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Monday 6 December 2021
Industry watch: It's hard to tell friends from foes
When developing its advanced packaging technology, what's TSMC's bigger concern: its own competitiveness or the feelings of other packaging firms? In the past, Intel made motherboards...
Monday 6 December 2021
South Korean carmakers among top-100 auto parts suppliers in sales in 2020
A total of nine automakers in South Korea have been named among the world's 100 major auto parts suppliers in sales in 2020, based on an analysis of data compiled by Automotive...
Friday 3 December 2021
Addionics 3D-structured battery may achieve 2x higher energy capacity
The range and charging time of batteries are the major concerns of electric vehicle users and a critical bottleneck for the EV industry. The Israel-based startup, Addionics, is developing...
Friday 3 December 2021
Vehicle-as-a-service platform optimizes fleet management and EV adoption: Interview with Autofleet
The rise of "mobility-as-a-service" or "vehicle-as-a-service," such as car rental services, car sharing, or ridesharing services, not only provides people with more alternative ways...
Friday 3 December 2021
FCCL maker Taiflex to invest over NT$2 billion in capacity expansion
Taiwan's FCCL specialist Taiflex Scientific has disclosed plans to invest more than NT$2 billion (US$72 million) in expanding production capacities at its plants in China and Taiwan...
Friday 3 December 2021
Laster Tech January-September shipments meet 50-60% of orders due to component shortage
LED automotive lighting module maker Laster Tech had shipments in the first three quarters of 2021 fulfilling only 50-60% of the corresponding orders due to the short supply of semiconductor...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Industry watch: Policymakers must act fast for EV industry
UMC co-founder John Hsuan divides those who want to participate in the electric vehicle (EV) business into three categories: Traditional car manufacturers such as Toyota and Mercedes-Benz;...
Thursday 2 December 2021
LFP accounts for increasingly higher portion of China battery production
Total adoption of LFP batteries in electric vehicles (EV) could overtake ternary ones in China in 2021, with the former now less than 1pp behind the latter in market share, according...
Thursday 2 December 2021
Cloud service providers CloudMile, eCloudvalley expand Southeast Asian operations
Datacenters are opening at a rapid pace in ASEAN countries. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building new data centers in Jakarta, Indonesia; Microsoft has plans to set up Azure datacenters...
Thursday 2 December 2021
TVS Motors to invest US$160m in building EVs
TVS Motor is investing INR12 billion (US$160 million) in making future cars and EVs within the next four years, following previous raises in capital spending and establishment of...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Prices of cylindrical lithium cell to rise 5-15% in 2022
Cylindrical lithium battery cell prices will rise by 5-15% in the first quarter next year, following two-time price hikes this year, according to sources at battery module suppliers...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Nichidenbo upbeat about passive component demand in 2022
Taiwan-based Nichidenbo, which distributes capacitors, MLCCs and other passive components for vendors such as Nippon Chemi-Con and Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), has expressed...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
TSMC advanced packaging enters next phase of development, says company VP
TSMC's 3DFabric family of 3D silicon stacking and advanced packaging technologies is in the next stage of its development, advancing from system integration to system scaling, according...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
HKUST establishes AI chip design R&D consortium with ambitious goals
The AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems (ACCESS) founded by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) convened a press conference on the 30th of November to...
Wednesday 1 December 2021
Industry watch: How high is the EV entry barrier?
In terms of market concentration, the top-6 mobile phone brands account for 75.6% of the market, and the top-5 PC vendors have 77.5%. Both industries show a considerably stable market...