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Thursday 30 March 2023
Structural advantages key to Taiwan IC industry development in next decade, says DIGITIMES president
Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing sector boasts structural advantages in its next decade of development, but the advantages for its IC design sector are likely to change, according...
Thursday 30 March 2023
China-based battery makers lead in global EV market with sales dominance
The global top 10 battery companies contributed about 71% of EV battery sales worldwide in 2022, according to South Korea-based SNE Research. Most of these major players are headquartered...
Thursday 30 March 2023
AI a future driver of IC market growth, says Etron chair
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be a major application driving the growth of the global semiconductor market, according to Nicky Lu, chairman of IC design house Etron Technology...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Volvo CEO says US climate law will drive EV tech to North America
The Inflation Reduction Act is changing the way Swedish automaker Volvo Car AB plans to build electric vehicles, Chief Executive Officer Jim Rowan said in an interview this week....
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Why is Taiwan's chip fabrication sector worst hit by talent shortage?
"When I did my research at Stanford University, the cleanroom was mainly staffed by those from East Asia and India," recalled Dr. Chih-Huang Lai, Vice Dean of the College of Semiconductor...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Solutions to talent shortage in Taiwan highlighted at IC design event
Talent shortage has been a big headache to global semiconductor companies and may push them into a long-term scramble for professionals. How to tackle the issue became a core topic...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
BYD enjoys 445.86% profit growth in 2022, expects promising 2023 with overseas expansion
BYD finished 2022 strong despite facing multiple challenges. Increasing new energy vehicle (NEV) sales benefited the EV maker's revenue and profits. It reported CNY16.62 billion (US$2.4...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
SK Hynix enhances its procurement department, highlights strategic value of packaging
To enhance the competitiveness of its back-end process "packaging," SK Hynix has divided its procurement department starting in 2023. For the first time, the procurement department...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
MediaTek chair urges government to focus incentives on talent shortages, tech challenges
MediaTek chairman Tsai Ming-kai urged the Taiwan government to focus its incentives on overcoming challenges such as talent shortages and severe technological competition in the local...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Microsoft Taiwan GM: generative AI is not a bubble
The trend of generative AI has continued to spread, but will this trend run the risk of turning into a bubble, like the previous hot topic of the metaverse? In an interview, Microsoft...
Wednesday 29 March 2023
Taiwan 'Chips Act' to benefit only a few companies
The Taiwan government's so-called "Chips Act" will benefit TSMC and a few other major chipmakers, as it does not cover the entire semiconductor ecosystem, according to sources at...
Tuesday 28 March 2023
US, Japan strike deal on supply of minerals for EV batteries
The US agreed to boost cooperation with Japan on critical mineral supply chains and to expand access to tax breaks as President Joe Biden aims to counter China's dominance of the...
Tuesday 28 March 2023
LGD borrows KRW1 trillion from LG to expand OLED investments
LG Display (LGD) is borrowing KRW1 trillion (US$770 million) from LG Electronics and will use the loan for the growth of its OLED product business, according to LGD's recent announ...
Tuesday 28 March 2023
ACM Research talks about new orders, growth opportunities
ACM Research, a leading developer of wafer processing technologies for semiconductor and advanced wafer-level packaging applications, has secured its first purchase order from a major...
Tuesday 28 March 2023
Major Taiwan IC design houses vary strategies amid slowdown
Major Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics, Parade Technologies, and Global Mixed-mode Technology...