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Friday 20 August 2021
Global light vehicle production impacts now expected well into 2022
Unlike foundries' capacity constraints impacting mainly automotive MCUs, assembly capacity constraints impact all semiconductor types including sensors, power supplies, and discretes,...
Friday 20 August 2021
Intel unveils new chip architectures; expands partnership with TSMC
At Intel's Architecture Day 2021, two new X86 cores, two new datacenter SoCs and two discrete GPUs were introduced. Intel also disclosed it is among the top customers of TSMC, which...
Thursday 19 August 2021
India two-wheeler maker TVS Motor raises capital spending to manufacture EVs
India's TVS Motor is raising capital spending by 33% to INR8 billion (US$3 billion) to bring its electric motorcycle iQube nationwide and to raise monthly production of electric two-wheelers...
Thursday 19 August 2021
Automobile supply chain in Asia disrupted by Delta variant
The pandemic and undersupply of materials have disrupted the car supply chain in Asia, according to VIR, as some Asian countries are seeing a high infection rate of the Delta...
Thursday 19 August 2021
LFP batteries maker Aleees in preparation for capacity expansion
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Cayman) (Aleees), a maker of cathode materials of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries, in view of large potential demand, is in preparation to...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Vietnam's largest private conglomerate Vingroup spends US$22m to produce EV cells
Vietnam's conglomerate Vingroup Corporation is spending VDN510 billion (US$22.2 million) to establish VINES Energy Solutions Joint Stock Company (VinES), according to Vietnamnet...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
China new energy car output, sales in July hike on year
China-based makers produced 284,000 new energy vehicles and sold 271,000 units in July 2021, soaring 170% and 160% respectively on year, according to the China Association of Automobile...
Wednesday 18 August 2021
Asus IoT, Fortune Electric set up EV charging station featuring license plate recognition in Taiwan
Asus IoT, a business unit under Asustek Computer, and electrical machinery maker Fortune Electric have jointly set up an electric vehicle (EV) power charging station in Taipei featuring...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Taiwan ODMs step up deployments in automotive electronics
ODMs including Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Inventec and Wistron have stepped up their deployments in the automotive electronics field, as well as healthcare and other sectors,...
Tuesday 17 August 2021
High-precision QA automation in 5G era: Q&A with Relimetrics CEO Kemal Levi
Industry 4.0 is no longer a new concept, but there are always some parts of the manufacturing process that are so difficult to automate, including quality management or quality assurance...
Monday 16 August 2021
Highlights of the day: Apple is biggest client of TSMC
Apple has been the biggest client for TSMC, accounting for over 20% of the foundry's house' revenues. Quanta Computer...
Monday 16 August 2021
Taiwan IC design houses keen to join MIH EV platform
More and more IC designers in Taiwan are keen to join the Foxconn-led MIH open EV platform and seek to cash in on the immense market demand for automotive chips, according to industry...
Monday 16 August 2021
Taiwan's three-phase plan to electrify public buses
The car industry is going through unprecedented changes that are led by government policies on renewable energy and by innovative development of electrified smart driving and shared...
Monday 16 August 2021
India roundup: India government tightens its grip on Twitter, Amazon and might let in more EVs
India's production-linked incentives are attracting both domestic and foreign companies to start manufacturing in India, including Tata Group, Dixon Technologies, and Japan-based...
Monday 16 August 2021
India EV supply chain may benefit from Taiwan suppliers
With a huge population of 1.37 billion people, a high demographic dividend, and generous subsidies for electric vehicles (EV) from both the central and state governments, India is...