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Tuesday 3 May 2022
India roundup: ISMC to set up 65nm fab in southern India
Semiconductor consortium ISMC, a joint venture between Tower Semiconductor and Next Orbit Ventures, has announced to invest US$3 billion to set up a 65nm chip-making plant in Mysuru,...
Friday 29 April 2022
China accelerating EV battery swapping deployment despite challenges ahead
China, the second-largest electric vehicle(EV) market, is aggressively deploying charging infrastructure, including battery swapping stations. Multiple businesses have launched swapping...
Friday 29 April 2022
Taiwan's biggest offshore wind farm generates first power
Denmark-based offshore wind power developer Orsted has announced that it successfully delivered the first power from Taiwan's Greater Changhua 2a Offshore Wind Farm on April 21, 20...
Friday 29 April 2022
Korean battery developers boosting production in North America
The South Korea-China rivalry for the dominance over electric vehicle (EV) battery production is intensifying, as companies from both camps have successively rolled out plans to build...
Friday 29 April 2022
Battery recycler TES: Circular economy is crucial in battery recycling
The EV battery world is crying out for a credible plan to address the spike in battery materials prices. Lithium, for example, the price has been growing all through 2021, hitting...
Friday 29 April 2022
BYD adopts Journey 5 self-driving processor from Horizon
BYD and Horizon Robotics recently announced a partnership involving Horizon's latest high-performance processor Journey 5 for autonomous driving. BYD said it will utilize the car...
Friday 29 April 2022
MA-tek enjoys robust chip analysis orders for advanced processes
IC analysis and certification lab Material Analysis Technology (MA-tek) continues to enjoy a rapid rise in analysis demand for sub-7nm chips, particularly 3/2nm process now under...
Friday 29 April 2022
Korean 8-inch wafer fabs enjoy robust growths
South Korea's contract chipmakers SK Hynix System IC and DB HiTek last year reported robust profit growths, as 8-inch fab capacity, once neglected a few years ago, has come back to...
Friday 29 April 2022
China firms eyeing close partnerships with TSMC
Xiaomi, Oppo, Bitmain Technologies, and AI processor startup Horizon Robotics are all eyeing close partnerships with TSMC to satisfy their growing demand, particularly that for sub-5nm...
Friday 29 April 2022
OSAT ASE upbeat about demand for automotive, HPC and network ICs
Taiwan-based OSAT ASE Technology expects demand for automotive, HPC and network ICs to stay robust and buoy further its sales performance in the second quarter and the second half...
Thursday 28 April 2022
Taiwan electronics makers keen to develop mmWave radars with NXP chips
Many Taiwan electronics makers are actively making inquiries with NXP Semiconductors to explore the possibility of jointly developing mmWave radar systems as part of their efforts...
Thursday 28 April 2022
India EV sales to slow down after fire incidents
After a series of electric two-wheeler (E2W) fire incidents that led to at least six deaths in the last couple of months, Indian authorities are trying to regulate the battery quality...
Thursday 28 April 2022
Korea looks to future cars for restoring IC design
South Korea's industry is calling for more efforts to nurture IC designers amid the rising demand for automotive chips. It is believed that small-scaled IC designers will be able...
Thursday 28 April 2022
Master Trans, Tron-e export electric buses to SE Asia, Europe
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs plans to electrify 35% of the total 12,000 city buses by 2025 and 100% by 2030. Around 15,000 long-distance intercity buses will also be replaced...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
CATL facing rising costs, heated competition, slowing demand amid lockdowns
The world's largest EV battery maker CATL is under great pressure from rising material costs, heating competition, and slowing demand amid city lockdowns in China.