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Monday 15 May 2023
Samsung, Tesla leaders met for collaboration, including on autonomous vehicles
Samsung Electronics announced on May 14 that its executive chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the US last week. The meeting concerned potential cooperation between...
Monday 15 May 2023
Himax sees challenging 2Q23
Dispaly driver IC company Himax Technologies has warned of a challenging second quarter in terms of both sales and gross margin, but believes this will be a short-term phenomenon...
Monday 15 May 2023
Decoding India's electric vehicle boom: insights from industry analyst
In fiscal year 2023, India's EV industry experienced a remarkable surge, with sales leaping to about 1.17 million units – a 154 percent year-on-year increase. The rapid growth...
Monday 15 May 2023
Automotive radar market scale reaches US$13.6 billion in 2028
Driven by new safety regulations, imaging radar innovations, increased automotive radar equipment adoption, and more, it is estimated that the global automotive radar market will...
Monday 15 May 2023
Co-packaged optics market to grow sharply on AI/ML advancement
The overall data communication optics market is expected to grow sharply in the next decade, driven by the ever-larger dataset of AI and machine learning (ML) models, with co-packaged...
Monday 15 May 2023
Qualcomm, MediaTek shifting competition to computing, auto apps
With handset APs still in sluggish demand and new-spec networking chips not yet well adopted, the competition between Qualcomm and MediaTek is gradually shifting to the realm of automotive...
Monday 15 May 2023
Foreign carmakers slow in electrification would see high unused capacity in China
Major automakers based outside China, such as General Motors and Volkswagen, will likely lose market share in the world's largest car market with slower pace of electrification, according...
Friday 12 May 2023
Taiwan's ProLogium eyes 2027 for EV battery output in France
Taiwanese battery maker ProLogium Technology Co. aims to start mass production of a new generation of cells for electric vehicles in France from 2027 as part of its project to invest...
Friday 12 May 2023
Former Apple VP takes over the Pentagon's Silicon Valley adventure
Former Apple Vice President Doug Beck was sworn in on May 9 as the newest director of Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) – an organization under the US Department of Defense dedicated...
Friday 12 May 2023
800V architecture to account for over 10% in EVs by 2025, according to DIGITIMES Research
Reducing charging time by increasing the power that chargers deliver is seen as critical to overcoming the range anxiety of EV owners, and compared with a high-current solution, increasing...
Friday 12 May 2023
Tesla's presumed 'rivals' are all still stranded amid struggles
US-based EV startups, including Lucid, Rivian, Fisker, and Nikola, have been gradually announcing their financial reports. The pressure of losses continues to loom, and most of them...
Friday 12 May 2023
Hyundai to invest US$2.45 billion to ramp up EV and battery manufacturing
Hyundai Motor signed an MoU with India's Tamil Nadu government to ramp up vehicle production and will set up battery manufacturing facilities as well as infrastructure to capitalize...
Friday 12 May 2023
Laster enjoys record revenues in April
LED auto lighting module maker Laster Tech reported net profits of NT$30.4 million (US$980,640) for the first quarter of 2023, up 98.5% with consolidated revenues for April growing...
Friday 12 May 2023
Lithium companies Allkem and Livent to merge as the mineral grows important for EVs
Global lithium chemical companies Allkem and Livent announced their merger that will create a new company with a value of US$10.6 billion. The tie-up of the two entities is poised...
Friday 12 May 2023
Silicon Island Chronicles series interview: MIH Consortium CEO highlights semiconductor and electronics advantages for building EV ecosystem in Taiwan
Electronics and semiconductors are Taiwan's two 'diamond' industries with complete ecosystems and strong tech resources, and their close combination is being highlighted in the trends...