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Friday 5 August 2022
Is 'mature technology' weaponized by Chips Act?
The recently passed Chips and Science Act 2022, now awaiting US president Joe Biden's signature, specifically indicates that recipients of the subsidies are not allowed to "engage...
Thursday 4 August 2022
From 80/20 rule to 90/10
In the post-industrial era, globalization and efficient management have given everyone a deep understanding of the 80/20 rule. Each of us understands that 80% of the added value may...
Thursday 4 August 2022
Pegatron, TSMC executives meet with Pelosi
Top executives from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) and Pegatron met with US House speaker Nancy Pelosi during her short stay in Taiwan.
Wednesday 3 August 2022
US sanctions impede future expansion at mature nodes, but impacts are short-term, says former SMIC executive
Late evening on August 2, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, landed in Taipei, Taiwan, marking the most geopolitically charged chapter of her ongoing Asia to...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Pelosi said to meet TSMC chairman and founder in Taipei
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi made headlines of major Taiwan newspapers today as she defied the threats of China and persisted her visit to Taiwan with a congressional delegation...
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Taiwan foundries intend to hold prices flat
Taiwan-based pure-play foundries intend to hold prices flat in the second half of 2022, despite cutbacks in orders for display driver ICs and other chips for use in consumer electronics...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Japan subsidies for Kioxia-WD NAND flash plant: A step towards 'Chip 4 Alliance'?
Following the subsidies to TSMC's 300mm fab in Kumamoto and TSMC's 3DIC R&D center in Ibaraki, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has lately announced plans...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
OSATs see little drive from Chips Act for building US operations
Taiwan's OSATs may not move to set up plants in the US though the US Congress has approved the Chips and Science Act 2022, and instead will carry out capacity expansions at their...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Tightened US ban on China chipmakers to have little impact on Taiwan
With the US tightening restrictions on China's access to chipmaking equipment, Taiwan-based fab tool suppliers engaged in the supply chain of SMIC and other China-based chipmakers...
Monday 1 August 2022
Is the US Chips Act too little, too late?
US legislators have passed the US$52 billion Chips Act. However, some commentators have claimed what the US is doing is perhaps too little, too late.
Monday 1 August 2022
Chips Act: With subsidies come the real challenges for chipmakers
With the US Congress passing the Chips and Science Act of 2022 on July 28, awaiting the US president Joe Biden to sign it into law, the global chips industry is far from having a...
Monday 1 August 2022
Robust Apple devices sales to bolster TSMC performance in 2H22
Apple devices successfully weathering headwinds hitting the handset and PC markets are significantly adding growth momentum to the vendor's close foundry partner TSMC, according to...
Monday 1 August 2022
You can't just sit back
TSMC has mastered the structural advantage, but can it just sit back? DIGITIMES recently collaborated with National Taiwan University's (NTU) leadership program to conduct a series...
Monday 1 August 2022
Denso launches new RC-IGBT for EV, reducing energy loss by 20%
Japan's top automotive components supplier Denso is keen to develop and produce automotive power chips on its own, and has just unveiled a new power semiconductor device for electrical...
Friday 29 July 2022
TSMC Arizona fab nears completion
TSMC held recently a topping-out ceremony for a new 5nm fab in the US state of Arizona, according to the pure-play foundry.