Toyota supplier Denso and Asahi Kasei among those said to be on board

The reduction is part of an effort to alleviate the burden on suppliers forced to adapt to repeated output plan changes due to acute shortages of semiconductors and other supplies

Exports rose 14.9% year-on-year to $18.74 billion, boosted by a 28.5% jump in sales of semiconductors and a 98.8% surge in petroleum products

As countries pledge billions for domestic chip production and companies scramble to build new plants, the need for people to design, manufacture and test chips has intensified

The Justice ministry dispatched more than 100 investigators to search 14 locations in Taipei, Taoyuan and Taichung, as well as Hsinchu

Raimondo said the US could “essentially shut” companies such as Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation or any Chinese company

Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Thursday it will set up a design centre with Tata Elxsi to jointly develop electric vehicle technology as the appetite for EVs grows

Fujimi and its subsidiary in Taiwan manufactures a polishing material integral to chip manufacturing, according to a company statement

President of Huawei's Western Europe consumer business group William Tian said the products would appeal to people who increasingly work from home

Taipei has moved reassure manufacturing chiefs that its semiconductor production lines won’t be affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Sweeping restrictions imposed on Russia to block its access to goods from chips to computers and electronics are likely to rev up China's push for self-reliance in semiconductors, analysts say

Taiwan’s UMC will invest $5 billion on a new microchip factory in Singapore, with production expected to start in 2024 to support the boom in 5G and auto electronics, it said on Thursday