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Friday 12 January 2024
TSMC accelerates digital management to address fab expansion challenges
TSMC's goal towards comprehensive digital management for its facilities (fac) and fabs is gathering pace, helping the company better address challenges in overseas expansions, according...
Thursday 11 January 2024
Japanese robotics industry turns to generative AI for post-pandemic revival
The pandemic-fueled surge in global robot demand sparked hopes for a new age of robotics, proliferating unmanned factory technology, and pushing industrial automation to new height...
Thursday 11 January 2024
Japan toolmaker Disco reports record R&D expenses, focuses on HBM, SiC wafer-cutting equipment
Japan's Disco Corp, with its 70-80% share of the global wafer cutting and grinding equipment market, experienced a remarkable threefold increase in market value within a year in 20...
Thursday 11 January 2024
Japanese suppliers expand capacity as demand for compound semiconductors rises
High-efficiency electric vehicles (EVs) and renewable energy generation are driving growth in the power semiconductor market.
Wednesday 10 January 2024
The role of the US in global trade orders
The "globalization era" should be counted from the 1960s, when Japan and the Four Asian Tigers created a rare economic miracle by developing their industries one after another, as...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
Samsung, LG, Sony take different approaches to fulfill EV ambitions
The EV market continues to grow. Besides carmakers, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Sony have all invested in the segment. They are scaling the business in different ways...
Wednesday 10 January 2024
CES 2024: automakers showcase AI ambition
Titling its exhibition at CES 2024, "AI for All: Connectivity in the Age of AI," Samsung Electronics integrates AI into its solutions to offer better and more intuitive user experi...
Monday 8 January 2024
Honda plans to set up EV factory in Canada to boost capacity in North America
Honda plans to construct an electric vehicle (EV) factory in Canada and is considering producing EV batteries to strengthen its EV production business in North America. The total...
Monday 8 January 2024
After earthquake: Toshiba to restart some power semiconductor production lines; Toyota utilizes stocks from other regions
After the earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, local manufacturers are working to resume operations as quickly as possible. Part of the production lines of Toshiba's power semiconductor...
Monday 8 January 2024
TEL boosts new hire salaries by 40%, aims to tackle work conditions for female staff in semiconductor industry
Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), a prominent Japan-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer, is set to raise the salaries of all new employees by approximately 40% starting in April...
Monday 8 January 2024
Japan-based MLCC makers brace for competition as Chinese rivals emerge, says DIGITIMES Research
Amid a lackluster demand for consumer electronics, particularly smartphones, multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) providers are eyeing the automotive market as their financial boots...
Friday 5 January 2024
Market cap performance of TSMC, Intel, UMC, and ASE show GenAI influence
Generative AI was behind Nvidia's 240% surge in market cap in 2023, and the effect also trickled down to foundry manufacturers and packaging & testing service providers in the...
Friday 5 January 2024
Post-quake repairs for JDI's factory, EIZO's operations are on hold
Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture Noto Peninsula earthquake has caused partial damage to Japan Display Inc. (JDI)'s display factory located in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Thursday 4 January 2024
We are witnessing the beginning of a 'Silicon Era'
2030 will inaugurate a "Silicon Era" of quarter-finals competition among industrial nations, as applications such as electrical vehicles, connected cars, and artificial intelligence...
Thursday 4 January 2024
JAXA and Hitachi look into dry-process all-solid-state batteries
One of the focal points in the future space industry is the formation of constellation systems using small satellites, or even nano-satellites, and a key component in miniaturizing...
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Samsung expands mobile phone production beyond Asian countries, says DIGITIMES Research
SLMs to increase presence in GenAI business opportunities, says DIGITIMES Research
Generative AI market to reach US$1.5 trillion by 2030 with Taiwan holds hardware advantage; software and services to see promising future, says DIGITIMES Research