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Tuesday 23 April 2024
EIH to showcase 88-inch color e-paper display; Other diverse application offerings
E Ink Holdings (EIH) will showcase an 88-inch e-paper display and an e-paper wall over 100 inches – both in color – at Touch Taiwan 2024. The firm's other offerings at...
Tuesday 23 April 2024
China and Southeast Asia clear winners in Apple supply chain diversification
The latest Apple supplier list shows that the tech giant has grown its global supplier network, especially in Southeast Asian countries.
Tuesday 23 April 2024
TSMC states that factory operations are all normal amid earthquakes in Taiwan
Noticeable earthquakes hit Taiwan in the early morning of April 23. Especially at 8:04 a.m., a Richter scale 5.8 earthquake occurred again off Hualian.
Tuesday 23 April 2024
Southeast Asia plays key role, as PCB makers expand automotive and satellite production
The automotive sector is now projected to see negative growth in 2024, with rumblings in the supply chain ever since the beginning of the year, and TSMC lowering its expectations...
Monday 22 April 2024
Nvidia to help Japan's AIST build quantum supercomputer
Nvidia announced that Japan's new quantum supercomputer — designed to advance the nation's quantum computing initiative — will be powered by Nvidia platforms for accelerated...
Monday 22 April 2024
Samsung's NAND utilization rate reportedly reaches 90%
After the memory market, led by DRAM, began to rebound, NAND Flash has also entered the final stages of its downturn. Customer inventories have been consumed, and with the growth...
Monday 22 April 2024
Japan's GenAI boost: US$480 million subsidy fuels domestic cloud computing services
Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) unveils a JPY 72.5 billion (US$480 million) subsidy to back Generative AI (GenAI) development by five local firms, including...
Monday 22 April 2024
Shinko Electric revises revenue downward amid weak flip chip demand
Japanese IC substrate manufacturer Shinko Electric Industries has announced that due to poor sales of its main product, flip chip packaging substrates, the upcoming fiscal report...
Monday 22 April 2024
Honda will utilize cheaper steel vehicle bodies to counter China-made EVs
Reducing production costs has been a major task for carmakers as a price war persists in the EV market. According to Nikkei, Honda Motor is trying to produce integrated vehicle...
Monday 22 April 2024
High-NA EUV delay might cost Samsung its edge against Intel
Intel recently completed the assembly of the industry's first High-NA Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment and announced plans to start producing 1nm-level semiconductors...
Monday 22 April 2024
Will Taiwan's government approve TSMC's plan to produce 2nm chips in America?
Upon TSMC Arizona's signing of a Preliminary Memorandum of Terms (PMT) with the Biden Administration, the decision to manufacture 2nm chips in its third fab and part of the second...
Monday 22 April 2024
Navigating the waves: challenges in ocean energy development
Countries worldwide have been ramping up their investments in marine energy development due to concerns about energy security.
Monday 22 April 2024
Samsung doubles AP developers, introduces Google's Gemini Nano 2 into Galaxy S25
Samsung has announced plans to double the number of software developers for mobile Application Processors (APs) within the next 2-3 years.
Monday 22 April 2024
SK Hynix takes lead in AI memory race with TSMC partnership
As the AI boom gains momentum, the High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) sector emerges as a pivotal battleground, with three major memory chipmakers vying to reshape the industry landscape...
Monday 22 April 2024
With robots seen as the next big thing, Taiwanese manufacturers target highly-priced key component
Recent market rumors suggest Apple is considering developing robots as its next product line. While there's no further news on what business model Apple might adopt, it seems inevitable...