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Monday 22 April 2024
Honda will utilize cheaper steel vehicle bodies to counter China-made EVs
Reducing production costs has been a major task for carmakers as a price war persists in the EV market. According to Nikkei, Honda Motor is trying to produce integrated vehicle...
Monday 22 April 2024
Nissan adopts Giga-casting to cut EV costs, will soon launch all-solid-state battery pilot line
Nissan Motor said it will leverage the Giga-casting technique to produce its next-generation EVs and rapidly reduce costs. The automaker recently also invited media members to check...
Monday 22 April 2024
Weekly news roundup: Foreign suppliers concerned about China's chip equipment industry scaling through import substitution
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of April 15 - April 19.
Friday 19 April 2024
Japan's JIC successfully acquires JSR with delisting expected by summer
Japan-based photoresist leader JSR announced that the Take Over Bid (TOB) for its shares, led by the Japanese government and the state-backed Japan Investment Corp (JIC), had been...
Thursday 18 April 2024
Toshiba cut 5,000 jobs to fuel digitalization and AI
Japan-based manufacturing giant Toshiba is undergoing a significant restructure following its delisting in December 2023.
Wednesday 17 April 2024
HD Renewable Energy partners with Shihlin Electric to scale charging business in Taiwan, Japan
Taiwan-based HD Renewable Energy (HDRE) is expanding its business scope from energy storage and solar energy to EV charging. Jason Chou, HDRE's general manager, said the company will...
Wednesday 17 April 2024
Rapidus outlook dimmed by TSMC, Samsung 2nm fab projects in US
Rapidus might have been caught off guard by TSMC's and Samsung's latest announcements of plans to make 2nm chips in the US, which threatens to undermine the Japanese chipmaker's competitiveness...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Top Japanese carmakers solidify EV battery recycling plans as Toyota partners with Minmetals
Meiwa Corporation, a Japan-based chemical material producer, Toyota, and China Minmetals Corporation recently announced they will set up a joint venture for EV battery recycling in...
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Former Microsoft Research Asia VP spotlights global AI regulation and regional developments
Microsoft recently announced plans to open a new branch of Microsoft Research Asia in Tokyo while also skilling three million local talents in AI.
Tuesday 16 April 2024
Japan's semiconductor subsidies eclipse global peers as percentage of GDP
According to data from a consultative council of the Japanese government, subsidies provided to the semiconductor industry by the Japanese government over the past three years have...
Monday 15 April 2024
OpenAI taps ex-Amazon executive to head enterprise push in Japan
OpenAI named the former president of Amazon Web Services's Japan arm to spearhead its push to woo enterprise clients in the world's fourth-largest economy.
Monday 15 April 2024
Aisin plans to sell lighter, more durable PSC in 2030
Japan-based Aisin, a Toyota Motor's affiliate, has been testing and producing Perovskite Solar Cells (PSC) at a small scale.
Monday 15 April 2024
Renesas revamps old plant, powers up semiconductor production for EVs
Renesas has repurposed an old wafer fabrication facility in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, into a power semiconductor plant.
Monday 15 April 2024
Japanese auto, semiconductor players developing chiplet-based SoCs for cars
The Advanced SoC Research for Automotive (ASRA), a research organization joined by 14 Japanese car and semiconductor companies, recently received funding from Japan's New Energy and...
Monday 15 April 2024
Weekly news roundup: JCET has offered advanced packaging services for chips below 5nm, the company says
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of April 8 - April 12.
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