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- Taiwan’s MediaTek inks agreement with Italy’s Exein to embed Exein cybersecurity systems on billions of chips under MediaTek’s Genio platform / full item
- ICYMI: In Sept 2024, over 30 companies including TSMC formed the Silicon Photonics Industry Alliance, SiPhIA, to focus on the next generation of chip energy and data transmission / full item
- Taiwan: Phoenix Silicon, the global no. 2 supplier of reclaimed wafers, broke ground on a new $76.3M plant in Taichung, expanding capacity to meet rising demand driven by the AI boom / full item
- NVIDIA and TSMC prep for collaboration on silicon photonics tech, looking to boost data center efficiency / full item
- Taiwan: Military awards contract to Tron Future Tech for 26 anti-drone systems, moving to counter unmanned aerial threats amid rising regional tensions / full item
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- Taiwan’s MetAI gains $4M NVIDIA-led backing with AI-driven ‘digital twin’ tech, converting CAD files into 3D spaces in order to train robots and autonomous systems / full item
- Taiwan: PARUS-T1 micro-satellite, designed and produced by Taiwan Space Agency, launched via SpaceX Transporter-12 and successfully achieved orbit / full item
- Taiwan: Here’s an intro to 3D Architech, producing gel-based metal 3D printing tech delivering highly optimized parts with micron-level design control, participating in Taiwan’s Garage+ program / full item
- Taiwan’s TSMC has begun production of 4-nanometer chips in Arizona / full item
IDC: How Southeast Asia Buys and Sells (pdf link)
- Here’s an op-ed piece on Taiwan’s new Digital Nomad Visa, identifying the program’s shortcomings, providing comparisons with other programs, and presenting opportunities / full item
- Taiwan Stock Exchange rolls out upgraded Innovation Board, opening the market to retail investors in bid to position TIB as Asia’s premier startup and emerging industries platform / full item
- Taiwan: Government Service Network hit by an average of 2.4M cyber-attacks every day in 2024, double the 2023 total, according to a report by the National Security Bureau / full item
- Taiwan: Executive Yuan approves ‘Southern Silicon Valley’ project to boost AI and semicon industries in Chiayi County, Tainan, Pingtung County, and Kaohsiung / full item
- Taiwan seeks to cut greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30% by 2030, upgrading a previous target despite challenges expanding renewable generation. / full item
- Taiwan: Foxconn subsidiary Fii Holdings USA takes equity stakes in 8 US companies in $344M investment, part of ongoing moves to diversify supply chains / full item
- Taiwan’s Guo Rui and US-based Super Micro Computer enter JV to build a computation center powered entirely by renewable energy / full item
Submarine Cable Map from TeleGeography
- Taiwan’s Turing Drive autonomous driving firm partners Japan’s Xtran transportation company to deploy driverless vehicles in Okinawa, with particular relevance to the elderly / full item
- India: Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd acquired a 60% stake in Pegatron Technology India, building on acquisition of Wistron India and boosting iPhone manufacturing presence / full item
- Singapore: Germany’s Siltronic chipmaker and Taiwan’s Vanguard Int’l chip firm have partnered Institute of Tech Education to develop students for roles in Singapore’s semiconductor industry / full item
- India: Taiwan’s MSI partners India’s Syrma SGS for laptop manufacturing in move to bring premium MSI laptops closer to end-consumers / full item
- With significant investments and strategic policies, India appears poised to carve its niche in the global semiconductor landscape. But how realistic is the dream… / full item
- South Korean chip exports to Taiwan, Vietnam, and the United States rose in 2024, with decline in sales to China / full item
- Indonesia: Taiwan Mobile and partners invested $3M in Indonesia’s Soul Parking, the country’s largest parking technology company / full item
- Japan: TSMC commences production at Kumamoto Prefecture plant, manufacturing 12-28nm chips for cars and image sensors, with Governor proposing a third TSMC plant / full item
- Thailand: In December, Foxconn subsidiary UNIQUE Integrated Technology gained approval for a $306M factory build to export semiconductor machinery and equipment / full item
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