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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.
Wednesday 27 April 2022
GIS presenting latest touch displays
Touch display supplier General Interface Solution (GIS) is showcasing its latest transparent and curved LED screens at Touch Taiwan 2022, along with under-display fingerprint sensors...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
US startup Ample tackling EV charging anxiety with enhanced battery swapping service
Streamlining the process of charging an electric vehicle (EV) is critical to the new energy car's adoption. The US-based Ample approaches the idea with battery swapping technologies...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Denso, USJC team up for automotive power semiconductors
Denso and United Semiconductor Japan (USJC), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based United Microelectronics (UMC), have announced they will partner to manufacture automotive power semiconduc...
Wednesday 27 April 2022
Pure-play foundries see automotive chip orders continue ramping up
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries continue to see orders for automotive semiconductors ramp up while stepping up their capacity expansion pace, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 26 April 2022
QuantumScape sets up solid-state battery R&D center in Japan
QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles (EV) has expanded into the Asia-Pacific region with an office in Kyoto, Japan. The new...
Tuesday 26 April 2022
IC design houses keen on incorporating AI into edge computing solutions
With edge computing gaining importance in the proliferating of 5G and AIoT applications, IC design houses in Taiwan are incorporating AI algorithms into chip solutions for all edge...
Tuesday 26 April 2022
MediaTek, Realtek eyeing bigger presence in high-end network IC market
With US-based network IC vendors putting increased focus on automotive applications, Taiwan's MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor are both expected to grow their presence in the non-automotive...