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Tuesday 12 July 2022
Volkswagen constructing first in-house battery plant in Europe, considering 'big moves' in China
Volkswagen Group broke ground on its first of six battery plants in Europe last week, marking progress in vertical integration. Moreover, the automaker has been expanding the software...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan exports robust in June
Taiwan recorded exports of US$42.20 billion for June 2022, the second highest-ever monthly level with growth of 0.3% sequentially and15.2% on year, while the corresponding imports...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Samsung reportedly may drop Exynos SoCs for new flagship handsets
Samsung Electronics reportedly will stop using its own Exynos mobile SoCs for next-generation flagship smartphone model Galaxy S23, and instead will adopt Qualcomm's new-generation...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Hiwin expanding production capacities in Taiwan, abroad
Mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies is expanding capacities in Taiwan, Japan, Germany and Italy, according to the company.
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan IPC makers post brisk June results
Taiwan-based industrial PC makers have reported brisk sales results for June 2022, mainly thanks to the easing of related component shortages enabling them to fulfill more deferred...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan PV installation capacity not meeting targets
Taiwan's PV power generation has failed to meet its installation capacity targets, with its current 8.34GWp falling 2.91GWp short of its goal of 11.25GWp for year-end 2022, according...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Taiwan IC design houses brace for Samsung inventory correction
Samsung Electronics has started slowing down its pace of chip and component orders particularly TV-related display driver ICs (DDI) and SoCs, impacting its supply chains in which...
Tuesday 12 July 2022
ST, GF team up for 300mm wafer fab in France
STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries have signed a MoU to build a 300mm semiconductor manufacturing facility in France, according to the chipmakers.
Tuesday 12 July 2022
UMC executives to visit Samsung in end-July
High-level executives of Taiwan-based pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) plan to visit South Korea later this month and meet with Samsung Electronics counterparts to...
Monday 11 July 2022
Laster Tech expands production capacity in Taiwan
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech has disclosed it has expanded production capacity for headlights controllers at its factory in northern Taiwan.
Monday 11 July 2022
'Just in case' outweighs 'just in time' in supply chain management
As the boom of remote learning and work-from-home wanes and inflation has stopped consumers from spending, the rising inventory has become an issue for the Asia electronics industr...
Monday 11 July 2022
Asia IC50: Who dominates IC design industry in Asia
Looking at the revenue numbers of these 50 companies in Asia IC50 provides good indicators of the health of the overall IC design ecosystem.
Friday 8 July 2022
Fairy Devices puts an AI fairy on field workers' shoulders
Fairy Devices envisions a world where AI is given ears and hands and becomes a fairy to help connect humans from different countries. Its wireless AI-device Thinklet embodies the...
Friday 8 July 2022
Taiwan to beef up cooperation with UK in offshore wind power generation
The Taiwan government will enhance cooperation with the UK government agencies and UK-based enterprises in development of offshore wind farms, according to the Ministry of Economic...
Friday 8 July 2022
Samsung gives flat sales and profit outlook for 2Q22
Samsung Electronics' just unveiled sales and profit guidance for the second quarter represent almost flat sequential increases but double-digit surges compared to the same period...