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Tuesday 20 September 2022
Realizing vision of smart transportation with AWS: How Metropia makes Taiwan's MaaS smarter
MaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service), which combines cloud computing, AI, big data, and other technologies, is regarded by national governments and businesses as necessary for realizing a...
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Incomplete factory engineering supply chain could slow new fab construction in Europe, US
Incomplete factory engineering industry supply chains, as well as insufficient manpower, could slow the construction of new wafer fabs in Europe and the US, according to industry...
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Taiwan analog IC firms step up transition to 12-inch wafer manufacturing
Taiwan-based analog IC design houses have stepped up their transition to 12-inch wafer manufacturing, and are actively developing 12-inch chip designs, according to industry source...
Monday 19 September 2022
Taiwan IC design houses keen to develop new chips, defying headwinds
Taiwan's IC design houses including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics and Realtek Semiconductor have sharply increased their new development projects for the next 1-2 years despite...
Monday 19 September 2022
Samsung announces new environmental strategy
Samsung Electronics has announced its new environmental strategy to join global efforts to tackle climate change. It includes commitments to achieve enterprise-wide net zero carbon...
Monday 19 September 2022
China gearing up to mass purchase IC equipment and materials
Chinese semiconductor firms are moving at full throttle to purchase as many semiconductor equipment and materials as possible from abroad as the US is expected to take tougher measures...
Monday 19 September 2022
Multi-system nature of smart cockpit highlights Taiwan's strength in system integration
Future cars will no longer be just a vehicle, but a mobile, multi-use scenario device. Hence, the smart cockpit has become a development goal to pursue for many car manufacturers.
Monday 19 September 2022
Semiconductor manufacturing not affected by strong earthquake in Taiwan
A Richter 6.8 magnitude scale earthquake and aftershocks hit Taiwan on September 18, but as the epicenter was located off the southeastern coast of the island, semiconductor manufacturing...
Monday 19 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (4): The manufacturing capability of Samsung's foundry biz
In 2020, Samsung Electronics had a monthly capacity of 260,000 wafers for its 8-inch and 12-inch fabrication each, which increased to 265,000 and 325,000 respectively in 2021. It...
Friday 16 September 2022
Foxconn retakes majority stake in Sharp
Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) has returned as the majority stake owner of Sharp after an indirect investment in the Japanese firm recently made by an the Taiwanese EMS giant's affi...
Friday 16 September 2022
Samsung's ups and downs (3): Why Samsung is so keen on foundry biz
Gartner has raised the CAGR of the foundry market from 2021 to 2025 to over 16%, and TSMC's aggressive deployment is expected to boost its global market share from 57% in 2021 to...
Friday 16 September 2022
Fab toolmakers remain upbeat about demand from TSMC
With TSMC poised to carry out its capacity expansion projects in Taiwan and overseas on schedule, fab toolmakers remain upbeat about demand from the pure-play foundry, according to...
Thursday 15 September 2022
Taiwan reactivates overseas tech talent recruitment campaign
As part of its efforts to ease serious domestic talent shortage, the government in Taiwan has recently reactivated its overseas recruitment campaign, which was earlier interrupted...
Thursday 15 September 2022
US to welcome more EV chargers as automakers acts on the revised tax credit
US President Joe Biden announced the approval of US$900 million in funding charging infrastructure installation on Wednesday. The administration aims to utilize the federal grant...
Thursday 15 September 2022
Taiwan's economic & technological cooperation with Lithuania heating up
A Lithuanian delegation is visiting research institutes as well as laser technology and biotechnology companies in Taiwan to seek economic and technological cooperation, according...