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Friday 12 April 2019
Power, talent shortages may dent hi-tech investments in Taiwan
Taiwanese semiconductor, communication and electronics firms have significantly increased their investments in Taiwan since the China-US trade war kicked off in 2018, but shortages...
Thursday 11 April 2019
China IC design growth may slow to under 20% in 2019, says Digitimes Research
The annual growth of China's IC design industry output value will likely slow to less than 20% in 2019, for the first time since 2011, according to Digitimes Research.
Thursday 11 April 2019
Microsoft Taiwan to push development of 100 AI solutions by end of 2019
Microsoft Taiwan, at its AI Solution Day held in Taipei on April 9, announced the start of "AI 100," a plan to prompt local partners and clients to develop 100 AI solutions by year-end...
Wednesday 10 April 2019
MLCC, chip resistor demand to pick up in 2Q19
Taiwan-based suppliers of MLCCs and chip resistors are expected to see demand pick up gradually later in the second quarter of 2019, with factory utilization rates rebounding, according...
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Memory long-term outlook promising: Q&A with Micron EVP Sumit Sadana
The memory-chip market conditions will start to improve later in 2019, followed by several years of prosperity, according to Sumit Sadana, executive VP and chief business officer...
Monday 8 April 2019
TSMC and OIP ecosystem partners deliver complete design infrastructure for 5nm process
TSMC has announced delivery of the complete version of its 5nm design infrastructure within the Open Innovation Platform (OIP). This full release enables 5nm systems-on-chip (SoC)...
Wednesday 3 April 2019
Inspur headhunting talent from Taiwan ODMs
China-based server vendor Inspur has been aggressively headhunting talent from Taiwan-based ODMs including Quanta Computer, Wistron and Inventec for its R&D office in Taiwan,...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
Machvision listed on TWSE
Automated optical inspection (AOI) specialist Machvision, officially listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) on April 2, will kick off a new wave of business transformations in...
Tuesday 2 April 2019
VIA partnering with Aisimba for smart delivery vehicles, says paper
Taiwan-based IC designer VIA Technologies has cooperated with China-based Aisimba to develop self-driving delivery vehicles and the two firms have demonstrated their 10th-generation...
Monday 1 April 2019
HiSilicon may unseat MediaTek as largest Asian IC designer in 2019
Huawei's IC design subsidiary HiSilicon may unseat Taiwan's MediaTek as the largest IC design house in Asia in 2019, as the China-based company is set to roll out diverse new chipset...
Thursday 28 March 2019
Blockchain not immune to cyber threats, says expert
Blockchain technology is not immune to cyber threats, as there have been cases of PCs invaded by malicious crypto mining software and hackers stealing Bitcoin private keys, according...
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Google to deepen AI, digital marketing education in Taiwan
Google is to expand "exponentially" its "Intelligent Taiwan" initiative, an educational program launched in 2018 to cultivate local AI and digital marketing talent, in 2019, according...
Wednesday 27 March 2019
Micron gearing up for automotive memory market boom
With memory demand for automotive set to grow robustly, Micron Technology is gearing up for the market boom by accelerating its deployments of related products and technologies, according...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Adlink to build industry-use edge computing architectures
Taiwan-based IPC maker Adlink Technology will step up developing low-latency edge computing architectures for industrial applications by leveraging its existing software and hardware...
Tuesday 26 March 2019
Recovery to take place in non-memory IC market starting 2Q19, says TSMC chairman
Taiwan-based chipmakers are mostly engaged in the non-memory semiconductor market, where demand is expected to start recovering gradually in the second quarter of 2019, according...