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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,...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Foxconn, FPG keen on LFP battery production in Taiwan
Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are significantly gaining ground in energy storage and EV applications amid the mounting calls for reducing carbon emissions to net zero. This...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
ALP extends logistics operations from Taiwan to Malaysia
Taiwan-based Ally Logistic Property (ALP) has disclosed it will start developing an automated logistics park in Bukit Raja, a central area of Malaysia's western coast, in mid-October...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Canon to build first lithography plant in 21 years, betting on nanoimprint technology
Japanese camera and lithography machine maker Canon will invest more than JPY50 billion (US$345 million) to build a new plant in Japan's Tochigi prefecture, Nikkei Asia reported...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Google advocates circular economy accelerator that targets startups in Asia-Pacific and N America
Google has launched its first Google for Startups Accelerator: Circular Economy for startup teams and non-profit organizations in the Asia-Pacific and North American regions. Applications...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about automotive ICs in 2023
With cars getting more and larger on-board displays, Taiwan-based IC design houses are generally optimistic about demand for display driver ICs (DDI), touch and display driver integration...
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Taiwan PC component firms step up deployment in automotive market
Taiwan-based PC component suppliers, such as Getac and Yen Sun Technology (YS Tech), have stepped up their deployment in the automotive market.
Wednesday 5 October 2022
TSMC negotiating lower prices with suppliers
TSMC has started negotiating prices with its equipment and materials suppliers for 2023, eyeing price drops of at least 10%, according to industry sources.