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Monday 31 July 2023
Surely you're joking, Mr. Trump! Taiwan and South Korea earned it!
US former President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview, accused Taiwan of taking away American's semiconductor business. Despite this criticism, Taiwan ought to justify its standing...
Monday 31 July 2023
Biomed startup Dr. Signal attracts investment from major semiconductor players to build Taiwan's only automated cell factory
Cell therapy is a rising star in the global biomedical industry, hence why it has attracted the attention of the tech sector. Recently, AI has also been making major strides in the...
Monday 31 July 2023
Weekly news roundup: geopolitical effects and technological trends in the IC industry

China trade curb on Micron sees exclusion effects extend to all terminal apps

Monday 31 July 2023
Taiwan's Central Bank Governor: Taiwan should avoid becoming US trade sanction target
Taiwan's Central Bank governor Chin-long Yang warned that Taiwan should watch out and avoid becoming a target of US trade sanctions because Taiwan's trade surplus with the US is widening,...
Monday 31 July 2023
TSMC complements shortcomings with a win-win investment in Japan
TSMC, which is under pressure from major countries to set up factories overseas, has been criticized for receiving subsidies from the US and Germany by Intel and GlobalFoundries respectively...
Friday 28 July 2023
Samsung on track to expand memory production cutbacks in 2H23
Samsung Electronics is on track to expand production cutbacks on both DRAM and NAND flash chips to accelerate a memory market rebound in the second half of 2023, after its Device...
Friday 28 July 2023
CCS1 still surviving despite aggressive Tesla NACS penetration in US, according to DIGITIMES Research
Tesla has seen its North American Charging Standard (NACS) gaining traction after winning Ford over two months ago. However, DIGITIMES analyst Evan Chen said Combined Charging System...
Friday 28 July 2023
Sumitomo Electric to expand 6-inch SiC wafer capacity for EVs
Japan-based Sumitomo Electric Industries is planning to construct a new factory in Japan for the production of silicon carbide (SiC) wafers. Additionally, they will introduce a new...
Friday 28 July 2023
Seven carmakers to create charging network supporting NACS, CCS in North America
A new charging company is poised to join the heating EV market in North America. BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis announced together on July...
Friday 28 July 2023
Renesas keeps seeing uncertainties in automotive sector, saying SiC production will scale gradually
Renesas Electronics said on July 27 that uncertainties remain in the automotive sector, especially with changes in the Chinese market. The company also said it will go slow on its...
Friday 28 July 2023
Carmakers under pressure to transform business or face elimination, says Kia Taiwan executive
About 30% of existing carmakers will face elimination from the market in 2030 due to a failure to transform their business, according to Calvin Lee, managing director of Sime Darby...
Thursday 27 July 2023
Samsung reportedly investing in R&D for 3D stacking GAA technology
After memory products like NAND Flash and DRAM, it's reported that Samsung Electronics will conduct R&D for a "3D stacking" technology that can vertically stack system semiconductor...
Thursday 27 July 2023
Will HMB add new variable to US-China semiconductor rivalry?
With the rapidly rising popularity of generative AI, high bandwidth memory (HBM) and graphics processing units (GPU) have become highly sought-after components. However, as the semiconductor...
Thursday 27 July 2023
Samsung expects a recovery across divisions in 2H23
Samsung Electronics, a barometer of the global electronics market, expects the economic outlook to improve in the second half of 2023, and lingering uncertainties may lead to a downward...
Thursday 27 July 2023
Taiwan DDI makers may benefit from rising automotive OLED applications in long run
With Korean panel makers continuing to devote efforts to developing automotive OLED technologies with significant achievements, Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) makers will likely...