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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...
Monday 17 July 2023
Major Taiwan semiconductor players refrain from buying wafer probers, ATE in 2H23
Taiwan's OSATs and foundry TSMC that boasts testing capacity have refrained from making the expected purchases of new wafer probers and automated testing equipment (ATE) from major...
Monday 17 July 2023
STMicroelectronics Taiwan MD Giuseppe Izzo: sustainability is meaningful only when implemented holistically
STMicroelectronics, a market leader in silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductors with more than 40% of the global market share, has published sustainability reports for more than 25 years...
Monday 17 July 2023
Dell Taiwan: AI is real, notebooks won't be finished
Dell Taiwan general manager Terence Liao stated that the company has over 1,000 AI projects internally. After several years of discussion, "AI is real" now. Additionally, regarding...
Friday 14 July 2023
FPD equipment market to bottom out in 2023 and recover with 153% rise in 2024
After peaking near US$21 billion of revenue in 2017, the market for capital equipment used to manufacture OLEDs and LCD panels has suffered from continuous annual declines as the...
Friday 14 July 2023
Korean media: Samsung's foundry business likely faces US$780 million in losses for 1H23
BusinessKorea cited sources in the foundry industry saying that Samsung Electronics' foundry division, including the System LSI Division, is estimated to have posted sales...