The US will increase tariffs on Chinese polysilicon and silicon wafers starting January 2025, raising the rate from 25% to a staggering 50%. This move has left many companies that have established manufacturing facilities in the US feeling trapped.
Apple’s new vision for the future of computing is a giant, iPad-like foldable device. Also: The company rethinks the mouse, its next AirTag will have a new chip that lets you find items from farther away, and a shift to in-house Wi-Fi chips will kick off next year.
HD Renewables and ATE Energy have signed a letter of intent with San Miguel Global Power (SMGP), the power generation arm of San Miguel Corporation, to jointly develop a 1-gigawatt (GW) solar energy project in Isabela Province, Philippines.
Sino-American Silicon (SAS)’s recent move to “prepay” vacation days at its Yilan solar cell plant has exposed deeper fractures in Taiwan’s once-promising solar manufacturing sector, with industry-wide layoffs mounting and investors heading for the exits.
The upcoming US policy focus on “high tariffs” and “Made in America” initiatives could significantly impact Taiwan’s machinery exports while potentially creating new opportunities for adaptable manufacturers, according to recent warnings from the Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI) and the Taiwan Machine Tool & Accessory Builders’ Association (TMBA).
Japanese telecommunications company KDDI and its subsidiaries KDDI SmartDrone and KDDI Research have successfully completed a fully unmanned automated logistics delivery experiment in collaboration with partners including Tier IV and Aisan Technology.