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Friday 10 March 2023
LED makers Laster, Edison Opto step up investment in Taiwan
Taiwan-based LED makers, including automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech and packaging service provider Edison Opto, have stepped up factory expansions in Taiwan amid the growing...
Friday 10 March 2023
Quanta, Compal remain conservative about notebook shipments
ODMs Quanta Computer and Compal Electronics remain cautious about their near-term shipment prospects, as the notebook market is still in the doldrums.
Friday 10 March 2023
YS Tech working closely with China car vendors
Taiwan-based automotive cooling fan supplier Yen Sun Technology (YS Tech) said it will continue to work closely with Chinese customers on new energy vehicle (NEV) projects and anticipates...
Friday 10 March 2023
Singapore offers substantial subsidies to entice TSMC to build 12-inch fab locally
TSMC is reportedly slowing down its new fab project in Germany, due to growing doubts about whether the pure-play foundry will receive adequate EU subsidies in light of the region's...
Thursday 9 March 2023
ICT's anticipated surge of orders falls short of ChatGPT buzz
ChatGPT has sparked an AI frenzy. While industry experts pointed out that long-term growth is expected, there has been no visible surge in orders from customers. Hock Tan, CEO of...
Thursday 9 March 2023
OSATs see clear automotive MCU orders from IDMs till end-2023
Taiwan's OSATs including ASE Technology, TeraPower Technology under Powertech Technology (PTI), and Ardentec have seen clear order visibility for automotive MCUs from IDMs till the...
Thursday 9 March 2023
Japan and Taiwan passive component suppliers turn focus to automotive
Japan- and Taiwan-based suppliers of MLCC and other passive components are devoting more resources to automotive applications, according to industry sources.
Thursday 9 March 2023
Wistron cautious about server shipment prospects
Wistron has become wary of server shipment prospects this year but has expressed optimism about notebook shipments in the second half.
Thursday 9 March 2023
Notebook peripheral suppliers expect order pull-in momentum to resume in 2H23
Notebook component and peripheral suppliers expect customer order pull-in momentum to resume in the second half of 2023, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Holiday quarter woes contribute to full-year decline in shipments of wearable devices, says IDC
Global shipments of wearable devices declined 18.9% on year in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 138.7 million units, according to new data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
SkyWater and Weebit announced the inclusion of ReRAM IP in 130nm process for applications in automotive, defense and beyond
Israel-based Weebit Nano and US-based SkyWater Technology have announced the availability of Weebit's resistive RAM (ReRAM) IP in SkyWater's 130nm CMOS (S130) process. SkyWater customers...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
EV impact: ADAS sensors
LiDAR, a light sensing technology that creates a 3D map of a car's surroundings, is used in partial automation as a short-term objective, and is set to help achieve fully autonomous...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
ChatGPT to drive AI CPU upgrades for PCs
As ChatGPT embraces the speech-to-text capability and incorporates Whisper APIs, the semiconductor supply chain and terminal electronics devices associated with speech recognition...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
India: Do your homework before going there
In 2022, India's trade deficit from semiconductor imports from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan amounted to US$11.45 billion. The trade deficit for electronics products...
Wednesday 8 March 2023
Catcher steps up cost control efforts
Catcher Technology, a notebook chassis specialist, has increased its cost-cutting efforts in response to the ongoing inventory correction at assembly vendors.