China smartphone industry – 2Q 2022

According to Digitimes Research’s statistics and analyses, with sales in China remaining sluggish and rising inflation dampening consumer spending in overseas markets, China-based smartphone vendors’ channel inventory levels ran high and their shipments continued to decline in second-quarter 2022, amounting to 150 million units, down 5.2% from a quarter ago and 4.6% from a year ago.

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Cross-domain integration at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology: Cultivating new professionals in energy transition

The global environment is changing rapidly, and net zero by 2050 has become the consensus of the world’s governments and industries. Taiwan, a major global manufacturing hub, be it in environmental protection or industrial development, must be committed to promoting green energy and pursuing sustainable development. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) has cooperated with industry to actively develop technologies and cultivate professionals in this area, thereby laying the foundation for Taiwan’s energy transformation.

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Is ‘mature technology’ weaponized by Chips Act?

The recently passed Chips and Science Act 2022, now awaiting US president Joe Biden’s signature, specifically indicates that recipients of the subsidies are not allowed to “engage in any significant transaction…involving the material expansion of semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the People’s Republic of China or any other foreign country of concern” during the 10-year period covered by the subsidies.

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