Global stock markets tumbled the day after news about US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's accusation about Taiwan taking the chip business from the United States and that he would impose 60% tariffs on goods from China and 10% on all goods from other countries
Mecademic Industrial Robotics, a leader in micro-automation, is set to expand its presence in the high-growth medical devices and electronics markets, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region
Largan Precision, a leading smartphone lens manufacturer, is facing challenges due to the increasing influence of AI in the smartphone market and its impact on talent recruitment in the semiconductor industry
The 34th Academia Sinica academician and honorary academician election recently welcomed 28 new members, including Douglas Yu, Vice President of Pathfinding for System Integration at TSMC. Yu's selection recognizes his expertise in advanced semiconductor processes and heterogeneous system integration
Innolux Corporation, a leading display panel manufacturer, is undergoing a significant transformation as it ventures into the semiconductor field with its Fan-Out Panel Level Packaging (FOPLP) technology. The company is closing its generation 5.5 TFT-LCD plant and has garnered attention due to its collaboration with TSMC on FOPLP development and potential interest from Micron Technology in acquiring the aforementioned plant
Indian semiconductor startup Silizium Circuits is a promising company receiving support from the Taiwan government and stationed at the Tainan site of Taiwan Tech Arena (TTA-South), looking to deepen its network and build partnerships in the local semiconductor ecosystem
Despite increasing numbers of graduates from electrical engineering, electronics, and optoelectronics programs trained by six universities joining the industry, Taiwan still faces a severe talent shortage
The 35th Academician Conference of Academia Sinica continued on July 2, featuring a keynote speech by Bill Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University, H. T. Kung. In his speech "Embracing Generative AI", Kung highlighted the potential and risks of generative AI (GenAI), sparking widespread discussion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a pure-play foundry that has been enjoying leadership status in the advanced semiconductor manufacturing market in the world
SiFive is seeing the golden opportunity to grow RISC-V adoption in the embedded solutions IP market while its competitor voluntarily retreats from the market
RISC-V, an open standard instruction set architecture, has garnered global attention due to its royalty-free nature and adaptability for custom hardware development
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament announced the passage of the "AI Act," a landmark piece of legislation set to be implemented in phases starting in mid-2025.
Lumai, a spin out from the University of Oxford, was founded by a team with expertise in optics over two years ago, aiming to develop a new type of AI processor