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Omdia forecasts 32.7% year on year increase in large-area OLED shipments in 2025
03
Dec
TASTI Expo 2024: CubeSat, SAR, drone-satellite synergy
Nearly 60 space companies are showcasing their latest innovations at TASTI Expo 2024, demonstrating Taiwan’s growing aerospace capabilities. The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) leads the exhibition with Formosat-8, featuring locally developed components including optical payload, GPSR, satellite computer, power systems, and communication modules.
03
Dec
Global industry leaders back Taiwan’s emerging satellite sector amid key challenges
Recent advancements in communication technology have lowered barriers in the space industry, enabling commercialization and attracting a wave of innovative players. While Taiwan-based companies acknowledge that the space sector, previously a highly exclusive domain, was long considered out of reach, with many companies not even daring to dream of participating. However, thanks to disruptive innovators like Starlink reshaping the market, the doors are now open for Taiwan-based manufacturers to take up the challenge.
03
Dec
Chips crucial for AI robots and smart car safety
The potential of AI in advancing smart manufacturing has been widely recognized, but deaths and injuries involving robots at factories have called attention to functional safety, of which semiconductor chips play a crucial part, according to industry sources.
03
Dec
Chinese AI company Megvii cancels IPO on STAR market
Megvii Technology, one of China’s original “AI Elite Four” which specializes in computer vision and deep learning, announced its application for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR) has been withdrawn.
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Dec
China and ASML respond to new US restrictions adding 140 more entities to Entity List
China has expressed strong dissatisfaction in response to the new round of sanctions from the US. China’s Ministry of Commerce issued a statement stating that the new measures further strengthen export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment and memory chips, adding 136 Chinese entities to the Entity List and expanding jurisdictional reach to obstruct trade between China and third countries, characterizing it as typical economic coercion and non-market practices.
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Dec
New US ban imposes ‘large yard, high fence’ on Chinese equipment, materials, EDA
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a new regulation on December 2, adding 140 Chinese companies to the Entity List. This regulation targets 24 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, three categories of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, and high bandwidth memory (HBM).
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Dec
Luxshare expands and leverages non-China capacity in Vietnam to ease client cost pressures
Luxshare Precision, a key Chinese partner of Apple, is expanding its production capacity in Vietnam through a significant enlargement of its Nghe An facility. The workforce is expected to grow from 12,000 to 60,000–80,000, reinforcing its position in Apple’s global supply chain.
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Dec
Arm aims beyond semiconductors, targeting AI hardware, software, ecosystem
Arm CEO Rene Haas has openly expressed his aspirations for AI, envisioning that all future AI applications will run on Arm technology in some form. This strategic shift suggests that Arm, known as the king of mobile chips, is following its Windows on Arm success by pushing toward “AI on Arm.”