PSMC, a Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry service provider, inaugurates its first 12-inch wafer fab in Miaoli, Taiwan on May 2. At the ceremony venue, PSMC chairman Frank Huang said the new fab has received interposer orders from a big American customer and will be a supplier to applications such as TSMC’s Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate (CoWoS).

Microsoft Corp. will invest $2.2 billion to build digital infrastructure in Malaysia, the latest in a series of big-ticket bets on Asia’s rising prominence as a technology market.

The announcement for Apple’s iPad Pro 2024 has been repeatedly delayed, reportedly due to issues related to OLED panels. Despite this, it was recently revealed that the two major South Korean manufacturers, LG Display (LGD) and Samsung Display (SDC), are responsible for supplying OLED panels for the new iPad and will incorporate many new panel technologies not previously used in iPhones.

Novatek Microelectronics, a major Taiwanese IC design house, is anticipated to officially enter the supply of OLED Display Driver ICs (DDI) for the upcoming Apple iPhone 16 in 2024, despite being removed from Apple’s latest supplier list.