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Thursday 11 January 2024
Japan toolmaker Disco reports record R&D expenses, focuses on HBM, SiC wafer-cutting equipment
Japan's Disco Corp, with its 70-80% share of the global wafer cutting and grinding equipment market, experienced a remarkable threefold increase in market value within a year in 20...
Tuesday 2 January 2024
Weekly news roundup: Three major chip equipment makers set up R&D centers in Taiwan and other top stories
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories during the last week of 2023 (Dec 25-Dec 29):
Thursday 28 December 2023
The world's top 3 chip equipment makers are now all in Taiwan with Lam Research's latest R&D center
On the 28th, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs officially announced that Lam Research, a leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer, is establishing a research center dedicated...
Thursday 28 December 2023
Japanese companies establish automotive advanced SoC R&D centers for self-driving chips
Toyota has initiated a new organization focusing on the R&D of car semiconductors. Members will likely include multiple Japan-based leading automakers and semiconductor companies...
Monday 25 December 2023
Winbond to buy roughly NT$1.3 billion in R&D gear
Winbond Electronics, a Taiwanese maker of specialty DRAM and NOR flash memory, has authorized NT$1.286 billion (US$41.4 million) in capital expenditures. The money will be used to...
Monday 18 December 2023
SK Hynix restructures R&D organization to boost future competitiveness
South Korean memory company SK Hynix reorganized its material, components, and equipment research and development. They combined them under a new foundational technology center directly...
Friday 15 December 2023
LG Innotek conducts R&D for UPCs early with focus on future iPhones
To respond to the full-screen demand of Apple's iPhone, LG Innotek is reportedly investing in R&D for Under Panel Camera (UPC). The company has already applied for several related...
Wednesday 13 December 2023
ASML and Samsung to invest KRW1 trillion to establish a joint semiconductor R&D center
During the state visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to the Netherlands, leaders including Lee Jae-yong, Chairman of Samsung Electronics, and Chey Tae-won, Chairman of SK...
Thursday 7 December 2023
With new Kaohsiung software R&D center, Foxconn aims high for Taiwan's software industry
With the new Kaohsiung software R&D center, Foxconn aims high for Taiwan's software industry.
Thursday 23 November 2023
Former Meta and Microsoft XR expert joins Samsung to accelerate product R&D
To enhance the competitiveness of its extended reality (XR) business, Samsung Electronics recently recruited a former Meta and Microsoft talent to accelerate R&D for the XR device...
Tuesday 21 November 2023
TI may disband Chinese MCU R&D team
Recent industry speculations indicate that Texas Instruments (TI) may dissolve its MCU research and development team in China.
Thursday 16 November 2023
TSMC beefing up R&D workforce
Unlike foreign enterprises in Taiwan that have reduced their workforce or local companies that have put hiring freezes in place, TSMC has actively intensified its recruitment efforts,...
Monday 13 November 2023
Government incentives for developing semiconductor industry (3): Subsidies for R&D activities
Cash subsidies targeting research and development (R&D) investments and R&D consortiums are conducive to the development of semiconductor technologies, so governments can...
Thursday 9 November 2023
Will Apple's record-breaking R&D spending pay off with the M3 chip series?
Apple's recent introduction of the M3 chip series has intensified the competition in the global PC market, posing a formidable challenge to Intel's PC camp. However, this move aimed...
Monday 6 November 2023
Chinese EDA software developers scale up R&D to expand market share
As part of the indigenization efforts to decouple itself from US semiconductor technologies, China-based EDA tool providers saw their RD expenditure growing amid lucrative government...