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Tuesday 29 October 2024
BYD's October surge boosts Taiwan's supply chain gains in Q4
BYD's new energy vehicle (NEV) sales excelled in October, buoying the performance of its Taiwanese suppliers in the fourth quarter of 2024, according to market sources.
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Automotive LED shipments to remain strong in Q4 amid growing overseas demand
As China relaxes car purchase restrictions while local governments start to introduce purchase subsidies, the automotive industry is entering its traditional peak in the fourth quarter,...
Tuesday 29 October 2024
Automotive power semiconductor orders rise, yet market uncertainty persists
Taiwan-based makers have seen demand for power semiconductors pick up in China's automobile sector, but the automotive market remains challenging in the foreseeable future, according...
Monday 28 October 2024
China's auto industry embraces local chip production with RISC-V architecture
China's automotive sector increasingly recognizes the critical importance of local chip production, prompting a shift towards the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture....
Friday 25 October 2024
Tongtai expands semiconductor presence with PCB, FOPLP solutions
Tongtai Machine & Tool is intensifying its expansion into the semiconductor sector, targeting automotive, aerospace, medical, and electronic semiconductors. The company forecasts...
Friday 25 October 2024
Garmin targets double-digit growth in Indian wearables market amid fierce competition
Garmin aims for double-digit growth in India, where rising health consciousness presents new opportunities despite fierce competition from local brands and Chinese smartphone maker...
Friday 25 October 2024
Apple reportedly cuts Vision Pro production, pivots to affordable MR headsets for 2025 launch
Apple is scaling back production of its Vision Pro mixed reality (MR) headset, with production potentially halting by the end of 2024. The Information reports, citing multiple...
Friday 25 October 2024
Lenovo leverages AI for production flexibility amid US election uncertainties
With polling numbers indicating that Republican candidate Donald Trump is gaining support in the final days leading up to the US presidential election, Che-min Tu, senior vice president...
Thursday 24 October 2024
Dekra pours NT$1bn into Taiwan expansion for IoT, AI testing
Dekra, the world's largest independent testing, inspection, and certification organization, officially opened its new Taiwan headquarters in Linkou, New Taipei City, on October 23,...
Thursday 24 October 2024
Qualcomm maintains edge in automotive chips, unfazed by Nvidia-MediaTek alliance
Qualcomm's extensive experience in automotive semiconductors positions it firmly ahead of industry rivals, though the impact of MediaTek and Nvidia's collaborative efforts remains...
Thursday 24 October 2024
Arm and Qualcomm's friction give x86 camp an edge
In 2021, Qualcomm acquired Nuvia, which received the Arm licenses in 2019. This acquisition ignited the dispute between Qualcomm and Arm. Industry sources in Taiwan indicate that...
Wednesday 23 October 2024
AUO rises to top three in automotive displays following BHTC acquisition
Despite limited growth in the global automotive market during the first half of 2024, automakers continued rolling out new models, with the rising popularity of smart cockpits driving...
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Notebook screen aspect ratio shifting toward 16:10
Notebook designs are evolving, with the notable trend of 16:10 aspect ratio displays gaining momentum over the traditional 16:9 format. Industry forecasts indicate that by 2025, 16:10...
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Qualcomm's annual tech summit features Microsoft, Samsung and OpenAI
The annual Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii showcased Qualcomm's expanding ecosystem, featuring both longstanding and new partners, including Microsoft, Samsung, and OpenAI.
Wednesday 23 October 2024
Taiwan's robot exports decline amid global automation surge in 2023
Global demand for industrial robots continues to surge. According to the latest data from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), global robot installations reached 540,000...