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Among the revolutionary changes 5G has brought, the transition from 4G to 5G has shifted the power from traditional telecommunications equipment makers, such as Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei, to telecommunications …
The onset of artificial intelligence (AI) has driven unprecedented changes within the IC industry. Previously, Moore’s Law had been providing a clear roadmap for the chip industry to follow and …
Perfect Corp., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty tech solutions provider, announced an integration with Google for the launch of an AR interactive beauty try-ons following …
As the advances of Artificial Intelligence requires an unprecedented coordination between software and hardware industries, Taiwan’s strong hardware, especially semiconductor, industry as well as its proximity to the Chinese market …
Foxconn has recently approached Formosa Plastic Group in a bid to develop EV batteries together. It marks one of the latest moves of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, …
Tesla may be making a u-turn for the full self-driving sensors. There have been widespread speculations of Elon Musk choosing laser (lidar) sensors over cameras. Industry watchers believe Taiwan-based lidar …
Following its deployments to Australia, California and Texas, Tesla’s utility-scale battery storage system has quietly entered Taiwan, just in time for a major power outrage across the country. The introduction …
CATL, Tesla’s Chinese supplier and also the world’s largest lithium-ion battery (Li-ion) supplier, recently unveiled its plan to release sodium-ion batteries (Na-ion) around July this year. According to Zeng Yuqun, …
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The world’s largest chip manufacturer TSMC is considering setting up the first chipmaking plant in Japan at Kumamoto Prefecture in response to the Japanese government as Tokyo authorities seek to build a semiconductor supply chain domestically, according to Nikkei Asia. …
Foxconn confirms that it has acquired 5.03% stake in Dagang Nexchange Bhd (DNeX), a Malaysian investment holding company active in the IT and energy sectors, through Foxconn’s subsidiary in Singapore. It is interpreted as a part of Foxconn’s larger strategy …
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. board of directors approved US$9.2 billion today, to expand 5nm nodes capacity and increase specialty technologies capacity by 12% this year. Taking into account the approval of US$11.7 billion for the first quarter, so far the …
Chinese industry insiders have revealed that Xiaomi, China’s largest smartphone maker, has been planning to relaunch its stalled project to design its own mobile chipsets. Negotiations with IP core companies have already been underway. Xiaomi’s project to design its own …
Huawei Technologies Co., the Chinese technology company known for selling telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics has invested RMB 3 billion (roughly US$470 million) in establishing Huawei Digital Energy Technology that will operate in new energy vehicle (NEV) renewables. In China, the …
Ever since the United States added Huawei to its Entity List in 2019, its chip designing subsidiary HiSilicon became Huawei’s main source of chips. Back then, HiSilicon was the second largest customer of TSMC. When more sanctions followed, not only …
The 2021 Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference is upon us once again, opened up with eye-catching animations followed by CEO Tim Cook and SVP Craig Federighi showcasing the seamlessly synchronized features across devices, all the while updating various operating systems, …
Among the revolutionary changes 5G has brought, the transition from 4G to 5G has shifted the power from traditional telecommunications equipment makers, such as Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei, to telecommunications service providers. It is especially so in the case of …
The onset of artificial intelligence (AI) has driven unprecedented changes within the IC industry. Previously, Moore’s Law had been providing a clear roadmap for the chip industry to follow and general-purpose CPUs were the mainstream. The dynamics have recently changed …
Perfect Corp., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty tech solutions provider, announced an integration with Google for the launch of an AR interactive beauty try-ons following an earlier announcement with the social media giant, Snap Inc. …
The semiconductor shortages coupled with the fire incident at the Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics factory, which holds nearly a third of the auto-used microcontroller chips global market share, has hit the automotive industry hard. MCU, the biggest problem for Tesla …
As the advances of Artificial Intelligence requires an unprecedented coordination between software and hardware industries, Taiwan’s strong hardware, especially semiconductor, industry as well as its proximity to the Chinese market can play a key role. At Computex 2021, a closer …