928 news items tagged government
TSMC, NTU expand R&D partnership to quantum materials
Friday 22 January 2021TSMC and National Taiwan University (NTU) have expanded their collaboration in technology development to quantum materials research.
Ruggedized PC sales expected to resume regular growths in 2021
Thursday 7 January 2021Sales of ruggedized PCs were seriously hit by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, but are expected to begin to recover in 2021 as enterprises will resume procurement with COVID-19 vaccines...
Fierce competition for 5G subscribers undermine Korea telecom ARPU, says Digitimes Research
Thursday 31 December 2020South Korea's top-3 telecom carriers saw their wireless businesses' average revenues per user (ARPU) slip in the first three quarters of 2020 due to fierce competition for 5G subscribers,...
TCL refutes claim about planting backdoor software on TVs
Monday 28 December 2020China-based TV maker TCL has denied that it planted backdoor software in its TVs sold to the US market.
Riot threatens to derail Wistron, Apple and India plans
Monday 21 December 2020The riot at Wistron's plant in India has done disservices not only to the Taiwanese ODM, but also to its client Apple - which has been keen to move some production of its devices...
Taiwan offers handsome subsidies to spur homegrown EVs production
Friday 18 December 2020The government in Taiwan is keenly joining forces with manufacturers to develop electrical vehicles (EVs), offering handsome subsidies to encourage homegrown production of key EV...
Taiwan ICT companies urged to seize quantum opportunities
Wednesday 16 December 2020Even with the birth of quantum computers, instruments for data collection and measurement will still need semiconductor components and Taiwan's ICT industry should see how they can...
Taiwan government to support companies in quantum era
Tuesday 15 December 2020Amid concerns that quantum computing could threaten the existence of the semiconductor industry, Taiwan's minister of science and technology Tsung-Tsong Wu has noted that his ministry...
Taiwan to invest NT$8 billion over 5 years in quantum computing R&D
Wednesday 9 December 2020Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Academia Sinica are set to invest a total of NT$8 billion (US$280.7 million) over five...
SK Hynix resumes production at China plant
Wednesday 2 December 2020SK Hynix has obtained permission from the local government to resume operation at its plant in Chongqing, China, according to the South Korea-based memory vendor. The plant was shut...
Shenzhen-based Laibao to build 8.5G LCD fab
Tuesday 3 November 2020Shenzhen-based Laibao High-Tech has struck a deal with the local government in Wuhan, Hebei province to build an 8.5G LCD fab in its Donghu New Technology Development Zone, according...
Xiaomi enters top 3 in smartphone market in 3Q20, says Canalys
Friday 30 October 2020Worldwide smartphone shipments reached 348 million units in the third quarter of 2020, down a slight 1% on year but up 22% sequentially, according to Canalys. Samsung regained the...
VIA to sell part of x86 processor IPs to Zhaoxin
Tuesday 27 October 2020Zhaoxin Semiconductor, formed in 2013 as a joint venture between Taiwan's VIA Technologies and China's Shanghai government, will own part of VIA's x86 processor IP assets.
Micron eyeing new patent infringement lawsuit against China memory firm
Tuesday 6 October 2020Micron Technology has expressed its concerns to DRAM module manufacturers that chips developed by China-based ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) may violate its patents, according...
SMIC says suppliers follow US export restrictions
Monday 5 October 2020Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has seen several of its suppliers for raw materials, equipment, parts and components start following export restrictions imposed by...
Taiwan IC design houses see demand for smartphones pick up
Monday 28 September 2020Taiwan-based IC design houses have seen orders from Android phone vendors start pulling in, and are more upbeat about their sales outlook for the fourth quarter of 2020.
Taiwan backend houses enjoy strong pull-in of orders from China
Monday 28 September 2020Taiwan-based backend houses have seen orders pull in since early second half of 2020 for chips including base station chips, handset application processors and server-use solutions...
ACSI expects rising demand for cyber security solutions
Friday 25 September 2020Taiwan-based IT security specialist Acer Cyber Security (ACSI), a subsidiary of the Acer Group, is optimistic about its operation in 2020 and 2021 as enterprises worldwide have been...
Transcom to expand factory site in southern Taiwan
Wednesday 23 September 2020GaAs device and foundry company Transcom has disclosed plans to expand its factory site at the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) to satisfy robust demand for military application...
Arm acquisition to enhance Nvidia datacenter biz, says Digitimes Research
Monday 21 September 2020Nvidia's GPU and AI solutions have seen strong demand from the datacenter market segment, and its acquisition of Arm should help complement the business.
Foxconn reportedly seeking to take stake in Silterra
Friday 18 September 2020Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) is said to have joined the bidding for stakes in Malaysia-based 8-inch foundry Silterra, and if it wins, the Taiwanese EMS giant...
IT ecosystem transformation: Q&A with Inventec chairman Tom Cho
Wednesday 16 September 2020The global IT ecosystem is undergoing fundamental changes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and US-China trade tensions. Inventec, as one of the major ODMs worldwide, is at...
Datacenter operators turn to liquid cooling
Monday 14 September 2020Datacenter operators have been adopting liquid cooling solutions for their facilities to improve thermal dissipation from new hardware that is generating more heat, and to address...
DRAM spot prices rise 10-15% in September
Tuesday 8 September 2020Spot market prices for DRAM memory have rallied 10-15% so far in September 2020, according to sources at memory module houses. Huawei's aggressive chip purchases prior to new US sanctions...
Possible SMIC blacklisting may reshape pure-play foundry landscape
Tuesday 8 September 2020The potential blacklisting of SMIC, China's largest pure-play foundry, by the US government may shake up the second-tier pure-play foundry market segment.