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Wednesday 10 May 2023
Taiwan CCL suppliers face short-term headwinds
Copper clad laminate (CCL) suppliers in Taiwan have encountered short-term headwinds, with many reporting year-over-year revenue declines in the first quarter, but remain optimistic...
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Qualcomm to step up competition in self-driving IC market
Qualcomm's proposed acquisition of Autotalks will increase its competitive position in the high-level self-driving IC market against Nvidia and Intel, according to industry observe...
Wednesday 10 May 2023
Infineon, Foxconn to team up for EVs
Infineon Technologies and Hon Hai Technology (Foxconn) have signed an agreement to work on silicon carbide (SiC) development for electric vehicles (EV).
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Fisker's debut SUV delayed by lingering software problems
Fisker Inc. is facing delays on delivering its debut electric SUV to customers because of problems integrating software into the vehicles, according to people familiar with the mat...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Tesla breaks ground lithium refinery that can supply 1 million EVs by 2025
Tesla took a step forward to solidify its battery supplies. The EV maker broke ground on a lithium refinery project in Texas on May 8. The facilities will primarily process lithium...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
China homegrown autonomous driving chips gaining ground in domestic market
China's automotive-grade chip suppliers Horizon Robotics Technology and Black Sesame Technologies are in a position to rival Nvidia and Texas Instruments (TI) in both high- and low-computing...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Neo Semiconductor develops 3D NAND-like DRAM
Neo Semiconductor has announced the release of 3D X-DRAM, the world's first 3D NAND-like DRAM, which the company believes would eliminate DRAM's capacity issue and replace the entire...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Automakers in tug-of-war with Apple; data is key to HMI battle
The HMI (human-machine interface) battle between automakers and mobile phone platforms has been getting fiercer and fiercer. Most automakers are afraid of their business opportunities...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Samsung eyes AI for semiconductor production efficiency
Samsung Electronics has been suffering from the memory industry slump. Investment in equipment is expensive and increasingly a burden to the company. Sources from South Korean memory...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Price-cutting spree among Chinese carmakers dimming order visibility for components suppliers
The China car market remains caught in fierce price competition following Tesla in January slashing prices on its cars sold there, but the overall sales momentum is cooling down on...
Tuesday 9 May 2023
Canadian AI startup Astrus on the way to revolutionize analog chip design
Astrus, a Canada-based startup focusing on analog IC design automation, is aspiring to revolutionize the global chip design industry by leveraging recent breakthroughs in artificial...
Monday 8 May 2023
BYD to make electric vehicles in Vietnam in Southeast Asia push
BYD Co. plans to produce electric vehicles in Vietnam and expects support from the country's government to do so, the Southeast Asian nation said following a May 5 meeting between...
Monday 8 May 2023
BenQ Materials expects robust demand for consumer medical products in China in 2Q23
BenQ Materials has continued to shift its business focus toward medical-related products, away from polarizers, which have gradually seen a reduced revenue contribution and expects...
Monday 8 May 2023
Qualcomm to acquire Autotalks
Qualcomm has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Autotalks, a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. The transaction is...
Monday 8 May 2023
LGES remains top battery supplier for EVs in non-China markets
South Korea-based SNE Research released the ranking of battery usage for EVs in non-China markets on May 8. LG Energy Solution retained the crown with a global market share of 28%...