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Wednesday 8 May 2024
EV makers reportedly compensate South Korean battery companies due to declining procurement
EV manufacturers reportedly failed to purchase the minimum quantity of batteries stipulated by contracts as EV demand softens.
Wednesday 8 May 2024
Intel joins forces with Japanese firms to automate chip packaging by 2028
Intel has partnered with 14 Japan-based companies to develop manufacturing technology for IC backend manufacturing automation, which is anticipated to be commercialized by 2028, aiming...
Wednesday 8 May 2024
Taiwan fab toolmakers eyeing orders from Malaysia
Apart from Taiwan and China, Malaysia has emerged as a new semiconductor powerhouse in Southeast Asia, thanks to its competitive production costs and support from global manufactur...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Samsung said to consider Inpria's metal oxide resist for 1c DRAM process
Samsung Electronics reportedly intends to use metal oxide resist in the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) exposure process of new generation DRAM products. Metal oxide resist belongs to the...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Taiwan's TAIDE AI model goes global: bridging cultures and classrooms
During the 2024 World Governments Summit, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang championed the concept of Sovereign AI, advocating for nations worldwide to establish their own national AI infras...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Samsung reportedly sets up a task force to grab Nvidia HBM3E orders
Aiming to secure orders for Nvidia's next-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) and regain its market-leading position, Samsung unprecedentedly mobilizes over 400 "semiconductor...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Taiwan's tech firms rally for smart manufacturing standardization
In Taiwan's dynamic industrial landscape, the...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Samsung outsources partial sensor production to UMC to compete with Sony
To catch up with the global image sensor market leader Sony, Samsung Electronics will strengthen cooperation with Taiwan-based pure-play foundry United Microelectronic Corp. (UMC)...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
Taiwan notebooks, 1Q 2024
Global notebook shipments made a around 5% sequential decline in the fourth quarter of 2023 before enjoying a minor increase in the first quarter of 2024 thanks primarily to robust...
Tuesday 7 May 2024
End of US-China trade war? Cross-strait trade and investment gradually recovering
US Intelligence Communities have successively pointed out that the geopolitical risks in the Taiwan Strait seem to be increasing with incidents such as Xiamen coast guard vessels...
Monday 6 May 2024
SK Hynix denies plan to produce DRAM at M17 site
SK Hynix reportedly designated its M17 factory site as another new DRAM production base soon after announcing in late April its investment in the M15X DRAM plant in Cheongiu, South...
Monday 6 May 2024
Samsung SDI-Stellantis US joint battery plant reportedly to begin production in November
Samsung SDI and Stellantis have been building a joint battery plant in the US to produce the South Korean company's sixth-generation prismatic battery, P6.
Monday 6 May 2024
Southeast Asia and Japan attract OSAT interest amid geopolitical diversification
The semiconductor industry is witnessing significant shifts influenced by geopolitical considerations. One recent case exemplifying this trend is King Yuan Electronics's (KYEC) sale...
Monday 6 May 2024
Taiwan's satellite suppliers ride the wave of low-Earth orbit boom
As the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite industry gains traction, Taiwanese suppliers are positioned for success, buoyed by the continued launches from SpaceX and the entry of Amazon's...
Monday 6 May 2024
Japan sees surge of semiconductor equipment investment amid AI boom
Many forecasts indicate that 2024 will mark the beginning of a new growth period for the semiconductor industry.