In an exclusive video interview with DIGITIMES Asia managing editor Judy Lin (JL), Marc Hijink (MH), the acclaimed Dutch journalist and author of "Focus - the ASML Way," during his visit to Taipei, Taiwan, delves into the intricate world of ASML, a global leader in semiconductor lithography machines.
The most unexpected development in Qisda's history occurred in 2005, when the company's predecessor, BenQ, failed to merge with Siemens Mobile. It made a large loss of NT$30 billion (US$927.4 million) at the time. For the industry, BenQ's failure to integrate Siemens Mobile remains a lethal mergers and acquisitions lesson.
As many countries are building up their semiconductor supply chains, Veolia Water Technologies, a global leader specializing in water treatment technologies and services, is seeing opportunities in the industry's need for water and energy efficiency while required to meet individual companies' carbon-neutral targets.
In the past, it was the chip that created the user's needs, but when hardware has little room to expand for running Artificial Intelligence (AI) models while the difference between each generation of chips gets smaller and smaller, it's the Operating System (OS) and applications that decide the winner in the AI PC, AI smartphone and AIoT era, said DIGITIMES Research analyst and project manager Joyce Chen.
Support from Taiwan's supply chain was behind US memory IDM Micron's successful mass production of its latest-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) product – HBM3E – ahead of other competitors, to supply Nvidia's H200 GPU in 2024.
Ranovus, a Canadian silicon photonics scaleup company specializing in high-speed optical interconnect chips, announced on March 20, 2024, a groundbreaking partnership with MediaTek Inc., Taiwan's leading fabless semiconductor firm, to deliver the industry's first 6.4Tbps Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) solution with integrated lasers aimed at AI data centers.
Apple Inc.'s recent decision to give up a Micro LED smartphone collaboration with ams OSRAM forced the latter to sell its new factory in Malaysia to deal with the strategic change. Reza Chaji, CEO of VueReal, a Micro LED startup company based in Ontario, Canada, gave his insight on the challenges of the Micro LED industry during an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES.
In the face of an impending climate crisis, the global carbon compliance and voluntary credit market are projected to soar to unprecedented heights, reaching a staggering US$2.68 trillion by 2028, with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.2%. At the forefront of this transformative shift stands FiO, a US-SG-based Web 3.0 startup poised to offer a fresh perspective on the carbon credit market.
Founded in 2007, UBI Research has become South Korea's most renowned research institution regarding the panel industry by establishing a diverse OLED database through its extensive research on LCD and OLED panel technologies and long-term observations of IT market trends.
In recent years, Synaptics, a leading US-based IC design firm, has undergone a transformation, refocusing its efforts on IoT applications. This strategic shift included divesting its mobile Touch with Display Driver (TDDI) business and reallocating resources to the automotive electronics sector. Despite maintaining a robust presence in traditional areas like PC touchpads and fingerprint recognition chips, Synaptics has strategically expanded its IoT product line through acquisitions and in-house research and development.
