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Thursday 20 July 2023
AMD relies on its Taiwan supply chain, says CEO
AMD CEO Lisa Su stated during a press conference in Taipei on July 19 that the company is heavily reliant on its Taiwan supply chain. AMD will continue to rely on TSMC and other important...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Taiwan's NSTC approves NT$2.29B investment as demand for high-power laser source rises
On July 18, Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), responsible for overseeing the Science Park, approved 11 investment projects with a total investment amount of...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Tesla reportedly taps Samsung to make Hardware 5.0 chips
As Tesla keeps enhancing its self-driving technology, the company has reportedly decided to work with Samsung Electronics on its next-generation Full Self-Driving (FSD) chips, which...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
South Korea's 8-inch wafer fabs see utilization fall under 50%
The capacity utilization rates of 8-inch wafer fabs in South Korea are halved from their 2022 levels, with the exception of DB Hitek, due to sluggish demand for information technology...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
US and Europe take different approaches when addressing China's compound semiconductor strategy
China has always hoped that, through compound semiconductors like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), it can leapfrog Europe, the US, Japan, and Korea and break their...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Taiwan startup Ubiik acquires Mimomax, creating a best-of-breed wireless solutions provider for utilities and critical infrastructure
Ubiik, an emerging leader in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and private LTE (pLTE) solutions, today announces the acquisition of New Zealand-based Mimomax Wireless, a provider...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Why automotive suppliers cannot ignore Toyota's EV ambition
Toyota announced an updated business plan for battery EVs after the new leadership took office. According to sources, automotive suppliers will not ignore the opportunities that Toyota...
Wednesday 19 July 2023
Samsung aims to be top automotive memory vendor by 2025
Samsung Electronics aims to become the world's top vendor of automotive memory products by 2025 after entering mass production of its new automotive universal flash storage (UFS)...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Trump accuses Taiwan of taking away America's semiconductor business
Former US President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview, accused Taiwan of taking away American's semiconductor business and said the US government should have tariffed Taiwan,...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
SK Hynix to brace for market segmentation amid its Chinese business crisis
SK Hynix, despite previously denying rumors of withdrawing from its operations in China, has acknowledged that the recovery of the Chinese market has fallen short of expectations...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Taiwan to launch first satellite with 82% components sourced at home
Taiwan's weather satellite, the Triton, is set to launch on September 20, 2023, from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The satellite, sourcing 82% of its components from Taiwan,...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
SK Hynix emphasizes supply chain advantages in competition with Samsung
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are actively entering the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market in response to the demands of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. After Samsung...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
Samsung Foundry reportedly received 4nm AI chip order; advanced packaging may become bottleneck
Reports stated that due to Samsung Foundry's massive improvement in its 4nm process yield rate, it has already secured an AI chip foundry order from a major data center client.
Tuesday 18 July 2023
China approval would be key to Kioxia-Western Digital merger
China's approval would be key to whether Kioxia could quickly merge with Western Digital's flash business, according to industry sources.
Monday 17 July 2023
Taiwan to execute majority of net-zero emission efforts in 2030–2050
Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is the longest and most far-reaching national development program in Taiwan's history involving multiple government departments. However, a report...