After many quarters of inventory adjustment, inventories of the MOSFET chips, the basic power components, have returned to a healthy level. Seeing customers placing more orders over the past few ...
Taiwanese smartphone and PC shipments go in different directions for 2024
The 2024 shipment growth of Taiwan's two major ICT products, smartphones and PCs, could go in different directions. PC demand is expected to bounce back and rise due to AI chips and applications. In ...
Experts call for technology education boost
Participants at the Executive Yuan Science and Technology Advisory Board Meeting called on the government to take action to maintain and boost the nation’s technological competitiveness, including by ...
Researchers turn to nature for technology inspiration
Even as human-caused climate change threatens the environment, nature continues to inspire our technological advancement. “The solutions that are provided by nature have evolved for billions of years ...
Sidec Leads Malaysian Innovation Charge at Meet Taipei 2023 with Top Selangor Accelerator Programme Winners
Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec), in collaboration with Invest Selangor, proudly announces its participation in Meet Taipei 2023, from 30 November to 2 December ...
From Mirage fighters to microchips: Taiwan-France accord marks a milestone in high-tech collaboration
In a significant diplomatic development, Taiwan and France had recently signed a Science and Technology Cooperation Convention (STC). This agreement not only elevated Taiwan-France relations to the ...
Samsung and other Android smartphone makers gearing up for better 2024
TAIPEI/SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics, Oppo and other leading smartphone makers plan to ramp up production in 2024, in a sign that the industry is finally pulling out of its yearslong slump. Sources ...
VIS partners with National Taiwan University to develop negative emissions technology
Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS), a Taiwan-based 8-inch IC foundry, has launched a three-year (Phase I) research collaboration with National Taiwan University titled "Enhancing Soil Carbon ...
UPDATE 1-Taiwan Nov export orders rise for first time in 15 months, outlook remains dim
Nov export orders +1.0% y/y, below forecasts * Orders from China +8.8% y/y, vs +1.2% in prior month * Ministry sees December orders between -4.2% and -8.0% y/y By Jeanny Kao and Faith Hung TAIPEI, Dec ...
Inside Cooler Master’s heatsink-themed Taipei headquarters: Even the cafe is cutting edge
We visited the Cooler Master HQ in Taipei just as the firm was preparing to send piles of new products to Las Vegas for CES 2024.
USB-C to be mandatory for phones, NCC plan shows
The EU regulations are to apply to laptops too, but 16 months later than phones, Hsieh said, adding that the Ministry of Economic Affairs is to decide whether Taiwan would regulate laptop chargers.
China, US shoppers lift Taiwan’s export orders for first time in 15 months in November, but outlook remains dim
Taiwan’s export orders last month edged up by 1 per cent from a year ago to US$50.63 billion in November, data released on Wednesday showed.
Taiwan unveils next-gen chip design initiative for tech autonomy beyond 2026
In response to the technological needs anticipated after 2026, Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has unveiled the "Key Emerging Chip Design and Development Program." This ...
TSMC to promote from within after chairman retires next year
Liu, who joined TSMC in 1993, said he would like to put his "decades of semiconductor experience to other use, spend more time with my family, and start the next chapter of my life", according to a ...
Chairman of Taiwan chip giant TSMC to retire next year
The chairman of Taiwan's semiconductor giant TSMC, Mark Liu, will retire from the company next year, the firm announced Tuesday. Liu has been chairman since 2018, taking over the position after the ...
Experts debate tech development
“We are now in an era where science and technology have become synonymous with national strength on a global scale,” President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said at the meeting in Taipei. President Tsai Ing-wen, ...