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Wednesday 7 December 2022
Automotive chip supply likely to stay short before 2024
Automotive chip shortages, despite improving recently, are unlikely to be fully resolved before 2024 as supply growth is unable to catch up with the rapid increase in demand, according...
Tuesday 6 December 2022
Can Taiwan LED makers benefit from government-proposed tax incentives?
The Taiwan government has proposed an income tax credit to encourage R&D of innovative technologies and products as well as purchases of equipment used in advanced manufacturing...
Tuesday 6 December 2022
2024 will be crucial turning point for Samsung to compete with TSMC
Samsung is preparing a "master plan" for its foundry business to turn the tables against TSMC in 2024, utilizing its 3nm process to take back orders from major US clients like Qualcomm...
Tuesday 6 December 2022
China carmakers are ordering their own ships to get export ready
Two of China's biggest automakers are so determined to ensure their cars make it from factories on the mainland to anyone who wants to drive them they've bought their own ships.
Monday 5 December 2022
GF and Intel semiconductor talent forgo are gifts to competitors
Intel is offering voluntary unpaid leave for thousands of employees while GlobalFoundries (GF) is laying off 6% of its global workforce to reduce short-term costs amid an industry...
Thursday 1 December 2022
China consumer VR shipment to reach nearly 7 million units in 2026, says IDC
According to a recent IDC forecast, consumer standalone VR shipments in China increased by 166.2% on year in the first half of 2022. China standalone VR in the first quarter of 2022...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Fab talent crunch: Taiwan's secret sauce for producing excellent semiconductor engineers
As semiconductor companies worldwide expand to build chip capacity, talent shortage has become the greatest challenge to growth and thus attracted more attention to talent education...
Thursday 1 December 2022
US-China chip competition not limited to advanced nodes – it is complicated
Although the new US export control rules announced in October are seen effectively controlling China's ability to produce advanced chips and purchase high-performance computing chips...
Thursday 1 December 2022
Samsung Electronics announces 2022 supplier list
Samsung Electronics recently announced its 2022 supplier list, with Chinese optic...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
2023 outlook: US will grow to be next battery battlefield
Battery makers have fired on all cylinders with expansion this year to meet the surging demand from EV manufacturers. Looking ahead to 2023, major Asian battery companies will keep...
Wednesday 30 November 2022
WSTS sees 2023 global chip market decline while ITRI forecasts Taiwan Semicon industry grows 6.1%
As anticipated, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) downwardly revised its latest semiconductor market forecast in November 2022. The growth of worldwide semiconductor...
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Apple to lose 6 million iPhone Pros from tumult at China plant
Turmoil at Apple Inc.'s key manufacturing hub of Zhengzhou is likely to result in a production shortfall of close to 6 million iPhone Pro units this year, according to a person familiar...
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Europe falling behind US and China in industry transformation, says VW brand CEO
Fundamental changes happened in the global industrial landscape in recent years as electrification and geopolitical conflicts arose. Volkswagen brand CEO Thomas Shafer raised a concern...
Monday 28 November 2022
Semiconductor testing, material analysis service providers see booming orders
Technology/device testing and certification service providers including Sporton International, Audix and BTL as well as semiconductor material, reliability and failure analysis service...
Monday 28 November 2022
NEV prices in China likely to rise after subsidy program ends
China will terminate the subsidy program for new energy vehicles(NEV), including EVs, on the first day of 2023. Car companies are taking the final opportunity to boost sales. Industry...