430 news items tagged R&D
Touch Taiwan 2021 to kick off next week
Thursday 15 April 2021Touch Taiwan 2021 will be hosted from April 21-23 in Taipei with the online edition to be available from April 19-28.
Nanya posts profit hike in 1Q21
Monday 12 April 2021Taiwan-based DRAM maker Nanya Technology has reported net profit hiked 192.7% sequentially to NT$2.71 billion (US$95 million) in the first quarter of 2021. EPS for the quarter came...
Nexperia, UAES agree partnership for gallium nitride
Friday 9 April 2021Nexperia has announced a comprehensive partnership covering gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor devices with United Automotive Electronic Systems (UAES). The program will focus...
Taiwan to set up IoV R&D and certification center
Thursday 1 April 2021Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) is looking to establish an IoV R&D and certification center in a bid to boost development and application.
Eternal to build new coating production line in China
Tuesday 30 March 2021Eternal Materials, which supplies resin materials and dry-film photoresists, is set to invest CNY90.52 million (US$13.84 million) to build a coating production line at a plant in...
Chipmaking equipment and materials suppliers looking to beef up operations in Taiwan
Tuesday 30 March 2021Japan-based semiconductor equipment vendor Tokyo Electron is reportedly eyeing the acquisition of a 6-inch wafer fab in Taiwan that has been put up on sale, while fellow companies...
Taiwan to establish new ministry for digital development in 2022
Monday 29 March 2021Taiwan's cabinet has decided to establish a ministry of digital development in 2022 to accelerate the country's digital transformation, promote digital economy and improve information...
Phison puts increased focus on non-CE apps
Friday 26 February 2021Phison Electronics, which specializes in flash storage devices and controller ICs, has put increased focus on enterprise, automotive and industrial applications while lowering sales...
Simplo subsidiary AES to go public in March
Wednesday 24 February 2021Simplo Technology's subsidiary AES that focuses on R&D of lithium backup battery unit (BBU) for datacenters and and electric vehicles (EV), will be listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange...
Winbond posts profit growth in 2020
Friday 19 February 2021Specialty DRAM and NOR flash chipmaker Winbond Electronics has reported net profit grew 5.7% sequentially to NT$350 million (US$12.53 million) in the fourth quarter of 2020. Net profit...
Asustek invests in Portwell for AIoT applications
Friday 5 February 2021Asustek Computer has announced to spend NT$1.5 billion (US$53.13 million) on acquiring a 30% stake in Portwell and will partner with the IPC maker to establish Embedded Foundry, an...
Backend house Xintec expects strong 1Q21
Wednesday 3 February 2021TSMC-invested backend house Xintec expects to enjoy a particularly strong first-quarter 2021 and stable revenue and profit increases for the entire year, thanks to brisk wafer-level...
Google sets up hardware R&D base in Taiwan
Thursday 28 January 2021Google on January 27 started using its new office in northern Taiwan, which is the largest hardware R&D base outside the US and the first overseas one, according to Google Taiw...
MediaTek expects up to 8% revenue growth in 1Q21
Thursday 28 January 2021MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of up to 8% sequentially to between NT$96.4 billion (US$3.44 billion) and NT$104.1 billion in the first quarter of 2021. Despite foundry capacity...
GlobalWafers raises bid to acquire Siltronic
Monday 25 January 2021GlobalWafers has announced that the price for its tender offer to all Siltronic shareholders has been increased to EUR145 (US$176.53) per share.
Intel reports record revenues for 2020
Friday 22 January 2021Intel has reported record revenues for 2020 at US$77.9 billion, up 8% on year, with its board of directors approved a cash dividend increase of 5% to US$1.39 per share on an annual...
TSMC, NTU expand R&D partnership to quantum materials
Friday 22 January 2021TSMC and National Taiwan University (NTU) have expanded their collaboration in technology development to quantum materials research.
Lenovo plans to debut on China STAR market
Thursday 21 January 2021Lenovo has disclosed plans to trade its shares on the science and technology innovation board (STAR) of China's Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).
R&D spending by semiconductor companies to hit another record high in 2021
Wednesday 20 January 2021Research and development spending by semiconductor companies worldwide is forecast to grow 4% in 2021 to US$71.4 billion after rising 5% in 2020 to a record high of US$68.4 billion,...
Semiconductor firms up investments
Tuesday 19 January 2021The semiconductor industry has seen some major players committing significant sums for R&D, such as TSMC announcing to inject a record-high capex of up to US$28 billion in 2021...
Dell optimistic about emerging technology development in 2021, says company CTO
Monday 18 January 2021Dell is optimistic about the development of quantum technologies, heterogeneous architecture of semiconductors, 5G and edge computing in 2021, according to company CTO John Roese.
Arcadyan to double capex in 2021 to boost production in Vietnam
Monday 11 January 2021Networking device maker Arcadyan Technology expects to double its capex this year to boost substantially production at its factory site in Vietnam.
Win Semi posts record 2020 revenue
Thursday 7 January 2021GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors has reported revenue climbed 18.8% on year to a record high of NT$25.37 billion (US$905.71 million) in 2020.
Development of 3nm process challenging TSMC, Samsung
Thursday 31 December 2020TSMC and Samsung Electronics have both encountered different but critical bottlenecks in the development of their respective 3nm process technologies, according to industry sources...
Taiwan IT firms need direction for quantum development, says expert
Tuesday 29 December 2020Taiwanese enterprises still do not know what they can do with quantum technologies and are not ready to take part in long-term projects, according to Chung-Yu Mou, director of National...