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Tuesday 14 April 2020
Yangtze Memory intros 128-layer 1.33Tb QLC 3D NAND
Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) has announced that its 128-layer 1.33Tb QLC 3D NAND flash memory chip, X2-6070, has passed sample verification on the SSD platform through co-working...
Thursday 9 April 2020
Intel commits US$50 million to combat coronavirus
Intel is pledging an additional US$50 million in a pandemic response technology initiative to combat the coronavirus through accelerating access to technology at the point of patient...
Thursday 9 April 2020
TSMC sees CoWoS packaging capacity utilization ramp up
TSMC has seen utilization of its chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging capacity rise substantially in the second quarter of 2020, and now runs the packaging production lines...
Wednesday 8 April 2020
FII, Luster LightTech to jointly develop smart production solutions
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) has made a strategic investment of CNY250 million (US$35.25 million) in China-based Luster LightTech, a specialist in vision imaging and fiber optics,...
Tuesday 7 April 2020
ASE enters ZTE supply chain for 5G base station chips
ASE Technology has entered the supply chain of ZTE, providing advanced backend technology to volume process 5G base station chips developed in house by the Chinese vendor, according...
Monday 6 April 2020
Beyond ruggedized IPCs: Q&A with Getac chairman James Hwang
Taiwan-based ruggedized industrial PC (IPC) maker Getac has been transforming its business and is adopting a business model of a system integrator (SI) to expand its solutions with...
Tuesday 31 March 2020
Taiwan ODMs stay keen on expanding non-notebook sales
Taiwan's ODMs including Compal Electronics and Quanta Computer will continue to generate more revenues from non-notebook segments for further profit improvement in 2020 despite recent...
Tuesday 31 March 2020
University developing AI detection of blood cancer
A university research team has been developing AI-based analysis of general blood data to screen out phlebotomy cases with high risks for blood cancer.
Friday 27 March 2020
Lenovo restarts Wuhan plant production
Lenovo will resume about 60% of production at its Wuhan, China plant by the end of March, with the facility set to return to full production by mid April following weeks of suspension...
Thursday 26 March 2020
Quanta to customize AI medical cloud system for Taiwan health insurance administration
Quanta Computer has signed a MoU with Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) Administration for donating a customized AI medical cloud computing integration system to facilitate...
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 business...
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...