The cost of machine learning applications will come down as a result of semiconductors improving computing power. The lower cost will naturally result in a sharp rise in the number...
Judging from India, Vietnam, and Thailand's present import-export structures for semiconductors and electronics, we can imagine what the future ecosystem will be like. Major ASEAN...
I've been monitoring the industry since 1985. An industry leader has said that AI is eating software, and software is replacing hardware. But everyone understands that following the...
Generally speaking, distributors categorize their customers into TBMs (Taiwan-based manufacturers), CBMs (China-based manufacturers) and MBMs (multination-based manufacturers). Production...
The keynote for the 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is set to be held on June 5, 10:00 am PT. However, with the presentation less than a month away, Apple has been...
In the two decades between 2000 and 2020, Taiwanese firms did business in China rarely in collaboration with one another. For the manufacturing of notebooks and handsets, whoever...
Bill Gates once said if Microsoft was rid of 20 of its best talents, it would be only a company of mediocrity. Which countries would be able to recruit 20 top-notch experts who could...
India's PLI scheme encourages local companies to team up with makers from Taiwan and South Korea, and it has helped local companies forge partnerships with Wistron, Pegatron and Foxconn...
The rising labor cost in China and the changing international politics have given birth to a new value chain stretching from Shenzhen and Dongguan in southern China to northern Vietnam...
According to data collected by DIGITIMES, all 949 publicly traded electronics firms in Taiwan generated sales totaling NT$953 billion in 2022. Manufacturers of electronic devices,...
I've just finished reading Richard Bush's book, "Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life." Bush is a Taiwan expert, and his book offers a lot of insights...
As DIGITIMES marks its 25th anniversary, we are humbled by what the pioneers have achieved in the development of the electronics industry over the last half a century. I've often...
I recently visited former ITRI president Chintay Shih in Hsinchu. Shih said he joined ITRI in 1973, and the next year he took part in the RCA semiconductor program. That was half...
