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Monday 13 November 2023
US chip giants reduce chip specs for China to circumvent ban, TSMC to benefit
Amid increased US restrictions on chip exports, major players like Nvidia and Intel are navigating challenges by offering lower-spec products to maintain their dominance in China.
Monday 13 November 2023
Government incentives for developing semiconductor industry (3): Subsidies for R&D activities
Cash subsidies targeting research and development (R&D) investments and R&D consortiums are conducive to the development of semiconductor technologies, so governments can...
Monday 13 November 2023
How solar fish farms boost Taiwan's energy transition
Since Taiwan published its "Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions in 2050" early last year, the region has made great strides toward a wider adoption of renewable energy. In March 2023, the...
Friday 10 November 2023
TSMC would not exist without K. T. Li; Nvidia would not be possible without TSMC
At the venue where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang received the honor of the inaugural Li Kuo-Ting Award in Taipei on November 9, Nvidia founder...
Thursday 9 November 2023
Cultivating diversity and inclusion: Building inclusive startups for a better future
Earlier this year, I came across an event centered on the DEI perspective within the startup community. Leveraging my background as a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) workshop...
Wednesday 8 November 2023
Huawei starts to encroach on Nvidia market share in China
As US export control pressure on advanced AI chips mounts, Chinese Large-Language Model (LLM) operators start to turn to domestic options to secure hardware supplies. Huawei, as expected,...
Monday 6 November 2023
Government incentives for developing semiconductor industry (2): fiscal measures and effects
Tax breaks, depreciation acceleration, research and development investment subsidization, and fiscal subsidies are typical forms of fiscal incentives for encouraging semiconductor...
Monday 6 November 2023
Taiwan's IC design houses under growing pressure as generative AI rewrites the game
Generative AI is making its way into edge devices: though there remain bottlenecks to overcome in terms of software and hardware, the overall trend is very significant. PC and mobile...
Thursday 2 November 2023
Li Keqiang leaves one wondering the 'could-haves' in Chinese semiconductor development
"This might be one of the most advanced chips in the world," an official from the Belgium-based Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (Imec) reportedly informed then-Chinese Premier...
Tuesday 31 October 2023
Government incentives for developing semiconductor industry (1): applicable stages and effects
During the reorganization of global supply chains, opportunities are being created for countries that are semiconductor markets in which system manufacturers are based. Semiconductors,...
Tuesday 24 October 2023
How to interpret China's investigations into Foxconn?
The Chinese state-owned media Global Times reported recently, citing sources, that the Chinese tax authorities have conducted audits of Foxconn Group in Guangdong and Jiangsu,...
Friday 20 October 2023
Can synchrotron radiation be used as lithography machine light source?
The light generated by synchrotron radiation is produced when charged particles are accelerated by an electric field, unlike lasers that generate coherent light using transitions...
Friday 13 October 2023
US's tentative restrictions on RISC-V will harm itself the most, instead of China
Bipartisan efforts in the US Congress are trying to push the Biden Administration to take action in restricting US individuals or companies from exporting RISC-V technologies to China...
Friday 13 October 2023
Easing US export controls won't reverse dwindling foreign capital in Chinese chip production
On October 9, the South Korean presidential office issued a statement stating that it had received notice from the United States that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix's China-based...
Friday 6 October 2023
How did Huawei design its Kirin 9000S chip without American EDA tools?
Huawei's success in having its self-developed SoC produced with 7nm technology by SMIC, China's largest wafer foundry service provider, stunned the world. Since Huawei is unable to...