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Monday 5 December 2022
Is Taiwan's IC design sector impacted by declined Samsung phone shipments?
Samsung Electronics has reduced smartphone production at its Vietnam production line, which could have some negative impacts on Taiwanese IC design houses like MediaTek. However,...
Monday 5 December 2022
Taiwan power components makers to strengthen support for Tesla in 2023
Taiwan power component makers are expected to see increasing shipments for EV, industrial control and green energy applications in 2023, and particularly will play a more important...
Monday 5 December 2022
Nidec to profit from electric axle manufacturing
Japan-based motor and machine tools manufacturer Nidec plans to invest a total of JPY1 trillion (US$7 billion) in expanding its electric motor systems, Nikkei Asia cited...
Monday 5 December 2022
GM, LGES to increase battery production in the US; Volkswagen explores Canadian cell site
The EV battery production ramp-up in North America continues: General Motors and LG Energy Solution announced that they will raise cell production by 40% at a joint plant in Tennessee,...
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...