A 14nm chip developed by Rockchip is on display in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China.
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A new boom cycle may be starting in the highly cyclical chip sector. Rising chip prices are leading to bumper profits for leading third-party manufacturers, whose production capacity is fully booked. The shortage of chips is unlikely to ease in the first half of 2021, say experts.
Yang GeHigh-tech veteran Guo Ming first noticed that change might be brewing in the highly cyclical sector for microchips in last year’s third quarter. His company, a midsize Chinese manufacturer of display driver integrated circuits, was a typical industry player, designing its own chips and using third-party partners to manufacture them.Realizing supplies were tightening, he quickly negotiated with his company’s Taiwan partner to secure the
Tesla Inc apologizes to State Grid Corp of China
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Tesla Inc has publicly apologized to State Grid Corp of China (國家電網) after a video showed one of the automaker’s staff purportedly telling a customer that an overload in the national grid damaged their electric vehicle, Caixin reported.
The owner of the Model 3 car told local press that his new electric vehicle would not start after he charged its battery at a charging station, Caixin reported.
In the video, which went viral, the Tesla employee appears to blame the state utility’s charging infrastructure.
A man walks between an art installation and a Tesla store in Shanghai yesterday.
Chip shortages could remain through H1 By LI FUSHENG | China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-01 09:29 Share CLOSE German auto group Volkswagen cut its production in China in 2020 by around 15,000 vehicles, due to an industry-wide chip shortage. [Photo by ZHANG DANDAN/CHINA DAILY]
IHS Markit forecasts production of half million vehicles could be put on hold
Chip shortages in the auto industry may remain in the first half of the year, with semiconductor makers having few immediate solutions other than raising prices, according to experts.
Netherlands-based chipmaker NXP and Japan s Renesas Electronics said they were seeking to increase prices in the wake of the shortage and as raw material costs climbed.
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