Global stock markets tumbled the day after news about US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's accusation about Taiwan taking the chip business from the United States and that he would impose 60% tariffs on goods from China and 10% on all goods from other countries

The 34th Academia Sinica academician and honorary academician election recently welcomed 28 new members, including Douglas Yu, Vice President of Pathfinding for System Integration at TSMC. Yu's selection recognizes his expertise in advanced semiconductor processes and heterogeneous system integration

Indian semiconductor startup Silizium Circuits is a promising company receiving support from the Taiwan government and stationed at the Tainan site of Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA-South), looking to deepen its network and build partnerships in the local semiconductor ecosystem

SiFive is seeing the golden opportunity to grow RISC-V adoption in the embedded solutions IP market while its competitor voluntarily retreats from the market

On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament announced the passage of the "AI Act," a landmark piece of legislation set to be implemented in phases starting in mid-2025.

Lumai, a spin out from the University of Oxford, was founded by a team with expertise in optics over two years ago, aiming to develop a new type of AI processor

It is most peculiar to find Intel pitching customized process chip manufacturing services during an interview with Chinese media. Is the Intel Foundry also beckoning Chinese clients to produce Intel 3 chips for them

Energy consumption issues and the heat generated by AI training and inference computing have the semiconductor industry looking for Silicon Photonics partners such as Bay Photonics to develop solutions to solve the problems

As most EV industry players focus on improving battery technology to mitigate range anxiety, PurismEV has found an alternative. The Taiwan-based startup targets vehicle control. Its AI Energy Efficiency System can boost an electric two-wheeler's range by 40%

Elephantech Inc., the first company in the world to successfully manufacture Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) using metal inkjet printing, is seeking strategic partners to scale up manufacturing in light of rising demand

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed the company's partnerships with Arm, High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) manufacturers, Cloud Service Providers (CSP), and Taiwan's high-tech supply chains, which are led by TSMC, during a press Q&A session at Computex 2024 in Taipei. He also shared his vision for AI and commented on the competition. The following is a summary of the Q&A session

PC industry players are eagerly anticipating the arrival of AI PCs to drive a new wave replacement cycle, with Microsoft defining specifications for AI PCs under the Copilot+ PC label that includes the integration of NPUs and chip capabilities reaching 40+ TOPS

OwlTing, originally a Taiwanese startup using blockchain technologies for farm product resumes and hotelier payment systems, has made remarkable strides in transformation and acquisition and will start providing more cost-effective and faster cross-border financial services to Information Communications Technology (ICT) supply chains transitioning to the Americas

Micron Technology's High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) sales will climb to several hundred million US dollars in the current fiscal year and then to several billion US dollars in the next fiscal year, which begins in September 2024, according to company EVP and chief business officer Sumit Sadana

European, US, Japanese, and South Korean legacy automakers face challenges in developing Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV). Many have rebooted or given up their efforts