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Friday 26 May 2023
Taiwan self-driving technology passes open-field test at Taoyuan Airport
Taiwan's self-driving technology has achieved a significant breakthrough as the government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has just successfully completed a...
Thursday 25 May 2023
ITRI autonomous driving technology gaining international visibility
Taiwan's autonomous driving technology is gaining visibility in international markets, as the R&D team of the government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)...
Thursday 25 May 2023
Waymo partners with Uber to scale up autonomous driving service in Phoenix
Self-driving technology company Waymo has collaborated with Uber to expand in the US. The pair will launch vehicles equipped with Waymo's autonomous driving solutions in Phoenix on...
Monday 22 May 2023
Chip developer Black Sesame will supply Hongqi to build autonomous driving platform
China-based Black Sesame Technologies announced on May 19 that it will provide local carmaker Hongqi Auto with its Huashan-2 A1000L series chips to enable an autonomous driving platform...
Monday 22 May 2023
Major carmakers, unicorn startups trimming software manpower to cut costs
Global autonomous vehicle unicorn startups and major carmakers have been on track to lay off employees in the underperforming departments since the second quarter of the year, especially...
Monday 15 May 2023
Samsung, Tesla leaders met for collaboration, including on autonomous vehicles
Samsung Electronics announced on May 14 that its executive chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the US last week. The meeting concerned potential cooperation between...
Friday 12 May 2023
Silicon Island Chronicles series interview: MIH Consortium CEO highlights semiconductor and electronics advantages for building EV ecosystem in Taiwan
Electronics and semiconductors are Taiwan's two 'diamond' industries with complete ecosystems and strong tech resources, and their close combination is being highlighted in the trends...
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Qualcomm to step up competition in self-driving IC market
Qualcomm's proposed acquisition of Autotalks will increase its competitive position in the high-level self-driving IC market against Nvidia and Intel, according to industry observe...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
China homegrown autonomous driving chips gaining ground in domestic market
China's automotive-grade chip suppliers Horizon Robotics Technology and Black Sesame Technologies are in a position to rival Nvidia and Texas Instruments (TI) in both high- and low-computing...
Thursday 27 April 2023
UMC expects flat 2Q23
Pure-play foundry United Microelectronics (UMC) expects its wafer shipments and ASPs to both register about flat sequential increases in the first quarter of 2023, with its capacity...
Tuesday 18 April 2023
Tesla, BYD hold different visions for autonomous vehicles
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been eyeing the development of L4 to L5 high-end self-driving vehicles with the goal of rolling out driverless taxicabs (Robotaxi), while BYD chairman Wang...
Monday 17 April 2023
MediaTek introduces Dimensity Auto
MediaTek has introduced Dimensity Auto, its next-generation automotive platform designed to provide automakers with a wide range of cutting-edge technologies required for the future...
Thursday 13 April 2023
III-V semiconductor suppliers & IC inspection labs poised to embrace LEO satellite business
With its importance significantly highlighted during the Russia-Ukraine war, low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications will usher in enormous business opportunities for III-V...
Thursday 13 April 2023
90% of vehicles do not need advanced chips, according to auto industry skeptics
Automotive supply chain players are skeptical if TSMC, Intel and Samsung's pursuit of advanced process technologies and capacity expansions will bring real benefits in the long run...
Wednesday 22 March 2023
China keenly developing homegrown AI GPUs for chatbot apps
Chinese GPU developers including Jingjia Microelectronics and Innosilicon are developing homegrown AI GPUs at full throttle to keep up with the AI boom spurred by the growing popularity...