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Thursday 11 April 2024
PCB market to boom later this year, says TPCA chair
Taiwan's PCB and IC substrate market will first stagnate before seeing a sharp increase in 2024, according to Maurice Lee, chairman of the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA)...
Thursday 11 April 2024
Taiwan DDI firms post mixed 1Q24 results
Major Taiwanese display driver IC (DDI) manufacturers have announced their first-quarter earnings with varying results.
Thursday 11 April 2024
Prime Minister Kishida sees US-Japan chip synergy on horizon at bilateral summit
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he sees more opportunities for cooperation with the US in the next-generation semiconductors.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Japanese firms witness highest equipment investment surge in 35 years, fueled by AI semiconductor boom
The average growth of equipment investments by Japanese enterprises is projected to reach 8.5% during fiscal 2024 (April 2024-March 2025), marking the highest surge since 1989, according...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain weathers magnitude 7.2 quake on robust power grid resilience
Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain rapidly recovered within a remarkably short span following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit the eastern county of Hualien on April 3. This swift...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
India attracts 30% of global capability centers in semiconductor industry in 4Q23
As India strives to develop its semiconductor ecosystem, international chip companies are establishing global capability centers in the country to harness local talent.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Google unveils first Arm-based data center CPU to reduce its reliance on AI chipmakers amid surging Capex
Google followed the paths of other cloud majors and introduced a proprietary data center chip to reduce its reliance on a few AI chipmakers like Nvidia, Intel, and AMD, which account...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Canadian AI startup Tenstorrent teaming up with Samsung, Hyundai, and LG
Amidst the ongoing AI boom, Canadian AI semiconductor startup Tenstorrent has recently formed alliances with South Korean conglomerates such as Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor,...
Wednesday 10 April 2024
Intel introduces Gaudi 3 made by TSMC to mount counterstrike in data center market
Intel rolled out the Gaudi 3, an AI chip made with TSMC's 5nm process node, looking to provide an alternative in a market dominated by Nvidia.
Wednesday 10 April 2024
GPU lead times shortened, says Dell Taiwan
The supply of Graphics Processing Units (GPU) has been less constricted, resulting in delivery lead times dropping from 40-52 weeks at the end of 2023 to 8-12 weeks, according to...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
US science agency debuts startup matchmaking program in Taiwan
The US agency tasked with driving scientific research has launched a program to connect American startups with Taiwanese peers, backing the island's ambitions to foster key players...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Microchip expands speciality node partnership with TSMC
Microchip Technology has announced an expansion of its partnership with TSMC to enable specialized 40nm manufacturing capacity at Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM),...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
SiFive unveils the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board
At Embedded World on April 9, SiFive, Inc., the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing, unveiled its new state-of-the-art RISC-V development board, the HiFive Premier P550.
Tuesday 9 April 2024
LCD panel prices to continue to rally 1H24; Taiwanese panel manufacturers reported minimal impact from recent earthquake
Taiwanese panel manufacturers have reported minimal impact from the recent earthquake, and according to Sigmaintell, stockpiling during lower prices may cool down after the first...
Tuesday 9 April 2024
Touch and fingerprint recognition chips to ride initial AI wave
As AI PCs become more common, touch and fingerprint recognition chips will lead the way among related ICs riding the initial AI PC wave, according to industry sources.