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Wednesday 10 January 2018
Microsoft sets up AI R&D center in Taiwan
Microsoft today officially inaugurated an AI (artificial intelligence) research and development center in Taiwan, initially to focus on the development of AI technologies and applications...
Monday 25 December 2017
Taiwan to start 5-year AI innovation R&D center program
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) has announced the implementation of a 5-year AI (artificial intelligence) innovation R&D center program with an annual NT$1 billion...
Wednesday 20 December 2017
AI R&D needs to understand industries, says Microsoft Research Asia executive
R&D of AI (artificial intelligence) technology should be based on understanding of what the industries really need, according to Eric Chang, deputy managing director for Microsoft...
Monday 20 November 2017
Apple reportedly whittles down micro LED R&D team in Taiwan
Apple has reportedly downsized its R&D team for development of micro LED display products in Longtan, northern Taiwan, due to issues related to mass transfer of micro LED chips...
Friday 20 October 2017
IC makers maximize 300mm, 200mm wafer capacity, says IC Insights
With the prospects of large 450mm wafers going nowhere, IC manufacturers are increasing efforts to maximize fabrication plants using 300mm and 200mm diameter silicon substrates. The...
Thursday 19 October 2017
Will Mong-song Liang face another trade secrets lawsuit?
Mong-song Liang, who had overseen advanced process R&D at TSMC and Samsung Foundry, has recently begun his new stint at another IC foundry, SMIC. In his new role, Liang is expected...
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Linde LienHwa making new gas production investments in Taiwan
Linde LienHwa, a joint venture between the Germany-based Linde Group and Taiwan-based LienHwa Industrial, is a manufacturer of bulk and electronic specialty gases used during the manufacturing...
Tuesday 17 October 2017
Mong-song Liang becomes SMIC co-CEO
Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has announced the appointment of Haijun Zhao and Mong-song Liang as the company's co-chief executive officers and executive directo...
Friday 13 October 2017
Alibaba to spend over US$15 billion on global R&D
China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced that it will invest over CNY100 billion (US$15.177 billion) in the next three years into a global technology research and collaboration...
Friday 15 September 2017
Entegris expanding R&D center in Taiwan
Specialty materials provider Entegris has announced an expansion for its R&D center in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The expansion adds a new microcontamination control lab that focuses on...
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Merck sets up IC materials R&D center in southern Taiwan
Merck has inaugurated its first IC materials application R&D center in Asia, which will be located in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. More than EUR2.8 million (US$3.35 million) will...
Thursday 31 August 2017
Lite-On Tech R&D center in China operational
EMS provider Lite-On Technology has unveiled an R&D center in Tianjin, China, established through cooperation with Automotive Engineering Research Institute under government-sponsored...
Wednesday 23 August 2017
China could enhance its position in post-Moore's Law era, says former TSMC COO
China's semiconductor industry could have a chance of strengthening its position in the post-Moore's Law era, according to Shang-yi Chiang, former executive VP and co-chief operating...
Thursday 17 August 2017
Micron advances semiconductor R&D capabilities with new Boise facility
Micron Technology has announced the opening of a new facility which will play a critical role in the company's research into breakthrough new memory and storage technologies of the...
Thursday 10 August 2017
Oxford Instruments to expand R&D staff at ITRI
UK-based precision instrument maker Oxford Instruments on August 9 announced the expansion of its R&D staff stationed at the Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research...