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Friday 2 July 2021
Micron to sell Lehi fab to Texas Instruments
Micron Technology has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Lehi, Utah fab to Texas Instruments (TI), according to the US memory chip vendor.
Friday 2 July 2021
Increasing battery range by 30%, FTEX's powertrain solution boosts EV efficiency
Electric vehicles (EV) have been regarded as the mainstream of next-gen automobiles. According to the statistics by DIGITIMES Research, with a global annual growth rate of 19% in...
Thursday 1 July 2021
More unicorns to appear in Thailand in next 2-3 years
Following the birth of Thailand's first unicorn Flash Group, Ruangroj Poonpol, founder of Thailand-based 500 TukTuks venture capital and chairman of Kasikorn Business-Technology Group,...
Thursday 1 July 2021
Six-inch fabs become acquisition target
Six-inch wafer fabs have become acquisition targets of automotive power semiconductor companies, as well as Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) and Tesla, both of which...
Thursday 1 July 2021
B-grade Li batteries reportedly offered in China market
Due to serious shortage of lithium (Li) batteries, some small Chinese makers have reportedly offered B-grade Li batteries in the China market, according to industry sources.
Thursday 1 July 2021
Thailand aims at EEC investment of over THB300 billion in 2021
The Thailand government aims to attract investment of over THB300 billion (US$9.624 billion) in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), an infrastructure development plan under Thailand...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Getac upbeat about rugged PC sales in 2H21
The rugged PC market is expected to regain its growth momentum in the second half of 2021, as demand from the enterprise sector starts picking up along with gradual removal of lockdowns...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Fierce competition among HPC chip suppliers to benefit TSMC
Foundry market leader TSMC has been pinpointed as a major beneficiary of the increasingly fierce competition among HPC chip providers, according to market sources.
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Automotive component suppliers gearing up shipments
Taiwan-based automotive component suppliers have begun ramping up their shipments along with the resumption of production by some auto chipmakers, such as Renesas Electronics, according...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Connecting AI and supply chain: Q&A with Scale AI CEO Julien Billot
Scale AI is Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) platform dedicated to building the next-generation supply chain and boosting industry performance by leveraging AI technologies.
Tuesday 29 June 2021
MIH may stretch into autonomous driving
MIH Consortium, a Foxconn-led open EV ecosystem, may extend its business tentacle into the self-driving segment as quite a few startups from the segment are now members of the alliance...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Foxconn adopts two-pronged strategy for EV ecosystem
Foxconn (Hon Hai) Technology Group is set to deepen its deployments in the EV market through both the MIH platform and in-house production of EV components following the formation...
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Chenbro aims to boost growth for edge computing servers
In the post-pandemic era, many countries are still facing multiple challenges in production and manufacturing, including labor and material shortages, rise in labor costs, halts in...
Monday 28 June 2021
Highlights of the day: MIH pledges neutrality
The Foxconn-led MIH Consortium has made commitments to maintaining the neutrality of the EV development platform. MIH has announced an operating model aimed at lowering the entry...
Monday 28 June 2021
Backend demand for HPC chips strong, but ABF substrate support matters
Taiwan's OSATs, now sustaining full capacity utilization for wire-bonding process for lower-end logic chips, are embracing strong backend demand for diverse HPC chips, but their actual...