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Wednesday 17 July 2024
China's solar industry finds oasis in the Middle East
With trade barriers from Europe and the US against Chinese solar imports, the Middle East, which is currently moving toward clean energy transformation and enjoys good trade relationships...
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Hybrids to lead in 2024 as EVs face profitability hurdles
Global sales of Electric Vehicles (EVs) are expected to surpass 10 million units in 2024, marking a crucial automotive market milestone and reaffirming a healthy growth trajectory.
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Sharp halts production on large-size LCD panels; 500 employees 'forced' to retire early
Sharp's large-size LCD panel factory, Sakai Display Product (SDP), located in Osaka, Japan, is set to close by the end of September 2024. Sharp has offered an early retirement plan...
Wednesday 17 July 2024
Global 5G users to hit 60% by 2029 as Northeast Asia leads the charge
Global 5G user numbers continue to grow strongly, with population coverage gradually expanding and simultaneously boosting 5G Stand-alone (SA) deployment. Ericsson predicts that nearly...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Samsung spearheads NAND recovery as QLC, AI drive market shift
Samsung Electronics has nearly doubled its NAND Flash production in the second quarter of 2024 after hitting a low point in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Samsung and SK Hynix stack LPDDR DRAMs to cut AI power consumption
South Korean memory giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, in addition to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), will also start the competition in smartphone LPDDR DRAM stacking.
Tuesday 16 July 2024
SDC, LGD push power-efficient tandem OLED for AI era
South Korea's two major display manufacturers are optimistic about evolving market demands and are targeting the on-device AI OLED market. The next-generation "tandem OLED" technology...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
SK Hynix reportedly partners with Amkor in supplying interposers
Amid the competition among SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics regarding HBMs, SK Hynix reportedly plans to team with Amkor to enter the interposer market to alleviate the interposer...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
GenAI beyond chatbots: Andrew Ng discusses industry applications and corporate strategies
Amid the rapid growth of AI applications, Andrew Ng, founder of DeepLearning.AI and Managing General Partner at AI Fund, emphasizes that Generative AI (GenAI) encompasses much more...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Shipping delays and rising costs test auto supply chain, yet Taiwan's auto parts makers show resilience
The automotive supply chain is grappling with persistent shipping delays and escalating freight costs, which have extended delivery times by about two weeks. Despite these challenges,...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
5G stagnation prompts Taiwan telecom giants to pivot towards AI for growth
Four years into Taiwan's 5G era, which began on June 30, 2020, with Chunghwa Telecom's launch, the industry faces a sobering reality. Despite high expectations for 5G to revolutionize...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
SDC's IT-OLED export volume saw massive increase thanks to Apple's iPad Pro
Samsung Display (SDC) is experiencing rapid revenue growth due to Apple's introduction of the first iPad products equipped with OLED panels. SDC president Joo-Sun Choi anticipates...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Samsung subsidiary Semes eyes HBM market with advanced TCB amid competition
As the market for Thermo Compression Bonding (TCB) equipment diversifies, Semes, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics and South Korea's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer,...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Taiwan startup Tron Future makes anti-interference drones
Taiwan has established an R&D initiative akin to the US Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). This initiative serves as the matchmaker between the military procurement...
Tuesday 16 July 2024
Moment Semiconductor eyes 50% brand memory business growth in 2024 with AI PC momentum and SEA market entry
Taiwan's memory module vendor Moment Semiconductor expects shipments for consumer devices to improve in the second half of 2024, driven by new applications like AI PCs.