ITRI revises chip industry forecast upward
INFLUENCE OF TWO: An analyst said that MediaTek and TSMC have performed much better than was expected, prompting a much bigger forecast for all local designers
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI, 工研院) yesterday revised upward its growth forecast for Taiwan’s chip industry, expecting production value to increase 18 percent to NT$3.81 trillion (US$136.01 billion) this year from NT$3.22 trillion last year.
In March, it estimated a rise of 8.6 percent to NT$3.5 trillion.
Buoyed by MediaTek Inc (聯發科) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the latest forecast would mean that local IC companies are to outgrow the global semiconductor industry’s 10.9 percent growth, the institute said.
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Ever since the Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn announced its entry into the electric vehicle (EV) market, industry observers have been keen to know its details. Aiming to build the “Android of the EV industry”, Foxconn launched a platform that has since been dubbed as MIH. A global alliance has taken shape upon this open platform, including Qualcomm, MediaTek, Arm and STMicroelectronics.
While the platform will include a chassis as well as autopilot software, its endeavour in the battery sector attracts the most attention. The battery represents the most costly part of an electric vehicle, accounting for 30% of its cost. It is also a segment with high entry barriers.
The HFC challenge: Can the Montreal Protocol continue its winning streak?
by Jane Palmer on 5 May 2021
Since the Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987, countries have phased out most of the ozone-damaging gases, but their replacements, the HFCs, are powerful greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
In 2016, national delegates agreed on the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which calls for cutting the production and use of HFCs by 80–85% by the late 2040s. The amendment entered into force at the start of 2019, with the goal of avoiding additional warming by up to 0.4°C (0.72 °F) by the end of the century.
2021/05/05 20:04 Wu Cheng-wen, chief executive officer of the 2021 National Intercollegiate Athletic Games s executive committee (NCKU photo) Wu Cheng-wen, chief executive officer of the 2021 National Intercollegiate Athletic Games s executive committee (NCKU photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), host of this year’s National Intercollegiate Athletic Games from May 14–18, has pledged to present a one-of-a-kind national sporting event with state-of-the-art technologies. Now all eyes are on how this prestigious university can go about achieving that goal. To get an inside look into the school’s endeavor, Taiwan News sat down with Wu Cheng-wen (吳誠文), chief executive officer of the event’s executive committee, in his university office on Tuesday (May 4) to talk about the revolutionary sports broadcasting technologies the school is applying to national sporting events behin