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Why 12-inch fabs are better for power components: Q&A with Bing Xue, AOS SVP of global sales
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor (AOS), which designs and manufactures power semiconductors for a broad range of applications, will start production at its new...
Heterogeneous integration bringing more innovation: Q&A with Etron chairman Nicky Lu
The Taiwan semiconductor industry is gearing up to tap huge business opportunities arising from AI and IoT applications, such as machine learning, cloud to edge...
Industry 4.0 brings lucrative opportunities for chipmakers: Q&A with TI manager Matthieu Chervier
Global chipmakers have been racing to develop chip solutions associated with Industry 4.0 applications to tap huge business opportunities arising from smart manufacturing...
Taiwan must run faster in IC development: Q&A with science minister Chen Liang-gee
TSMC is likely to kick off volume production of 3nm manufacturing process in 2022-2023, when AI and 5G applications are seen to explode to drastically drive the...
UnlimiterHear and Airoha to jointly develop Bluetooth chips with hearing protection technology
UnlimiterHear, a Taiwan-based hearing technology specialist, has teamed up with Airoha Technology to develop Bluetooth chips for hearing aids.
Staying focused on unique expertise: Q&A with Rohm Semiconductor president Tadanobu Fujiwara
Kyoto-based Rohm Semiconductor has been keen on expanding its overseas sales, but the electronic components maker remains focused on the market segments where...
Innovations count most for AI startups: Q&A with Xilinx president Victor Peng
While Intel and Nvidia have developed leading presence in the CPU and GPU fields, respectively, Xilinx has demonstrated solid innovation prowess in the FPGA space,...
Cloud services to disrupt IC design process: Q&A with Microsoft Taiwan GM Ken Sun
At the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum held in early October, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced the launch of OIP Virtual...
Synopsys Armenia provides cradle for quality IT talent
Having developed a solid presence in Armenia, US-based electronic design automation (EDA) solutions provider Synopsys has spared no efforts fostering young Armenia...
Clients play key role in enhancement of Sesto IMRs, says company CEO Michael Leong
Following Sesto Robotics' debut at Semicon Taiwan in 2016 and return to the show in 2017, the Singapore-based automated guided vehicle (AGV) and intelligent mobile...
Vietnam boasts great ICT development potentials, says deputy MIC minister
Vietnam has a population of near 100 million and there are over 70 million handset and Internet users, providing a good foundation for stable development of the...
Stay focused: Q&A with NXP executive Steve Owen
NXP Semiconductors has gone through several periods of restructuring since its departure from Philips, followed by privatization, and mergers and acquisitions...
Investments in startups provide good opportunities for large enterprises, says Jackie Yang, co-founder of Translink Capital
Co-founder of Translink Capital Jackie Yang has accumulated 21 years of experience in venture capitalism since he first set foot in the field in 1996. Having witnessed...
Taiwan has advantages in developing healthcare innovations, says Acorn Campus co-founder Chester Wang
Co-chairman of SVT Angels and co-founder of Acorn Campus Ventures, T Chester Wang taught college courses in Saudi Arabia and invested in real estate in Silicon...
Taiwan should encourage early-stage investments, says LuxNet chairman Hsing Kung
LuxNet chairman, Hsing Kung, has founded three companies. Among them, SDL was established in 1983, specializing in manufacturing optical communication devices...
Power supply maker Mean Well to penetrate deeper into industrial control and niche LED sectors: Q&A with company executives
Power supply product maker Mean Well is seeing steady growth in sales from the industrial power sector - a sector that it has been working in for over 30 years...
CEO with leadership is key to success for startup, says Chun P Chiu, senior advisor of InnoBridge
Technology only accounts for 25% of what makes a startup successful while the CEO's leadership can contribute to 50% of its success, said Chun P Chiu, national...
Taiwan startups should focus on 3 major directions, says Bob Lin, co-founder of Acorn Campus
Co-founder of Acorn Campus Ventures Bob Lin started six businesses, three of which succeeded and the others failed. In addition to being an angel investor, Lin...
Technology is only one of the ingredients to startup success, says Tally Liu
In a media career spanning nearly three decades, Tally Liu served as senior vice president of Knight Ridder, in charge of finances, operations, internal audit...
Success is the mother of failure, says Sandy Chau, Acorn Campus co-founder
Sandy Chau, co-founder of Acorn Campus Ventures as well as an active real estate investor, engages in investment undertakings throughout the United States and...
Taiwan needs internationalized talent, says Wretch Chien, AME Cloud Venture principal
Wretch Chien, principal of AME Cloud Venture, was himself an entrepreneur when he founded a community website Wretch.cc in Taiwan. Since then his career has taken...
Entrepreneurs should aim at creating world-class products, says ASVDA CTO TC Wu
Currently the CTO of Taiwan's Asia Silicon Valley Development Agency (ASVDA), TC Wu had spent 35 years working in the bona fide Silicon Valley's semiconductor...
Taiwan must be prepared for entrepreneurship, says Acorn Campus Taiwan chairman Wu-Fu Chen
Chairman of Acorn Campus Taiwan Wu-Fu Chen, with a record of having founded 13 companies within a 15-year period and having all of them either acquired or listed,...
Taiwan needs to build angel investor culture, says David Weng, CEO of Taiwania Capital
David Weng, CEO of national-level investment firm Taiwania Capital, worked in Silicon Valley for as long as 37 years with 20 years of them spent in the venture...
