Demand for OLED is picking up, with Apple's freshly released iPhone 12 family all featuring OLED screens. Now China-based maker CSOT has plans to build a new 8.5g fab in 2021 for making inkjet-printed OLED panels. SK Hynix is expected to get a bigger share of the NAND flash market after acquiring Intel's NAND flash business. But Intel's memory backend partner PTI stands to lose orders. And Intel's data-centirc tech evangelist Abigail Hing Wen tells Digitimes in an exclusive interview how AI is transforming the world.
CSOT to build new 8.5G fab for inkjet-printed OLED panels: China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) plans to start building a new 8.5G fab in Guangzhou in 2021 for production of inkjet-printed OLED panels, with volume production likely to kick off in 2024, according to industry sources.
Memory backend firm PTI to see orders drop from Intel: With Intel agreeing to sell its NAND flash and storage business including a manufacturing plant in China's Dalian to SK Hynix, Taiwan's memory backend specialist Powertech Technology (PTI), now with 10% of its revenues contributed by Intel, will have to adjust and enhance its customer mix to offset upcoming loss of orders from the US chipmaker, according to industry sources.
Promoting trust in AI: Q&A with Intel data-centric tech evangelist Abigail Hing Wen: Abigail Hing Wen is the data-centric tech evangelist and AI podcast host for Intel. Beside her work at Intel, she has multiple identities: a lawyer in venture capital, a leader in emerging AI tech, a New York Times bestseller novelist, a wife and a mother of two. One of her novels, "Loveboat, Taipei," drew from her experience participating in a youth camp in Taiwan more than 20 years ago, and is now being adapted into a Hollywood film.