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Tech-app integrators, system architects, business model innovators badly needed in Taiwan, says MediaTek
Three major categories of talent will be badly needed to support the future growth of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry and accelerate the development of digital technology, according to Rayan Chen, advisor to MediaTek’s executive office for chairman and CEO.
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Toyota-Panasonic seeking new EV battery manufacturing site in Japan
According to Chinese media IT Home, Prime Planet Energy Solution, a joint venture by Toyota and Panasonic, said in an interview on Nov 21 that it is looking for a new manufacturing site in Japan, in addition to its existing facility in Himeji, Tokyo.
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PQC market is gaining traction in wake of NIST standards advance
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced several candidate Post-Quantum Cryptographic (PQC) algorithms for standardization this summer, and it is nearing the end of a 5-year process. As the final rounds reach their conclusion, global technology intelligence firm ABI Research expects the fledgling PQC market to shift into high gear over the next 5 years as vendors start to fast-track product development plans for commercialization. Global revenues for PQC are expected to grow 12% from 2022 to 2023 and 20% between 2026-2027.
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Taipower cooperates with Mitsubishi for ammonia co-firing at thermal power plant
State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has signed a MoU with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi and Mitsubishi Machinery (MCM) for technological cooperation to mix ammonia with coal for co-firing at its thermal power plant in northern Taiwan, according to Taipower.
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Nov
Chips are Back. But not equally or for everyone: Tim Culpan
In the space of six months, the global semiconductor industry turned from being one of the hottest sectors to being among the most beaten up and bruised. An economic downturn, continued Covid lockdowns in China, heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait, and harsher rules from Washington wiped close to US$2 trillion off the value of listed chipmakers.
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Nov
Slow to EV game, foreign car JVs in China face bleak future
A slow roll-out of electric cars and continued adherence to internal combustion engine models is putting some of the world’s biggest automakers on the back foot in China, the largest market for cleaner vehicles.
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Nov
Industrial Metaverse development relatively mature, says Microsoft executive
Development of the industrial Metaverse for use in manufacturing is relatively mature in terms of technology and variety of application scenarios, according to Principal Group PM manager, Azure IoT, AI+Cloud Engineering Group Cathy Yeh for Microsoft at a keynote speech at DevDays Asia 2022 taking place in Taipei during November 15-17.
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Hyundai building metaplant in US while Seoul consults USTR on IRA details
Hyundai Motor Group announced at the end of October that it broke ground on Metaplant America to produce EV and EV batteries in the US, following the passage of the US’ new law Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that excludes electric vehicles (EVs) assembled outside the US from receiving tax incentives.
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Epileds expects slow business to continue until 2Q23
LED chip maker Epileds Technologies suffered consecutive operating losses for the second and third quarters of 2022 and expects slow business to continue until the second quarter of 2023, according to company chairman Ming-sen Hsu.