Para Light setting up IGBT power device packaging line in China

LED packaging service provider Para Light Electronics is setting up a Si-based IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) power device packaging line at its factory in northern China with investment of CNY7.188 million (US$1.00 million), with initial monthly packaging capacity of 600,000 power devices to be completed at the end of 2022, according to the company.

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How Silicon Valley looks at the Taiwan miracle (2): Taiwan manages without a national security strategy

Controversies over its sovereignty have prevented Taiwan from having a clear national strategy. But who’s at fault? Winston Churchill once said Britain’s strategy for the past 400 years had been to avoid the Low Countries from falling into the hands of the great powers in Continental Europe. The national strategy of the US, on the other hand, is to maintain international hegemony by leveraging its knowledge, technology and patents, backed by its military prowess.

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