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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.
Friday 6 March 2020
AI unicron Appier COO sheds light on success recipes
To build a successful startup, it is essential to start with a domain which the founders are best at and then work out solutions that exactly meet clients' needs, according to Winnie...
Thursday 5 March 2020
Huawei enhancing in-house IC design capability
Huawei has been strengthening its in-house chip design capability aiming to further reduce its dependence on US technology, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 3 March 2020
TSMC, Broadcom enhance CoWoS platform with 2X reticle size interposer
TSMC announced on March 3 the foundry has collaborated with Broadcom on enhancing the chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) platform to support the industry's first and largest 2X reticle...
Monday 2 March 2020
KLA intros new IC metrology systems
KLA has announced the Archer 750 imaging-based overlay metrology system and the SpectraShape 11k optical critical dimension (CD) metrology system for IC manufacturing.
Thursday 27 February 2020
Semiconductor unit shipments to exceed 1 trillion devices in 2020, says IC Insights
Annual semiconductor unit shipments including integrated circuits and optoelectronics, sensors and discrete (O-S-D) devices are forecast to rise 7% in 2020 and surpass one trillion...
Wednesday 26 February 2020
Bank cooperates with research centers for AI application
CTBC Bank has signed with AI technology research center and IoX Center - both under National Taiwan University (NTU) - for one-year cooperation for applying AI technology to banking...
Monday 24 February 2020
Samsung begins mass production at new EUV manufacturing line
Samsung Electronics has announced that its new cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication line in Hwaseong, Korea has begun mass production.
Friday 21 February 2020
EV platforms to help makers hike competitiveness
EV (electric vehicle) platforms, through sharing of basic design, are expected to reduce cost and time spent by individual makers on R&D of new EV models, shorten time to market...
Wednesday 19 February 2020
Driver IC backend houses expect demand to rebound in 2H20
Taiwan-based handset display driver IC backend specialists have seen customer orders slow down, with poor order visibility for the next several months, but they expect demand to rebound...
Monday 17 February 2020
AccuHit finishes pre series-A funding
AI-based marketing solution developer AccuHit AI Technology Taiwan has raised NT$70 million (US$2.3 million) in pre series-A funding round, with the fund to be used to enhance R&D...
Thursday 13 February 2020
Post-coronavirus rebound to take place in 2H20, SEMI believes
The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has had a negative impact on the world's economy and supply chain, but a rebound should take place in the latter half of 2020 thanks to a general...
Wednesday 12 February 2020
Global Unichip expects modest growth in 2020
IC design service company Global Unichip expects to enjoy modest revenue growth in 2020, driven by growing demand for 5G and AI related devices.