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Monday 5 December 2022
Huawei quietly building own semiconductor ecosystem, eyeing more equipment, materials and support from Taiwan
Huawei is making a low-key entry into multiple semiconductor segments to build its own semiconductor ecosystem, and since mid-2022 the Chinese tech giant has made long-term cooperation...
Friday 2 December 2022
Taiwan PCB industry continues to advance amid market headwinds, says TPCA
Taiwan's PCB production value is expected to grow to a new height in 2022 despite market headwinds facing almost the entire electronics supply chains, and will continue to advance...
Friday 2 December 2022
Taiwan, Japan include hydrogen energy in net zero carbon emission in 2050, say CHEM and Mitsubishi Taiwan
While Taiwan and Japan aim to attain net zero carbon emission in 2050, Taiwan aims to have hydrogen energy take up 12% of total energy generation in 2050 and the corresponding percentage...
Friday 2 December 2022
Thailand could become first choice for Taiwan firms to tap Southeast Asia market of smart city solutions
For Taiwan-based makers, software solution developers and system integration services providers to tap the Southeast Asia market of smart city solutions, Thailand is thought of as...
Friday 2 December 2022
Profet AI takes bridgehead in Japan, focusing on automotives and manufacturing
Profet AI, a manufacturing AI application provider, has announced that it has been selected as one of the 17 international startups to participate in the Aichi landing pad program...
Friday 2 December 2022
Ferrotec restructuring supply chains outside of China
Ferrotec, a Tokyo-based chip component supplier, has recently confirmed that it's starting to restructure its supply chain outside of China in response to chip export restrictions...
Friday 2 December 2022
MCU suppliers put focus on 32-bit offerings, non-China markets
Taiwan-based MCU suppliers all intend to put a growing focus on developing mid-to high-end 32-bit offerings and expanding sales in non-Chinese markets to weather the impact of the...
Friday 2 December 2022
TSMC soon to hold first tool-in ceremony at Arizona fab
TSMC will hold a ceremony on December 6 to mark the installation of the first batch of equipment at its new Arizona fab in the US, with participants including company founder Morris...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Fab talent crunch: Taiwan's secret sauce for producing excellent semiconductor engineers
As semiconductor companies worldwide expand to build chip capacity, talent shortage has become the greatest challenge to growth and thus attracted more attention to talent education...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Taiwan server ODMs to see non-China capacity share rise closely to 50% by 2023, says DIGITIMES Research
The tech war between the US and China is growing fiercer, prompting Taiwanese server ODMs to accelerate their pace to move parts of their capacities out of China, and ODMs' shares...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Chip war: who are the winners? A conversation with Dr. Yongwook Ryu
As the United States engages in a chip war against China, technology has never been more intertwined with geopolitical power dynamics. The fact that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Thursday 1 December 2022
SK Group commits in US manufacturing for EV
One of South Korea's largest conglomerates, SK Group, received the US president Joe Biden on November 29 at its new Michigan facility, according to the group. Biden toured the new...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Samsung Electronics announces 2022 supplier list
Samsung Electronics recently announced its 2022 supplier list, with Chinese optic...
Thursday 1 December 2022
How Silicon Valley looks at the Taiwan miracle (6): Open-mindedness
At a symposium at Stanford University, a professor called "Philip" came over to greet me, and it seemed that he knew me. I politely exchanged business cards with him. And it turned...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Taiwan fabless chipmakers conservative about 2023 prospects
With the demand slowdown worsening in China, many Taiwan-based IC design houses are cautious about their market prospects for 2023, according to sources at foundries.