CONNECT WITH US
Global supply chain: Emerging tech, businesses
Emerging tech, businesses news coverage
IN THE NEWS
Wednesday 25 March 2020
Tesla may expand EV production in China, says report
Tesla has suspended electric vehicle (EV) production at its two US facilities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, but may expand the capacity at its Gaigafactory 3 in Shanghai,...
Monday 23 March 2020
Taiwan IC distributors see growing demand for 5G and datacenter applications despite pandemic
Taiwan-based IC distributors are seeing stable demand for chips used in cloud/edge computing, large datacenters, 5G base stations and servers, as consumers turn to services or entertainments...
Friday 20 March 2020
China developing high-end ASICs for 5G base stations, servers
China-based cloud service providers and server vendors are keenly developing ASIC chips solutions on their own, particularly those for 5G base stations and servers, providing new...
Friday 20 March 2020
Nan Ya PCB swings to profit in 2019
Nan Ya PCB returned to profitability in 2019, thanks to strong shipments of its high-end ABF substrates and an influx of new orders for SiP substrates.
Thursday 19 March 2020
China to build more power charging piles
China's move to build more electric vehicle (EV)-use power charging piles and stations is likely to bring business opportunities for Taiwan-based makers of components used in such...
Thursday 19 March 2020
Embracing transformational challenges, metal processors engage AI-based equipment management
Problem-free equipment operation is critical to maintaining optimum production yield and quality for common metalworking processes such as stamping and welding. If something is wrong...
Wednesday 18 March 2020
ACSI sees growing interest in security solutions from financial sector
Acer Cyber Security (ACSI), an Internet security solution affiliate of the Acer Group, is seeing growing interest from clients in the financial industry in the wake of the coronavirus...
Monday 16 March 2020
Chinese AI developers roll out solutions to tackle outbreak
China-based AI developers Megvii and Sensetime are gearing up their development of AI solutions, eyeing the business opportunities in the prevention of the spread of the coronaviru...
Friday 13 March 2020
Backend, verification demand for HPC chips staying robust
Backend and verification demand for ASICs, AI chips and HPC (high performance computing) chips from segments of 5G base stations, servers and datacenters has remained strong despite...
Friday 13 March 2020
Taiwan design houses embracing robust ASIC orders
Taiwan-based chipmakers are gearing up to fulfill robust orders for ASIC services from clients in China and even from the world's first-tier brand vendors that are seeking to enhance...
Thursday 12 March 2020
Taiwan AI companies develop products in response to coronavirus
Taiwan-based automation solution developer Solomon has cooperated with Denmark-based Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) to release disinfection robots that could help prevent the spread...
Wednesday 11 March 2020
MediaTek ramping up 5G chip shipments despite outbreak
MediaTek has started ramping up its 5G chip shipments, driving up its revenues for the first two months of 2020 by 25.11% on year to reach NT$30.43 billion (US$1.01 billion), with...
Monday 9 March 2020
Transistor count trends continue to track with Moore's Law, says IC Insights
The primary yardstick by which the IC industry measures its technological performance and progress remains Moore's Law that states there is a doubling of the number of transistors...
Monday 9 March 2020
SiC power devices efficient in EV power charging
SiC power devices used in AC/DC converters for OBCs (on board chargers) - a bridge between PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) or BEVs (battery electric vehicles) and general...
Friday 6 March 2020
Taiwan using national health insurance data to enable AI-based smart medical care development
Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) program under Ministry of Health and Welfare is using big data it collects to train AI in developing smart medical care solutions.