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Thursday 13 January 2022
Automakers take initiative to mitigate auto chip shortage
A chip shortage arising from the COVID-19 pandemic has slammed global carmakers, forcing them to seek solutions at the same time. As a result, some companies have considered or started...
Thursday 13 January 2022
KIA sets up EV6 charging stations at dealership in Taiwan
Kia is displaying its battery-powered EV (electric vehicle), EV6, and single-vehicle charging piles at the Kia EV6 Cafe, located at Taipei 101. The south Korean carmaker has seen...
Thursday 13 January 2022
Panel makers to add sensors, IVI to in-car displays
More and more new vehicles are equipped with smart cockpits as e-mobility takes off. According to data from Sigmaintell, total shipments of in-car displays are expected to grow 22%...
Thursday 13 January 2022
Indian battery maker sees exponential demand for lithium-ion batteries by 2030
As EVs become more prevalent in India, the demand for lithium-ion batteries could skyrocket this decade, according to Amara Raja Batteries, one of the biggest battery manufacturers...
Thursday 13 January 2022
BOE Technology, CSOT expanding production capacities for IT-, car-use panels
China-based BOE Technology and China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) are expanding production capacities for OLED and LTPS LCD panels for IT and automotive displays, according...
Thursday 13 January 2022
What motivates TSMC to spend big on capacity expansion
TSMC's planned US$100 billion in capex from 2021 to 2023 will not be sufficient to carry out its capacity expansion projects in Taiwan and overseas, market observers believe. The...
Thursday 13 January 2022
Global IDMs placing emphasis on ADAS IC
Global IDMs have been actively exploring advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) ICs despite limited business opportunities in the autonomous driving market currently due to government...
Thursday 13 January 2022
Master Talks 5: Why better AI systems are causing more problems and how we fix them
Multiple films have featured how intelligent machines might disobey orders from humans and eventually take over the world. In the opinion of Stuart Russell, professor of electrical...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Global fab equipment spending to log record high in 2022, says SEMI
Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to rise 10% on year to a new all-time high of over US$98 billion in 2022, marking a third consecutive year of growth,...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Highlights of the day: Notebook components inventory piling up at ODMs
Demand from notebook clients may still be strong, but ODMs have seen difficulties managing their component inventories. Their overall component...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Master Talks 4: How AI affects our future
A personal assistant that knows the best time to wake you up. A machine that reads radiology scans together with a pathologist. More and more artificial intelligence (AI) applications...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
CES 2022: All Good Energy talks the next step of electrification and the role BMS plays in reusing batteries as power storage
In the past, battery packs were regarded as components that must be designed and manufactured to meet the specifications of some more significant main product. Battery performance...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Carmakers working to be self-sufficient on EV battery
With the electric vehicle (EV) market continuing to grow, carmakers in Europe and the US have been building battery plants or partnering with battery manufacturers domestically. The...
Wednesday 12 January 2022
ADLINK launches first embedded MXM graphics modules based on NVIDIA Ampere architecture for edge computing and AI
ADLINK EGX-MXM-A1000, EGX-MXM-A2000 and EGX-MXM-A4500 are the first modules to use NVIDIA's embedded GPUs based on NVIDIA Ampere architecture. ADLINK embedded MXM graphics modules...
Tuesday 11 January 2022
Automakers adopting lightweight materials
New electric cars are using lightweight materials to achieve higher range and power efficiency. Sources at the suppliers said magnesium alloy is replacing some of the heavy metal...