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Tuesday 1 August 2023
Samsung expects growth in smartphones and TWS in 2H23
Samsung Electronics has just announced new products at the Galaxy Unpacked 2023 event in Seoul. Although sales have yet to recover, Samsung expects that in the second half of the...
Tuesday 1 August 2023
China urged to step up photoresist self-sufficiency
China should increase its self-sufficiency in photoresist materials to mitigate the impact of Japan's potential expansion of export restrictions against Chinese chipmakers, according...
Tuesday 1 August 2023
IC verification and analysis labs see promising future
Taiwanese companies specializing in materials analysis (MA), reliability analysis (RA), and failure analysis (FA) are generally optimistic about their future prospects in light of...
Monday 31 July 2023
Chinese firms are seeking Korean partners to skirt US EV rules
Chinese firms are lining up to invest in South Korea's battery industry because they want to use it as a gateway to the US market, undermining the Biden administration's efforts to...
Monday 31 July 2023
Samsung and SK Hynix to cut NAND output further
Since the second half of 2022, the memory down cycle has seen demand declining, inventories piling up, and prices continuing to fall. Samsung's DS department reported revenue of KRW14.73...
Monday 31 July 2023
Taiwan urged to adapt international hydrogen development experiences to local conditions
Taiwan-based energy industry players are stepping up efforts to build hydrogen refueling stations for hydrogen buses and other applications, as hydrogen energy development is one...
Monday 31 July 2023
TSMC reportedly invited to set up CoWoS packaging capacity in US, Japan
In light of the severe shortage of CoWoS (chip-on-wafer-on-substrate) packaging capacity for AI GPUs now in hot demand, the US and Japan reportedly are aggressively re-inviting TSMC...
Monday 31 July 2023
Kioxia's new NAND plant delayed due to weak memory market
Japanese memory manufacturer Kioxia, located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan, is constructing its second NAND Flash plant in Kitakami. Originally, the target completion date was set for...
Monday 31 July 2023
Surely you're joking, Mr. Trump! Taiwan and South Korea earned it!
US former President Donald Trump, in a Fox News interview, accused Taiwan of taking away American's semiconductor business. Despite this criticism, Taiwan ought to justify its standing...
Monday 31 July 2023
Biomed startup Dr. Signal attracts investment from major semiconductor players to build Taiwan's only automated cell factory
Cell therapy is a rising star in the global biomedical industry, hence why it has attracted the attention of the tech sector. Recently, AI has also been making major strides in the...
Monday 31 July 2023
Weekly news roundup: geopolitical effects and technological trends in the IC industry

China trade curb on Micron sees exclusion effects extend to all terminal apps

Monday 31 July 2023
Taiwan's Central Bank Governor: Taiwan should avoid becoming US trade sanction target
Taiwan's Central Bank governor Chin-long Yang warned that Taiwan should watch out and avoid becoming a target of US trade sanctions because Taiwan's trade surplus with the US is widening,...
Monday 31 July 2023
TSMC complements shortcomings with a win-win investment in Japan
TSMC, which is under pressure from major countries to set up factories overseas, has been criticized for receiving subsidies from the US and Germany by Intel and GlobalFoundries respectively...
Friday 28 July 2023
Samsung on track to expand memory production cutbacks in 2H23
Samsung Electronics is on track to expand production cutbacks on both DRAM and NAND flash chips to accelerate a memory market rebound in the second half of 2023, after its Device...
Friday 28 July 2023
CCS1 still surviving despite aggressive Tesla NACS penetration in US, according to DIGITIMES Research
Tesla has seen its North American Charging Standard (NACS) gaining traction after winning Ford over two months ago. However, DIGITIMES analyst Evan Chen said Combined Charging System...