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Unimicron to build new IC substrate plant for AI applications https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230531PD200/ai-server-pcb-unimicron.html Taiwan's leading IC substrate maker Unimicron Technology will invest NT$30 billion (US$981.03 million) to set up a new plant in Taiwan dedicated to production of IC substrates with high layer count and large area to cash in on the ever-expanding AI applications. |
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Memory chipmakers and module houses seek to stabilize prices https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230601PD211/memory-chips.html Memory chipmakers have shown downstream customers that they will no longer sell at low prices, while module manufacturers with high levels of inventory are eager to see spot market prices stabilize, according to industry sources. |
| 1:59a |
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| 2:15a |
Intel plans data center lab in South Korea https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602VL203/intel-south-korea.html According to South Korean media Businesskorea, Intel is planning to establish a lab dedicated to data center development in Seoul, South Korea. The company will collaborate with South Korean memory manufacturers Samsung and SK Hynix to research server memory technologies. Industry insiders revealed that Intel announced this plan during the Intel Vision 2023 event held in January. The exact size of the new laboratory in Seoul is unknown, but it is expected to be operational within the year 2023. |
| 2:20a |
ASE intros FOCoS-Bridge for AI and HPC chips https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230601PD216/ase.html Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has announced its latest fan-out-chip-on-substrate-bridge (FOCoS-Bridge) technology innovation, which involved qualifying a large 70x78mm package containing two ASICs and eight HBM devices connected by eight silicon bridges. |
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Honor fuels IC design speculations with new Shanghai R&D center https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602PD207/honor-huawei-ic-design-distribution-oppo.html The in-house chip development programs of leading Chinese smartphone makers has been under spotlight. On May 31st, Huawei-spinoff smartphone brand Honor set up a wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai Honor Smart Technology Development Co. (temporary translation), fueling speculation if Honor will strengthen its in-house chip design deployment. In the aftermath of Oppo's recent disbandment of its in-house chip design team, there has been speculation if Honor will establish a chip design subsidiary and absorb talents from Oppo's disbanded IC design team. |
| 4:22a |
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| 4:28a |
Keysight joins TSMC OIP 3D Fabric Alliance https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230601PD202/3d-fabric-eda-tsmc.html Keysight Technologies, dedicated to supplying electronics test/measurement equipment and software, has recently become a member of the TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) 3D Fabric Alliance formed to accelerate 3D IC ecosystem innovation and readiness. The membership will allow the US vendor to utilize the TSMC 3Dblox standard to develop electronic design automation (EDA) software and testing solutions. |
| 4:30a |
Smartphone shipments to China slip over 10% sequentially in 1Q23, but to stay flat in 2Q23, says DIG https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602VL205/digitimes-research-smartphone.html Smartphones shipped to the China market shrank to only 62 million units in the first quarter of 2023, down 12.4% sequentially and 7.2% on year, but the volumes in the second quarter are expected to stay at about the same level as in the first, according to DIGITIMES Research's latest figures from the report covering China's smartphone market. |
| 5:50a |
Panel output value to drop in 2023 despite price recovery https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230601PD208/display-panel-lcd.html The global LCD panel industry will likely see its output value continue to decline in 2023 after suffering a setback in the previous year when the industry's capacity utilization fell sharply due to the impacts of the pandemic, war and rising inflation, according to industry sources. |
| 5:53a |
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| 6:01a |
Who will foot the chip bill for extra tax? Taiwan-US signs first trade pact without resolving tax is https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602VL204/ic-manufacturing-tsmc.html After months of negotiations, Taiwan and the U.S. signed the first agreement under the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade on June 1 in Washington D.C. It outlines practices and procedures aimed at streamlining and strengthening trade relations. Both sides of negotiators deserve a round of accolades, but the fact that it does not cover tariff reductions or exemptions still puts many stakeholders down. |
| 6:03a |
Foxocnn to make 20 million iPhones a year in Karnataka https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602VL202/india-south-asia.html The state government of Karnataka in southern India announced that Foxconn would make iPhones there as the world's largest electronics manufacturer embarks on a series of investments in India amid global supply chain diversification. |
| 6:11a |
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Qisda may see AIoT business grow by high double digit on AI whirlwind https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230531PD202/ai-benq-computex-2023-esg-qisda.html Taiwan-based electronics ODM Qisda, with businesses spanning across IT, medical solutions, smart solutions, and network communications, expects its shipments of AIoT systems to grow by a middle or even high double digit on the AI whirlwind brought by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, according to company president Joe Huang. |
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SDC, LGD 8.xG OLED projects may stall on evaporation equipment issue https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602PD200/oled-samsung-display-south-korea.html Samsung Display (SDC) has disclosed plans to invest KRW4.1 trillion (US$3.1 billion) in building 8.6G IT-use OLED panel production lines by 2026, but tight supply of the core evaporation equipment and exorbitant quotes from the main supplier Canon Tokki may slow down the progress of the investment project, according to Korean media reports. |
| 7:24a |
Fujifilm set to expand production of advanced semiconductor materials in Taiwan https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230601PD201/fujifilm.html Japan's Fujifilm Holdings has disclosed plans to invest NT$3.38 billion (US$110 million) to bolster production of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry and lithography-related materials in Taiwan to better serve its semiconductor customers. |
| 7:50a |
Samsung joins Linux-initiated RISE project for RISC-V development https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602VL210/risc-v-samsung-south-korea.html Samsung Electronics has announced on June 2 its participation as a steering board member in the RISC-V Software Ecosystem (RISE) project initiated by the Linux Foundation Europe. The new project, launched on May 31, aims to foster collaboration among software and hardware vendors to expedite the availability of high-performance and power-efficient RISC-V cores running advanced operating systems for diverse market segments. Apart from Samsung, participants of the project include Andes, Google, Intel, Imagination Technologies, MediaTek, Nvidia, Qualcomm Technologies, Red Hat, Rivos, SiFive, T-Head and Ventana. |
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Kioxia opens 2 new R&D facilities https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20230602VL209/kioxia-memory-chips.html Kioxia has begun operating two new R&D facilities in Japan - the Flagship Building at the Yokohama Technology Campus and the Shin-Koyasu Technology Front - bolstering the company's R&D capabilities in flash memory and solid-state drives (SSD), according to the company. In the future, other R&D functions in Kanagawa Prefecture will be relocated to these new R&D centers in order to increase research efficiency and advance technological innovation. |