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Wednesday 14 December 2022
Lithium prices to stabilize through 1Q 2023 while cathode costs will increase further
Battery material price volatility has caused much burden for EV manufacturing this year. According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, prices of lithium, one of the essential raw materials,...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Cloud services spending in China hits US$7.8 billion in 3Q22, says Canalys
Cloud infrastructure services expenditure in China grew 8% on year in the third quarter of 2022, reaching US$7.8 billion and accounting for 12% of overall global cloud spending, according...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Chiplet startup Ventana unveils processor family to bring RISC-V into HPC
Founded in 2018, California-based company Ventana Micro Systems has taken steps to bring the open-source instruction set architecture RISC-V into the data center market. The effort...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Polestar 0 Project to build 'climate neutral' EV by 2030
At the EV Summit held on Dec 12 in Oxford, UK, Jonathan Goodman, head of Polestar UK, said electrification of car was "just the start" and the carmaker has committed to becoming "climate...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
Weak sales have hindered path to IPO for Chinese phone brand Honor
Ever since Honor became an independent entity, rumors about an IPO have never stopped. However, with the macro economy slowdown and weak consumer demand, the smartphone market is...
Wednesday 14 December 2022
LG, China vendors eyeing second spot in global TV ranking
Samsung Electronics continues to hold the top spot in the global TV market in terms of unit sales, while LG Electronics and China-based Hisense and TCL strive for second place, according...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
India began exporting solar modules amid US sanctions on China
As India tries to reduce its photovoltaic dependence on imports, suppliers are investing and building up production capacities from ingot to module, leading to India's solar module...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Chip shortage empowers China-based IGBT makers; migration to 300mm wafers in sight
According to DIGITIMES Research, the global power semiconductor market will continue to grow, mainly driven by the EV, EV charger, industrial motor, PV and wind power sectors. Among...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
China courts South Korea as US chips campaign gains steam
China said it was ready to build better ties with South Korea, courting a key US ally and microchip producer amid Washington's campaign to curb Beijing's access to advanced semiconductor...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
US persuades allies to join chip gear sanction while China resorts to WTO
US White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed that the United States has discussed with its partners including Japan and the Netherlands to tighten chip-related...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
SEMI: global semiconductor industry invests $500 billion to build 84 new fabs by 2024
Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers International (SEMI) released its latest World Fab Forecast report, projecting the worldwide semiconductor industry will invest more than $500...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Taiwan DDI design houses faced with price competition from China fellow designers
Taiwan-based DDI (display driver IC) design houses have been faced with increasing price-cut competition from China-based fellow design houses, becoming a much larger challenge than...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
2023 Outlook: Growth for smartphones spearheaded by 5G and supply chain diversification
The smartphone sector in 2022 experienced a similar situation as the PC industry. The pandemic bonus in 2020 and 2021 created a high baseline, which in turn resulted in a double-digit...
Tuesday 13 December 2022
Taiwan OSATs quietly ramp up support for Chinese customers
Taiwan-based OSATs with manufacturing sites in China, such as King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) and ASE Group, have quietly ramped up their capacity supports for China-based clients including...
Monday 12 December 2022
Li Auto sees more loss in 3Q, expecting strong 4Q delivery
China-based Li Auto experienced an increase in a net loss in the third quarter of this year, partly because it accelerated a plan of phasing out its first model. As China loosens...