Win-win semiconductor partnership; Kyushu aims to become Japan’s Silicon Island

DoIT and SIIQ jointly held the 2024 International Taiwan-Japan Semiconductor Technology Symposium on September 4 in Nangang. DoIT’s director general Chyou-Huey Chiou stated that there is a lot of collaboration potential between Taiwan and Japan in mechanics, biomedicine, green energy, and ICT. Japan also hopes to make Kyushu Japan’s Silicon Island through partnerships with Taiwan.

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ASE establishes SiPhIA consortium, CEO Tien Wu sees accelerated progress in silicon photonics

Leading IC packaging and testing company, ASE, has been consistently highlighting silicon photonics (SiPh) as a future trend since the latter half of 2023. CEO Dr. Tien Wu stated that the computing capability necessary for future AI applications could be several times larger than current values, potentially up to tenfold. He emphasized that current AI chips are insufficient to support future computing needs, and the key to increasing chip capability lies in SiPh technology.

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