This issue we will focus on investments by Wise Road Capital and JAC Capital into smart tech sectors, such as IC design and IoT, in China's push for local semiconductor development; the intelligent value-added development of energy storage systems by Japanese companies; the cooperation between SAIC Group and QingTao Energy Development in the solid-state battery R&D.

Processor suppliers Intel, AMD and Nvidia as well as server vendors QCT, Ingrasys, Gigabyte, Supermicro and Tyan had demonstrated their new offerings via hosting events themselves or participating in major international exhibitions such as Computex 2022 and ISC 2022 during the first half of 2022.

The highlights of this edition of the Asia Enterprise research report include Samsung Electronics' advanced packaging business and the establishment of the "Advanced Packaging Group" under the DS business unit; CSOT 8.6G line's T9 project, which successfully completed its first pilot production, and the 8.6G line is also a key investment for Chinese panel industry; Huawei's launch of its second AITO vehicle, the M7, which demonstrates its three business models.

India-based telecom operators generated robust revenues from access services in 2021, the highest since the commercialization of 4G in the nation, thanks to rebounding average revenue per user (ARPU) and a large telecom user base steadily exceeding 1.15 billion.

This week's Asia tech industry summary will focus on Globalwafers' plan to establish a 12-inch silicon wafer factory in the US' Texas to mend the shortage of large-size silicon wafers in the US, while Globalwafers' Japan-, Germany-, and Korea-based competitors have also been expanding their capacities in Asia; Sharp has purchased back Sakai Display Product (SDP) to make it a wholly-owned subsidiary in a bid to improve the brand business and stabilize its panel supply; Alibaba has acquired the license for a road test of its L4-level autonomous driving trucks. Other companies that crossed from Internet services businesses to the logistics fields include Meituan and JD.com

Global smartphone shipments are expected to experience another quarter of on-year decline in the second quarter of 2022, dropping for four quarters straight since third-quarter 2021.

This Asia tech industry summary will mainly focus on Japan taking a step ahead of Europe and the US in semiconductor policy; Xiaomi focusing on the integration of its smartphone and AIoT products; and Hyundai Kia lagging its five major competitors in operating margin in 2021.

DIGITIMES Research's statistics and forecast show global smartphone shipments declined for three quarters straight from third-quarter 2021 to first-quarter 2022.

This Asia tech industry summary will mainly focus on Geely completing the acquisition of Meizu to bolster its deployments for electric vehicles (EVs), semiconductors, low-Earth orbit satellites, and flying cars; Samsung Electronics reportedly cutting production due to low demand; and EV Motors Japan planning to mass-produce electric buses in Kitakyushu, Japan.

This Asia tech industry summary will mainly focus on Samsung Electronics announcing new leadership for its Device Solutions (DS) division; Mitsubishi Electric planning to set up a new plant for factory automation (FA) equipment in India for products exported to Southeast Asia and Europe; and BYD surpassing Volkswagen to become the world's third most valuable automaker.

This Asia tech industry summary will mainly focus on China-based electric vehicle (EV) makers Li Auto, BYD, NIO, and XPeng boosting investment in SiC chips; Sony increasing its CMOS image sensor (CIS) production capacity to surpass that of Samsung Electronics; and South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announcing five major focuses of the country's semiconductor talent cultivation project.

The global wafer foundry industry embraced brisk market demand and raked in a total of exceeding US$100 billion in 2021 revenues, representing an on-year growth of 26%.