Malaysia encourages local assembly of EVs
Malaysia has moved EV adoption to the top of its priority list, while aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, according to ASEAN Briefing.
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Jun
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Jun
Diode maker Actron to sharply boost shipments for NEVs in next 5 years
Automotive diode vendor Actron Technology has set a five-year business development roadmap, aiming to have its shipments for NEV (new energy vehicle) applications catch up with those for ICE (internal combustion engine) cars by 2026, apart from maintaining double-digit annual increases.
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Jun
Light EV sees hot demand in Japan but strained by chip crunch
Nissan and Mitsubishi respectively have reported high orders for their new electric “kei” car since late May, according to media reports.
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Jun
Foxconn to face strong competition in LFP battery market
Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai) has shown strong ambition to deepen its EV deployment by building a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell factory in Kaohsiung, but it will face strong competition in the global LFP market, as existing battery makers are continuing their production expansions.
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Jun
Substrate-free FOPLP technology gaining ground in advanced packaging market
Chip demand for 5G, AI, and automotive applications continues to grow robustly, but substrates needed to process related chips will remain in short supply until at least 2025, which will accelerate the entry of substrate-free fan-out (FO) backend solutions, such as FOPLP ( panel level package), into the advanced packaging market, according to Robert Lin, general manager of Manz Asia.
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Jun
FitTech conservative about June, as May sales continue to drop
LED probing, testing and sorting equipment maker FitTech saw monthly consolidated revenues drop 9.82% sequentially to NT$546.5 million (US$18.8 million) in April 2022 and slip 17.52% on month to NT$450.8 million in May, and is conservative about business operation in June, according to the company.
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Jun
Cooler Master: Venturing out into ecosystems to be tomorrow’s economy
Providing an ecosystem is sometimes all it takes. Instead of holding on to all its resources tightly, Cooler Master builds an oasis where startups, creators, marketers, distributors, buyers as well as its resources, work together to form a bubble of life.
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Jun
DDR3 demand to boom for next-gen Wi-Fi SoCs
High-density DDR3 DRAM demand is poised to boom for Wi-Fi 6/6E and 7 chip solutions, according to industry sources.
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Jun
Silan steps up investment in automotive power IC market
China-based discrete component IDM Silan Microelectronics has made a further investment in its business in the automotive power semiconductor sector.
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Jun
IC distributor Weikeng eyeing sales rebound in 2H22
IC distributor Weikeng Industrial expects its sales to rebound in the second half of 2022 thanks to an easing of COVID-induced lockdowns and related restrictive measures in China, according to company sources.