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Thursday 20 January 2022
Japan UX consultant firm merges Taiwan startup to enter martech
Marketing technology, or martech, encompasses a broad range of technologies that can accomplish marketing goals. Omniscient Cloud Technologies, a martech startup in Taiwan, is merging...
Thursday 20 January 2022
Will US government scrutinize companies building the country's lithium-ion battery supply chain?
Thanks to the rising demand for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage solutions, lithium-ion batteries are set to be the next strategic resource after semiconductors. Because...
Wednesday 19 January 2022
Handset TDDI prices falling
TDDI (touch/display driver integration) chip prices have fallen further in the first quarter of 2022, as brand handset vendors with excess inventories of such chips have slowed the...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Foundry PSMC sees revenue, profit surge in 2021
Pure-play foundry Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) saw its revenue hit a record high of NT$65.62 billion (US$2.38 billion) in 2021, when pre-tax profits hiked 300% on...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
Eight-inch foundry prices set to rise
Limited growth in 8-inch fab capacities worldwide, coupled with supply-side constraints arising from events such as a recent power outage at Hua Hong Semiconductor's wafer fabs, may...
Tuesday 18 January 2022
China makers' aggressive mini/microLED capacity expansions challenge Taiwan LED makers
While Taiwan's LED manufacturing industry stands a chance of establishing a complete mini/micro LED supply chain by virtue of Taiwan's technological capabilities in LCD, LED, semiconductor...
Monday 17 January 2022
China exports of electric buses to South Korea on the rise
South Korea imported 285 China-produced electric buses during January-November 2021, an increase of 117.6% on year, according to a media report that cited South Korea's Ministry of...
Monday 17 January 2022
China CPU maker Loongson keen to build own instruction set ecosystem
China-based CPU designer Loongson Zongke Technology has pledged to build a homegrown CPU instruction ecosystem independent of Wintel and Android-ARM, and all its products will switch...
Monday 17 January 2022
Innosilicon to make 5nm GPU in 2022
China-based GPU developer Innosilicon is planning to begin wafer production for its in-house developed GPU, Fantasy One, in 2022; the chip will be manufactured via a 5nm node and...
Monday 17 January 2022
Will TSMC's drive to reduce EUV carbon emissions power the green hydrogen industry chain?
Semiconductor foundry TSMC has established a 2030 energy-savings goal for its suppliers, partly driven by the fact that extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography consumes a large amount...
Monday 17 January 2022
China new green-energy car output, sales in December hit records, says CAAM
China-based makers produced 518,000 new green-energy vehicles and sold 531,000 units in December 2021, hitting respective monthly records and soaring 120% and 114% respectively on...
Friday 14 January 2022
Highlights of the day: By 2030, China will become champion in global semiconductor industry
Based on the recent report from SIA, the China semiconductor industry grew 30.6% in 2020. If the growth rate continues,...
Friday 14 January 2022
CB Insights: 1-2 unicorns born each day in 2021
CB Insights released its 2021 State of Venture Report on Jan 13, 2022, showing that, in total, 390 unicorns (startups with at least US$1 billion in valuation) were added last year...
Friday 14 January 2022
China reports robust semiconductor industry growth despite US sanctions
Although some of its key semiconductor industry players were put on the Entity List by the US government since 2019, China managed to register double-digit growth in the revenues...
Friday 14 January 2022
US pushing O-RAN equipment to replace China-made ones; but influence in O-RAN from China remains strong, says Digitimes Research
Open radio access network (O-RAN) technology was originally developed to provide telecom carriers flexibility and cost efficiency in network deployment, but it has become a weapon...