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Friday 23 September 2022
Key supplier in international IPC market: Q&A with KC Liu, chairman of Advantech
Since the start of the trade war between the US and China in 2018, the global industry has been rethinking the need for globalization and regionalization planning. The pandemic has...
Friday 23 September 2022
Taiwan PCB sales growth bolstered by IC substrate, HDI, FPCB segments
Aggregate first-half 2022 revenues of Taiwan's PCB manufacturers surged 18% on year to NT$419.7 billion (US$13.256 billion), due mainly to strong shipments of IC substrates that have...
Friday 23 September 2022
Arm mulls partnership with Samsung, potentially on near-memory computing
SoftBank chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son raised the possibility of a strategic alliance between Arm and Samsung on September 22, according to several media outlets, as falling technology...
Friday 23 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (8): Samsung's handset strategy
Samsung Electronics is trying to direct the mainstream of the handset market towards foldable phones, hoping to increase the unit price of sales, and to drive its own production of...
Friday 23 September 2022
AUO sets up solution R&D center in southern Taiwan
AU Optronics (AUO) has inaugurated an R&D center in southern Taiwan as part of a wider plan to accelerate its biaxial "Go Premium, Go Vertical" transformation strategy and build...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Taiwan speeds up EV power charging pile installations
The number of electric vehicle (EV) power charging piles installed in public places around Taiwan will increase from 2,099 curently to 7,167 in 2025, according to Ministry of Economic...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Taiwan August smartphone sales drop
There were 343,000 new smartphones sold in Taiwan in August 2022, the lowest monthly level so far in 2022 with decreases of 17.5% on sequentially and 9.5% on year, according to retail...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Qualcomm announces new innovation center and 5G education initiative in Southern Taiwan
Qualcomm announced on September 21 to establish the Qualcomm Innovation Center, Southern Taiwan located at Kaohsiung's Yawan 5G AIOT Innovation Park to support local industries and...
Thursday 22 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (7): The future direction of the memory industry
Memory is Samsung Electronics' main source of profit, so of course, Samsung needs to explore its future strategy in the context of memory. Basically, non-memory and DRAM focus on...
Thursday 22 September 2022
USI steps up deployment in automotive, industrial, and AR fields
Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a subsidiary of Taiwan's ASE Technology Holding, has stepped up its deployment in the automotive, industrial, and AR device fields.
Wednesday 21 September 2022
AMD keen to secure capacity support from Taiwan
AMD CEO Lisa Su will meet with her TSMC counterpart CC Wei during her upcoming visit to Taiwan, as the US chip vendor looks to secure support from the foundry house and other value...
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Taiwan export orders increase in August
Taiwan-based makers received export orders totaling US$54.59 billion in August 2022, increasing 0.6% sequentially and 2.0% on year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs (M...
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (6): Caught in an awkward position with the risk of being isolated
Japan and the EU are actively seeking cooperation with Taiwan, and the US has even proposed the Chip 4 semiconductor industry alliance trying to secure its strategic partners in the...
Wednesday 21 September 2022
AMD CEO to visit Taiwan in early October
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su will arrive in Taiwan in early October to meet major suppliers including TSMC and ASE Technology, according to industry sources.
Wednesday 21 September 2022
Samsung reportedly eyeing closer tie with UMC for additional OLED DDI output
Samsung Electronics is reportedly eyeing a closer tie with Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC), already a foundry partner of the Korean tech giant, for additional OLED display...