SiC golden era dims as price wars, weak EV demand weigh on market
Leading silicon carbide (SiC) manufacturers, including STMicroelectronics, Onsemi, Infineon Technologies, and Wolfspeed, posted dismal financial results, fueling concerns that the…
Chunghwa Telecom bets big on AI to reach trillion-dollar valuation in 2025
Taiwan’s telecom giant Chunghwa Telecom is setting its sights on a trillion-dollar market value by 2025, building on seven consecutive…
MediaTek’s decade of SerDes excellence: Customer-centric innovation for AI data centers
MediaTek, Taiwan’s top IC design company, has secured seven paper acceptances at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2025, reflecting…
China smartphone market, 4Q 2024
Smartphone shipments in the Chinese market are expected to reach 78.6 million units in the fourth quarter of 2024, with…
GlobalWafers maintains course amid US CHIPS Act funding uncertainty
Reports indicate that the Trump administration is considering revising incentive agreements under the CHIPS and Science Act (commonly referred to…
Intel-TSMC partnership: potential semiconductor power shift?
The semiconductor industry is bracing for a potential shake-up amid reports that the US government is pushing for Intel to…
Walsin subsidiary Silitech enters energy sector with JPY6.75 billion investment in FDK
Silitech Technology, a subsidiary of Walsin Technology, has invested JPY6.75 billion (approx. NT$14.4 billion) to acquire a 45% stake in…
Taiwan IC designers navigate fragmented AIoT market, balancing customization and modularity
The growing AIoT sector presents a stark departure from traditional supply chain models that Taiwanese chip manufacturers have long relied…
JDI exits LCD production, pivots to OLED and advanced packaging with Taiwan partnership
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) announced a major restructuring plan that includes ending LCD production, transitioning to OLED manufacturing through partnerships,…
CHPT forecasts strong start to 2025 after record profits, optimistic about US demand growth
Increasing demand for high-performance computing (HPC) chip testing, particularly driven by AI applications, led Chunghwa Precision Test Tech to achieve…