major growth driver, according to semiconductor analysts.
Thursday 6 October 2022
Germany looking to be major IC production hub
With Intel looking to set up two wafer fabs in Magdeburg, Germany, in 2023, the country is well positioned to become a major global IC production hub, according to the German Trade...
Thursday 6 October 2022
Taiwan exports more ICs to backend industry in Malaysia
Taiwan is exporting more ICs to Malaysia, where the local backend industry output value has risen in recent years, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).
Thursday 6 October 2022
Taiwan 6-inch foundries brace for weak 2H22
Taiwan-based 6-inch foundries are bracing for a particularly weak second half of this year, due to the falling demand for handset power amplifiers (PA) and other related chip solutions,...