The "Cross-Strait +1" supply chain layout is quietly taking shape. For the semiconductor packaging and testing industry that emphasizes capacity and labor-intensive processes, the...
Korea's LG Group has been actively investing in startups related to battery, bio-med, clean technology, and IT components. Its venture capital subsidiary, LG Technology Ventures (LGTV)...
Samsung Electronics has disclosed its latest advanced process development roadmap at the just-ended 2023 Samsung Foundry Forum, with plans to mass produce 2nm chips by 2025 and commercialize...
Applied Materials has announced its intention to establish a collaborative engineering center in Bangalore, India that will focus on the development and commercialization of semiconductor...
US-based Applied Materials will spend US$4 billion and leverage the subsidies provided by the US government to build an R&D center in Silicon Valley to strengthen the collaboration...
Former Apple Vice President Doug Beck was sworn in on May 9 as the newest director of Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) – an organization under the US Department of Defense dedicated...
Taiwan's major fabless chipmakers including MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, and Realtek Semiconductor have seen their revenues show signs of recovery, indicating their inventory...
It's been six generations since my great-great-great grandfather moved to Taiwan from the Chinese mainland, and I have been doing industry research in almost my entire career. I know...
In recent years, Silicon Valley has seen a growing cohort of Indian tech talent, some of whom run world-class tech firms. But what I hear is that there is only one Indian technology...
There are many Taiwan-born CEOs and Taiwanese in key positions in Silicon Valley's major semiconductor majors. David Fedor, a Stanford University professor, suggested that the US...
Larry Diamond, the co-moderator of a symposium that I took part in at Stanford University's Hoover Research Center, is known for his research on democracy in emerging countries. Once...
At a symposium at Stanford University, a professor called "Philip" came over to greet me, and it seemed that he knew me. I politely exchanged business cards with him. And it turned...
When Shinzo Abe asserted that "A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency," many Taiwanese were grateful and deeply touched. Actually I don't think South Korea would be unscathed,...
Most people don't think China will attack Taiwan in the next two years, but many believe the next 3-5 years during the third term of Chinese president Xi Jinping will be a high-risk...
