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Friday 5 March 2021
Highlights of the day: 6-inch fab capacity tight
The foundry sector has seen tight supply across all segments, with 6-inch fab capacity almost fully booked for third-quarter...
Friday 5 March 2021
Microsoft teams up with Foxconn to boost smart manufacturing
Microsoft will cooperate with Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai) to promote smart manufacturing using its cloud computing services, AI technology and global ecosystem resources, according...
Friday 5 March 2021
Taiwan Star pushing 5G penetration rate in 2021
Taiwan Star Telecom is set to boost the number of its 5G service subscribers to account for 20% of its overall users or more than 550,000 subscribers by the end of 2021, up from nearly...
Friday 5 March 2021
MIH to bridge EV and cybersecurity sectors, says Foxconn CTO
Cybersecurity has become an increasingly major concern for the electric vehicle (EV) sector, as cars are going smarter, and the MIH Alliance will serve as a platform for cross-industry...
Friday 5 March 2021
Liberalizing 5G: Q&A with Polish startup IS-Wireless CEO Slawomir Pietrzyk
Window of opportunity has opened up for Polish startup IS-Wireless, which was nominated for DigitalEurope's Future Unicorn Award 2021, having won several other awards in Europe with...
Thursday 4 March 2021
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 4Q 2020
Taiwan's small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments plunged 25.3% sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to a significant drop in orders from Huawei.
Thursday 4 March 2021
Cub Elecparts ships 77GHz mmWave radars to US bus maker
Car-use component and device maker Cub Elecparts has become the exclusive supplier of 77GHz mmWave radars for use in electric school buses made by a US-based maker, with shipments...
Thursday 4 March 2021
QaaS ecosystem emerging
Some public cloud platform operators have recently launched QaaS (Quantum as a Service) business, seeking synergies between software and hardware suppliers and enterprise users -...
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Highlights of the day: SMIC sees opportunities from mature nodes
The US trade ban may be blocking SMIC from advancing its semiconductor manufacturing processes, but the China foundry...
Wednesday 3 March 2021
China smartphone AP shipments to grow 12% in 2021, says Digitimes Research
About 795.7 million smartphone application processors will be shipped to China-based handset vendors in 2021, up 12.2% on year, forecasts Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 3 March 2021
VCM makers to expand production capacity
Japan-based VCM (voice coil motor) suppliers, mainly Alps Alpine and Mizumi, have asked their Taiwan-based contract makers including Audix to expand production capacity by about 40%...
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Microsoft Taiwan eyeing local medical care industry
Microsoft Taiwan plans to devote more resources to help promote Taiwan's medical care industry, according to the company's marketing and operations director Flora Chen.
Wednesday 3 March 2021
Foxconn invests in AutoCore.ai
Foxconn Electronics and others have jointly invested about CNY100 million (US$15.5 million) in AutoCore.ai, which is devoted to autonomous driving development, in pre-Series A funding...
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Highlights of the day: More 12-inch capacity available at TSMC in 2Q21
TSMC is giving priority to expanding its 12-inch fab capacity to ease supply. Now clients stand a better chance of having their orders squeezed into TSMC's...
Tuesday 2 March 2021
Arm pushing into HPC and datacenter markets, says Digitimes Research
With its advantages in edge computing and mobile device applications, Arm has been expanding its server solution offerings, heading towards high performance computing instead of staying...