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MBC backs remote work setup for other ecozone locators

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 10:38 AM

The Makati Business Club is asking Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno if it's possible to extend the hybrid work arrangement given to the BPO sector to other ecozone locator Read more »

US tightens chip export controls to China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 09:40 AM

The controls are aimed at restricting China's ability to buy and manufacture high-end chips with military applications, stepping up tensions. Read more »

Samsung Electronics says operating profits up 12.18 percent in Q2

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 08:39 AM

South Korean chip powerhouse Samsung Electronics said Thursday that second-quarter operating profits were up 12.18 percent, with record profits in its semiconductor sector despite global supply chain woes. Read more »

Biden hails $22 bln investment by S. Korea's SK Group

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 27 08:36 AM

President Joe Biden hailed progress in the US bid to revamp its 21st century economy after huge South Korean group SK announced a $22 billion investment in US semiconductor and other cutting edge industries. Read more »

Toshiba unveils new plan to split into two companies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 07 09:25 PM

Japan's Toshiba on Monday announced plans to split into two companies, revising proposals to divide into three following a tumultuous period for the storied industrial conglomerate Read more »

Intel shows research for packing more computing power into chips beyond 2025

Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 13 08:31 AM

Research teams at Intel Corp unveiled work that the company believes will help it keep speeding up and shrinking computing chips over the next ten years, with several technologies aimed at stacking parts of chips on top of each other. Read more »

PH electronics industry may outpace pre-pandemic growth

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 12:16 PM

The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc (SEIPI) projected that the country's electronics industry could outpace its pre-pandemic level growth this year, an official said Wednesday. Read more »

Chip shortage to last through 2022: Semiconductors exec

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 03 05:35 AM

Britain-based Arm is a designer of computer chips that are used to power many consumer electronics devices. Read more »

Nokia shrugs off chip problems to double profit in Q3

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 02:18 PM

Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia said Thursday that it was able to double its profits in the third quarter of the current year, despite the worldwide shortage of computer chips. Read more »

San Miguel says eyeing Cavite semicon hub

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 26 11:54 AM

San Miguel Corp on Tuesday said it is eyeing to build a hub in Cavite for manufacturing semiconductor and electronic devices. Read more »

Filipino workers in demand in Taiwan but border still closed for foreign hires

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 05:52 PM

Around 5,000 Filipino job applicants are waiting for Taiwan to reopen its borders to foreign hires, Philippine Labor Attache Cesar Chavez Jr said Friday. Read more »

Chip industry needs at least another year to address global shortage: SEIPI

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 14 04:57 PM

The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc said chip manufacturers cut down on equipment production last year in anticipation of lower demand with the onset of the pandemic.    Read more »

Drought-hit Taiwan plans more water curbs for chip hubs

Reuters
Posted at May 19 02:59 PM

Taiwan will increase curbs on the use of water from June 1 in the major chip-making hubs of Hsinchu and Taichung in a battle on an islandwide drought, should there be no significant rain by then, the government said on Wednesday. Read more »

Senate Democrat proposes $52 billion for US chips production

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at May 19 08:39 AM

US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer unveiled revised bipartisan legislation late Tuesday to approve $52 billion to significantly boost US semiconductor chip production and research over five years. Read more »

US presses Taiwan to supply more chips to US automakers

David Lawder and David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at May 05 02:30 PM

The US Commerce Department is pressing Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd and other Taiwanese firms to prioritize the needs of US automakers to ease chip shortages in the near term, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday. Read more »

Computer chip shortage may leave auto sector idling

Taimaz Szirniks, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 26 08:24 AM

What was initially downplayed as a brief hiccup in the supply of semiconductors looks more and more like a shortage that may last throughout the year in what would be a big blow to automakers. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 21, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:34 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Taiwan sees worst drought in decades

Sam Yeh, AFP
Posted at Apr 21 06:48 PM

An aerial view shows a man walking past pink colored salt fields, caused by no rain, in Tainan, Taiwan on Wednesday. Read more »

Tesla temporarily halts production at Model 3 line in California

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 08:17 PM

Tesla Inc has told workers it will temporarily halt some production at its car assembly plant in California, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Read more »

Electronics exporters see 7 pct growth with demand for 'new normal' tech

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 04:02 PM

SEIPI said demand for gadgets for distance learning and telecommuting, as well as e-vehicles and medical electronics, will lead the sector to grow 7 percent this year.  Read more »