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Tuesday 2 August 2022
Tightened US ban on China chipmakers to have little impact on Taiwan
With the US tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking equipment, Taiwan-based fab tool suppliers engaged in the supply chain of SMIC and other China-based chipmakers...
Monday 1 August 2022
China lockdowns impact Taiwan makers' exports, says MOEA
COVID lockdowns in China affected the export orders that Taiwan received in April 2022, which came to US$51.90 billion, down 17.2% sequentially and 5.5% on year, according to Ministry...
Monday 1 August 2022
Samsung semiconductor division posts record revenue for 2nd consecutive quarter
Samsung Electronics has reported consolidated revenue climbed to a record high of KRW77.2 trillion (US$59.4 billion) in the second quarter of 2022, when its device solutions (DS)...
Monday 1 August 2022
BASF Toda Battery Materials to expand CAM production capacity
BASF Toda Battery Materials (BTBM), a Japan-based maker of cathode materials established by Germany-based BASF and Japan-based Toda Kogyo on a joint-venture basis, will expand production...
Monday 1 August 2022
Denso launches new RC-IGBT for EV, reducing energy loss by 20%
Japan's top automotive components supplier Denso is keen to develop and produce automotive power chips on its own, and has just unveiled a new power semiconductor device for electrical...
Monday 1 August 2022
SEA roundup: FDI expanding in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam
Foreign investments in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam have expanded vastly, with investors coming from Japan and South Korea.
Monday 1 August 2022
The building blocks of Unilever Taiwan's sustainability implementation
COVID-19 is a wake-up call for a new era of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) activism. Both the coronavirus and the carbon atom are invisible, but their effects are not...
Monday 1 August 2022
LG Display to end LCD panels production in South Korea
LG Display (LGD) will end the production of LCD panels in South Korea in 2023, mainly driven by the significantly shrunken demand for LCD panels in 2022 and falling panel prices,...
Monday 1 August 2022
Sumitomo Metal Mining to build 8-inch SiC substrate prototype line
Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) has decided to construct a new 8-inch direct bonded SiC wafer substrate mass-production prototype line, which will be completed for March 2024...
Friday 29 July 2022
Diode makers put focus on automotive, industrial application
Most Taiwan-based power diode makers are striving to ramp up their sales for automotive and industrial control applications to sustain revenue and profit growth, according to industry...
Thursday 28 July 2022
NHOA.TCC inaugurates first EV charging station combining solar power and energy storage in Taiwan
NHOA.TCC, a subsidiary of Taiwan Cement, inaugurated on July 27 an EV charging station in Taipei City. It is Taiwan's first DC/DC charging station that integrates solar power while...
Thursday 28 July 2022
Taiwan IC design houses facing notable profit falls in 2H22
Most IC design houses in Taiwan are expected to see their profitability weaken notably in the second half of the year as they can hardly pass part of foundry cost increases onto downstream...
Thursday 28 July 2022
IEA: Global EV battery demand to reach 3500 GWh by 2030
Demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries has surged as countries pledge to phase out gasoline cars and automakers roll out more EV models. According to a report from the International...
Thursday 28 July 2022
UMC co-president to visit Samsung ensuring order commitments
Jason Wang, co-president for Taiwan-based foundry United Microelectronics (UMC), will fly to South Korea with a team of 10 staff on July 31 to meet Samsung Electronics' newly-appointed...