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Monday 22 January 2024
Samsung Electro-Mechanics to enter glass substrate market
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has announced plans to develop semiconductor packaging glass substrates.
Monday 22 January 2024
Amkor, GF launch strategic cooperation in Portugal
Amkor Technology and GlobalFoundries (GF) will officially kick off their strategic partnership in Europe with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held recently at Amkor's plant in Porto, Por...
Monday 22 January 2024
Japan chip gear sales to grow 25% in FY 2024, says SEAJ
Sales of Japan-made semiconductor and flat-panel display (FPD) equipment are expected to reach JPY 4.39 trillion (US$29.7 billion) in fiscal year 2024, growing 25.4% year-on-year,...
Monday 22 January 2024
Kyushu IC production value hits JPY1 trillion for first time in 16 years
The semiconductor industry in Kyushu, Japan, is gradually recovering, with IC production value exceeding JPY1 trillion (US$68 billion) from January to November 2023.
Monday 22 January 2024
Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix vie for HBM dominance in AI era
The emergence of generative AI has made high-bandwidth memory (HBM) a bonanza, which helped the memory industry recover from huge losses due to inventory corrections in 2023.
Monday 22 January 2024
TSMC and Samsung accelerate UCIe commercialization, entering chiplet mass production race in 1H24
TSMC and Samsung Electronics are gearing up for a chiplet mass production race. Both industry giants are set to materialize the commercialization of UCIe (Universal Chiplet Interconnect...
Monday 22 January 2024
Qualcomm ignites the 6th edition of the Taiwan Innovation Challenge focused on AI PCs and Edge AI
Qualcomm Technologies has announced the commencement of the sixth edition of the "Qualcomm Innovate in Taiwan Challenge" (QITC), marking a significant upgrade with a primary focus...
Monday 22 January 2024
Samsung's self-developed AP Exynos 2400 revives, thanks to AI
Samsung Electronics announced its flagship Galaxy S24 series for Spring 2024, which included the revival of its self-developed application processor (AP), the Exynos 2400. With its...
Monday 22 January 2024
Taiwan unruffled by automotive market slowdown, SiC one to watch
Facing the anticipated slowdown in the automotive market growth in 2024, Taiwan's supply chain is confident that the impact will not be significant.
Monday 22 January 2024
Galaxy S24 completes the final piece of Samsung's AI puzzle
At the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 global announcement held on January 18, Samsung Electronics officially unveiled its annual flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S24. With it, the final piece...
Monday 22 January 2024
Solid-state batteries expected to become available commercially in 2028, says DIGITIMES Research
Considering the development plans of individual companies in China, Japan, and Korea, solid-state batteries are expected to enter mass production in 2025 and be available commercially...
Monday 22 January 2024
Sakana AI secures US$30M from Sony and co., paving the way for Japan's GenAI leap
Founded in 2023 by former Google AI researchers Llion Jones and David Ha, startup Sakana AI has attracted significant investments from leading Japanese companies such as NTT, KDDI,...
Monday 22 January 2024
SDC's Hard OLED favored by Chinese smartphone makers again due to price hikes by Chinese OLED suppliers
Chinese panel manufacturers are quickly catching up to South Korean manufacturers in the OLED sector. Yet, at the same time, they are engaging in price hikes. While this move may...
Friday 19 January 2024
Global EV market grows in 2023 while concerns for soft demand remain
Although the world has experienced an economic downturn and consumer spending decline, data from a South Korean research firm showed that the global EV market kept expanding in 2023...
Friday 19 January 2024
International automakers accelerate lithium battery development, turning down China-made powertrains
The growing EV market keeps driving the demand for lithium batteries. Companies like CATL, BYD, LG Electronics, SK Group, and Panasonic are said to increase investment in powertrains...