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Friday 15 March 2024
Wah Lee returns to growth trajectory as advanced packaging gains traction
Semiconductor material equipment supplier Wah Lee Industrial Group reported a revenue of NT$66.78 billion in 2023, a year-on-year decrease of 9.2%, with a combined after-tax net profit...
Friday 15 March 2024
Toppan plans to establish new FC-BGA plant in Singapore
Japan-based Toppan announced a plan to build a plant in Singapore for producing FC-BGA substrates used in chip packaging, with operations expected to begin by the end of 2026. If...
Friday 15 March 2024
US injects US$1b into Philippines' tech and EV sectors, aims to double chip production
US Commerce Secretary Raimondo recently announced a US$1 billion investment into the solar, EV, telecom, and digitalization sectors of the Philippines during her visit to the count...
Friday 15 March 2024
Globalfoundries reportedly to implement personnel restructuring in Singapore and Taiwan amid speculation of job relocation to India
US-based pure-play foundry GlobalFoundries is said to be in the midst of personnel restructuring, with speculation suggesting a relocation of certain job roles from Singapore and...
Friday 15 March 2024
TSMC and Cerebras' chip cooperation across three generations embodies development of Moore's Law
US chip design startup Cerebras Systems has announced its Wafer Scale Engine 3 (WSE-3) processor, which uses TSMC's 5nm process. Compared to its predecessor, the WSE-2, the WSE-3...
Friday 15 March 2024
Uncertainties on the macroeconomic horizon
Electronic devices account for over 40% of Taiwan's exports, but semiconductor products are shipped through air freight. Meanwhile, notebook PC and smartphone production lines have...
Friday 15 March 2024
STB chip specialist ALi in trading halt pending announcement
IC design house ALi Tech entered a trading halt on March 14, pending the release of material information, according to a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE).
Friday 15 March 2024
Qualcomm inaugurates design center in India
Qualcomm inaugurated a new design center in India specializing in wireless connectivity solutions. The fabless semiconductor firm will help with 6G research in India.
Friday 15 March 2024
Marvell and TSMC forge ahead with first 2nm IP platform for acceleration infrastructure apps
Marvell Technology recently announced an expansion of its collaboration with TSMC to develop the industry's first 2nm silicon intellectual property (IP) technology platform designed...
Friday 15 March 2024
Transcom sees pull-in of orders for military, satellites
Compound semiconductor IDM Transcom has seen a strong pull-in of power amplifier orders for niche application markets, such as aerospace, defense, and satellites, boosting its overall...
Friday 15 March 2024
Can Samsung compete with Intel and TSMC by splitting its foundry business?
Samsung Electronics, which aims to become the world's leading semiconductor foundry by 2030, still faces challenges breaking through TSMC's high market share in customer competitio...
Friday 15 March 2024
PMIC firms see DDR5 upgrades boost demand
Power Management IC (PMIC) suppliers believe that growing DDR5 upgrade demand will drive up PMIC demand.
Friday 15 March 2024
Silicon photonics advancing the optoelectronics industry
Taiwan's optoelectronics industry output value soared by 44.35% in 2023 to NT$2.0473 trillion (US$648.9 billion).
Friday 15 March 2024
IC backend houses see AI fuel next phase of growth
IC backend houses generally believe that the AI boom has kicked off a new growth cycle, with rising demand for advanced packaging set to fuel growth for testing service providers.
Friday 15 March 2024
Taiwan-Japan Economic Summit galvanizes semiconductor collaboration amidst global trade shifts
Experts from key industries and government officials from Japan and Taiwan gathered at the 2024 Taiwan-Japan (Kyushu) Economic and Trade Forum to discuss strengthening collaboration...