The Taiwan Instrument Research Institute (TIRI) has disclosed it has teamed up with mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies to develop smart real-time equipment for inspecting quality of CIGS thin-film PV modules at production lines.
The coronavirus pandemic is driving more companies to embrace digital transformation, but the biggest pain point in the process for many corporate CTOs is the difficulty in assessing the technical capabilities of job seekers through traditional HR recruitment models.
The handset market has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but China is banking on 5G smartphones to help reboot its economy. Chinese vendors are expected to roll out more inexpensive 5G smartphones to stimulate demand. For its 5G infrastructure deployments, China is relying more on Taiwan's IC design houses for chip support in line with the country's bid to cut reliance on US supplies...
Taiwan Rapid Innovation Prototyping League for Entrepreneurs (TRIPLE) is a government-sponsored project for matching startup teams or businesses with supply chain makers to quickly verify market feasibility of the former's innovative products for commercialization, according to project vice president Jason Chang.
The coronavirus pandemic is disrupting not only production but also the seasonal patterns for many manufacturers. Notebook ODMs are expecting strong shipments for April, a month that has usually been a slow season. Such a seasonal pattern change is posing challenges for their preparations for components inventory, particualrly when visibility for the second half of the year remains opaque...
Samsung Display's decision to terminate production of LCD panels at its plants in Korea and China before year-end 2020 is positive for demand and supply of large-size panels in 2021, and the move will also benefit rivals including China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), BOE Technology, Sakai Display Products (SDP) and AU Optronics (AUO), according to Digitimes Research.
The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the globaal smartphone market have prompted TSMC to revise dowanrd its growth outlook for 2020, but it expects to still outperform the global semiconductor and foundry averages. The foundry also has maintained that its 3nm process development remains on track, with risk production to start next year...
TSMC has reported impressive results for first-quarter 2020 despite the coronavirus outbreak, with sales growing 42% on year to NT$310.6 billion (US$10.33 billion) and net profit soaring 90.6% on year to NT$116.99 billion. TSMC expects it second-quarter 2020 sales to remain flat compared to the previous quarter...
Mature manufacturing processes at TSMC have seen utilization rates drop amid chilled demand for automotive and consumer electronics applications in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but clients remain keen to secure support from the foundry's advanced nodes...
