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Exclusive: Panjit eyes rapid growth in AI data center power semiconductors with hot-swap tech

Tuesday 10 February 2026

Power semiconductor maker Panjit International is positioning itself to capitalize on the booming demand from AI data centers, targeting fast growth in AI, cooling, and power supply markets. The company expects...

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Chang Wah interview: strong lead frame growth despite precious metals shortage

Tuesday 6 January 2026

Post-pandemic inventory digestion for mature semiconductor processes has come to an end. Market conditions have rebounded amid tariff-hedging and precautionary stocking, driving Taiwan's leading packaging lead frame...

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CWTC Interview lead frame demand inventory Taiwan Rare earth

CHIPX eyes Malaysia for 8-inch GaN-on-SiC wafer fab

Wednesday 24 December 2025

Dublin-based semiconductor startup CHIPX plans to build an 8-inch gallium nitride on silicon carbide wafer fabrication plant in Malaysia to meet rising demand from...

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startup wafer manufacturing fab Malaysia

Column: Advanced packaging's standardization challenge

Tuesday 21 October 2025

While advanced packaging technologies first gained traction in high-end smartphones, it was the supply crunch of AI chips in 2023 that truly mobilized the semiconductor...

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chips packaging semiconductor industry demand

Wolfspeed bankruptcy reshuffles SiC supply chain: Renesas and SAS next moves in spotlight

Wednesday 2 July 2025

The leading third-generation semiconductor silicon carbide (SiC) supplier, US-based Wolfspeed, has filed for bankruptcy reorganization. Its major creditors recently reached a restructuring support agreement (RSA)...

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SiC Renesas Wolfspeed bankruptcy SAS

Current status of China's lithography equipment development: DUV

Thursday 15 May 2025

In the US-China trade war, the focus of US pressure has been on curbing the development of China's high-tech sectors—especially semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum computing, with the first...

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semiconductors DUV Lithography equipment US-China trade war

Taiwan's mature chip makers need their own major league

Thursday 30 January 2025

Recent US Section 301 tariffs targeting China's semiconductor industry have spotlighted the mature process segment. While the definition of mature processes remains somewhat fluid, it generally encompasses nodes of 15nm...

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TSMC Taiwan mature process semiconductor industry power supply

Geopolitics prompts IQE to step up global deployment

Friday 2 August 2024

Compound semiconductor epitaxial wafer (epi-wafer) manufacturer IQE is swiftly adjusting its global strategy by expanding outside its UK base in response to geopolitical volatility and supply chain restructuring. The...

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IQE Interview market supply chain technology

SiC market prospects and strategies: Interview with Onsemi VP of Industrial Power Division, PSG

Tuesday 14 May 2024

Recently, Sravan Vanaparthy, Vice President of Industrial Power Division, Power Solutions Group (PSG) at On Semiconductor (Onsemi), had an exclusive interview with DIGITIMES Research to share Onsemi's views on the...

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Onsemi SiC power IC automotive chip capacity expansion China Tariffs US-China trade war

China SiC capabilities push means global competition: Q&A with SAS chairperson Doris Hsu (II)

Tuesday 6 February 2024

With the government's support, Chinese companies have scaled the silicon carbide (SiC) segment and secured partnerships with some international IDMs. In the second part of an interview with DIGITIMES, Doris Hsu,...

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China SiC SAS Taiwan

China SiC capabilities push means global competition: Q&A with SAS chairperson Doris Hsu (I)

Monday 5 February 2024

China-based companies are expected to march into the compound semiconductor segment in 2024 as they solve the bottleneck of SiC crystal growth and are recognized by global companies like Bosch, Infineon, and STM.

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China SiC SAS

UK Advanced Propulsion Centre director: Taiwan crucial for global EV development

Monday 29 January 2024

DIGITIMES recently interviewed Julian Hetherington, the director of the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), to understand the future of EV development in the UK and its potential benefits for Taiwan's supply chain.

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UK Advanced Propulsion Centre Interview Taiwan EV development

Chinese chip firms' valuations outperform local market in 2023; equipment shines

Wednesday 3 January 2024

China's semiconductor firms in the IC packaging & testing, equipment, foundry, and IC design industries performed much better than their IDM, materials, optoelectronics, and memory compatriots in terms of market...

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2023 China IC manufacturing market cap 100 market capitalization sales

Chip industry navigating growth and challenges in the evolving industry landscape

Friday 22 December 2023

The importance of the semiconductor industry to Taiwan is self-evident. Among them, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) holds a high global market share in advanced processes defined as below 10 nm....

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2024 AI outlook semiconductor industry TSMC

Government incentives for developing semiconductor industry (3): Subsidies for R&D activities

Monday 13 November 2023

Cash subsidies targeting research and development (R&D) investments and R&D consortiums are conducive to the development of semiconductor technologies, so governments can play a more proactive role in using this...

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government incentive subsidies semiconductor Research and Development (R&D)alliance DARPA ITRI

EV tear-up findings of China auto chip localization: Q&A with UBS tech analyst Jimmy Yu

Monday 30 October 2023

A recent UBS Evidence Lab's tear-up activity on a BYD Seal electrical vehicle showed that a high level of import substitution in automotive chips is taking place at China EV brands, and the trend is evident in the power...

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ADAS Auto components automotive CIS Automotive IC BYD China EV IC design, distribution IC manufacturing Interview Passive, PCB, other IC components PMIC power IC powertrain semiconductor vehicle

GaN power components will be cheaper than silicon ones, says EPC

Tuesday 19 September 2023

Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor company Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) is taking a fresh stab at the power component landscape, challenging the longstanding silicon hegemony. The US-based firm recently made...

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EPC GaN Interview power components

Will PV and LED's boom-and-crash history repeat in SiC semiconductors?

Wednesday 30 August 2023

Recent reports from the cross-strait supply chain indicate that a major Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer had ambitious plans early this year to make significant inroads into the upstream SiC compound...

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China SiC supply chain

Chinese automakers secure SiC power modules to narrow BYD's lead

Thursday 17 August 2023

Car manufacturers have long been investing in building up their automotive chip supply chain, and the power module sector has been attracting major investment from them. Auto makers in China are trying to secure their...

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SiC Automotive IC BYD Semiconductor

An analogy between semiconductor competition and World Baseball Classic

Wednesday 2 August 2023

... now extends from the frontend to the backend of packaging and testing. Additionally, power semiconductors like SiC...

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editorial foundry IC design semiconductor industry

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