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Top Taiwan chip designer MediaTek ‘rapidly’ shifts focus to autos, AI – ET Auto

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Taiwan’s top chip design company MediaTek is focusing more resources on chips for cars and AI computing as its smartphone clients face a supply glut and inflation and macroeconomic uncertainty dent demand for consumer electronics. “In this very demanding environment, we are not reducing people. .”

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TSMC considering advanced chip packaging capacity in Japan, sources say – ET Auto

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Taiwan’s TSMC is looking at building advanced packaging capacity in Japan, according to two sources familiar with the matter, a move that would add momentum to Japan’s efforts to reboot its semiconductor industry. Currently, all of TSMC’s CoWoS capacity is in Taiwan.

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First chip from Dholera plant by 2026 end: PSMC chairman Frank Huang – ET Auto

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“This is the beginning of India’s serious acceleration in the manufacturing and chip space,” Huang said in a virtual interaction from PSMC’s headquarters in Taiwan. The Hsinchu, Taiwan-headquartered company reported net sales of NT$3.429 billion in 2023. I think for the Indian supply chain, this is sufficient.

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ACMA‘s Global Summit and Expo places India at the forefront of EV parts production, innovation – ET Auto

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The Expo drew a diverse audience comprising OEMs, Startups, Policymakers, and International delegates from over 16 countries including those from Japan, Germany, Korea, Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, the United Kingdom, and others. The event was inaugurated by Chief Guest Hanif Quershi, Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Govt.

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Arizona State Students Develop a Solar-Powered Air Filtration System

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The team worked with the nonprofit Taiwan Fund for Children and Families (TFCF). The students launched the initiative in 2020 after reading an article about the city’s air pollution in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. The system is being used in the mobile homes of those living in nomadic communities.

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IEEE President’s Note: A Promise Is a Promise

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A self-taught accountant without formal education, he lived in the impoverished countryside of southern Taiwan. After a vacation home to Taiwan with my grandmother, they returned to Japan by boat, during which time he became very ill. World War II was raging, and medical supplies were limited. And a promise is a promise.

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Solid state: EV giants chase ‘holy grail’ of batteries – ET Auto

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ProLogium Technology of Taiwan said that by the end of 2023 it aimed to ship prototype samples of its semi-solid-state batteries that enable a near doubling of the energy densities of the packs. The firm, which has a cooperation deal with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and TotalEnergies, is building a gigafactory in Taiwan and plans one in France.