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Monday 6 December 2021
Cluster 2.0 needed for Taiwan semiconductor sector to meet new challenges, says ASE COO
Taiwan's semiconductor sector has performed outstandingly amid the pandemic over the past two years thanks partly to its strong industrial clusters, but Taiwan needs to advance to...
Monday 6 December 2021
India roundup: Tata reportedly to manufacture semiconductor in India
Tata reportedly is in talks with a state government to build semiconductor assembly plants. E-scooter maker Ather Energy is raising annual production capacity to 400,000 units, while...
Monday 6 December 2021
Memory demand to boom for AI, says Macronix chairman
Memory demand is set to rise further, as AI applications become more widespread, according to Miin Wu, chairman for ROM and flash chipmaker Macronix International.
Monday 6 December 2021
Industry watch: It's hard to tell friends from foes
When developing its advanced packaging technology, what's TSMC's bigger concern: its own competitiveness or the feelings of other packaging firms? In the past, Intel made motherboards...
Monday 6 December 2021
South Korean carmakers among top-100 auto parts suppliers in sales in 2020
A total of nine automakers in South Korea have been named among the world's 100 major auto parts suppliers in sales in 2020, based on an analysis of data compiled by Automotive...
Friday 3 December 2021
Addionics 3D-structured battery may achieve 2x higher energy capacity
The range and charging time of batteries are the major concerns of electric vehicle users and a critical bottleneck for the EV industry. The Israel-based startup, Addionics, is developing...
Friday 3 December 2021
Vehicle-as-a-service platform optimizes fleet management and EV adoption: Interview with Autofleet
The rise of "mobility-as-a-service" or "vehicle-as-a-service," such as car rental services, car sharing, or ridesharing services, not only provides people with more alternative ways...
Friday 3 December 2021
FCCL maker Taiflex to invest over NT$2 billion in capacity expansion
Taiwan's FCCL specialist Taiflex Scientific has disclosed plans to invest more than NT$2 billion (US$72 million) in expanding production capacities at its plants in China and Taiwan...
Friday 3 December 2021
Laster Tech January-September shipments meet 50-60% of orders due to component shortage
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech had shipments in the first three quarters of 2021 fulfilling only 50-60% of the corresponding orders due to the short supply of semiconductor...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Industry watch: Policymakers must act fast for EV industry
UMC co-founder John Hsuan divides those who want to participate in the electric vehicle (EV) business into three categories: Traditional car manufacturers such as Toyota and Mercedes-Benz;...
Thursday 2 December 2021
LFP accounts for increasingly higher portion of China battery production
Total adoption of LFP batteries in electric vehicles (EV) could overtake ternary ones in China in 2021, with the former now less than 1pp behind the latter in market share, according...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Cloud service providers CloudMile, eCloudvalley expand Southeast Asian operations
Datacenters are opening at a rapid pace in ASEAN countries. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building new data centers in Jakarta, Indonesia; Microsoft has plans to set up Azure datacenters...
Thursday 2 December 2021
TVS Motors to invest US$160m in building EVs
TVS Motor is investing INR12 billion (US$160 million) in making future cars and EVs within the next four years, following previous raises in capital spending and establishment of...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Prices of cylindrical lithium cell to rise 5-15% in 2022
Cylindrical lithium battery cell prices will rise by 5-15% in the first quarter next year, following two-time price hikes this year, according to sources at battery module suppliers...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Nichidenbo upbeat about passive component demand in 2022
Taiwan-based Nichidenbo, which distributes capacitors, MLCCs and other passive components for vendors such as Nippon Chemi-Con and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), has expressed...