MacBook series could be the only bright spot for PC sales in the second half of the year amid a persisting market downturn, with assemblers and components suppliers all poised to embrace significant shipment increases for the Apple devices in the third quarter, according to supply chain sources.
TSMC has mastered the structural advantage, but can it just sit back? DIGITIMES recently collaborated with National Taiwan University’s (NTU) leadership program to conduct a series of analyses and reports on ESG issues in the technology and automotive industries, and I was impressed by the research done by NTU students on how TSMC compares to other world-class companies.
Apple devices successfully weathering headwinds hitting the handset and PC markets are significantly adding growth momentum to the vendor’s close foundry partner TSMC, according to industry sources.
With the US Congress passing the Chips and Science Act of 2022 on July 28, awaiting the US president Joe Biden to sign it into law, the global chips industry is far from having a sigh of relief. On the contrary, the real challenges have just begun. The Chips Act provides US$52.7 billion in subsidies for chip manufacturers, in addition to a US$200 billion funding for scientific research. While the legislation marks a significant milestone, its exact benefits and drawbacks remain unclear.
San-Ti Energy on July 27 brought into operation an energy storage system with an installation capacity of 5MWh in Kaohsiung City, southern Taiwan, according to the company.
COVID lockdowns in China affected the export orders that Taiwan received in April 2022, which came to US$51.90 billion, down 17.2% sequentially and 5.5% on year, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA).