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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...
Thursday 3 November 2022
Japan-based Willbox to operate cloud-based logistics platform in Taiwan
Willbox, a Japan-based startup operating cloud computing-based open international logistics platform Giho in the Japanese market, will establish an operational branch in Taiwan in...
Thursday 3 November 2022
Leaders in semiconductor in 2030 (10): Golden decade vs perfect storm
MediaTek chairman Ming-Kai Tsai has noted that we often overestimate the short-term benefits and underestimate the long-term business opportunities. In 1998 when he started his business,...
Thursday 3 November 2022
Samsung new foldable smartphone sales better than expected in Taiwan
According to sources at Samsung Taiwan, sales of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Flip 4 foldable smartphones in the Taiwan market have been higher than expected since their...
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Taiwan notebooks, 3Q 2022
Taiwanese notebook makers had shipments weaker than expected in the third quarter of 2022, growing only 2.7% sequentially, far less than the double-digit increase estimated by DIGITIMES...
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Toyota sees operating income decrease, scaling back production forecast for FY2023
The world's largest automaker by sale reported a profit decline for the April-September period, mainly due to the rising raw material prices. Moreover, as the supply for some semiconductor...
Wednesday 2 November 2022
Taiwan ABF substrate suppliers to embrace sales growth in 4Q22
Taiwan-based IC substrate specialists Unimicron Technology, Nan Ya PCB, and Kinsus Interconnect Technology are poised to generate sequential revenue increases in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 1 November 2022
ON Semiconductor to sell 200mm wafers to Japanese and US foundries under new strategic focus
Mercuria Holdings, a fund backed by the Development Bank of Japan and Japanese trading house Itochu will buy a 200mm wafer fab from US-based ON Semiconductor, according to Nikkei...
Tuesday 1 November 2022
Leaders in semiconductor in 2030 (9): Embracing collaboration and emerging biz opportunities, rather than conflicts
Over the past 30 years, one-third of the global economic momentum has come from China. This has been China's positive contribution for the world. However, behind China's moves of...