Bengaluru-based Indkal Technologies has entered into a brand licensing agreement with Taiwan-based Acer to produce and sell Acer smartphones in India. As per the agreement, Indkal will handle the design, manufacturing, and distribution of Acer-branded smartphones, with the launch expected in the coming months. This collaboration marks Acer's entry into the highly competitive Indian smartphone market

Ever since Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang championed the "Sovereign AI" strategy at the 2024 World Government Summit, global governments have been in a rush to establish their own AI infrastructure and invest in semiconductors

Amid the wave of Industry 4.0, Xiaomi announced the operation of its fully automated smart factory in Beijing. It aims to be one of the lighthouse factories, with implications for its relationships with contract manufacturers and its balance sheet

The 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) held in early July reflects a deep conviction of participants in the power of change brought by the Large Language Model (LLM). It was a perfect window to monitor the engagement of various companies in this trend

Samsung is set to launch its sixth generation of High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM), HBM4, in 2025 and will differentiate its HBM technology through customized optimization services by leveraging its status as an Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM), handling memory production, wafer foundry, and packaging operations all in-house

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of July 8 – July 12

Transsion, the dominant player in mobile phone markets across many emerging economies, is facing legal challenges from several Western companies, most notably Qualcomm, a company that rarely resorts to litigation

India's semiconductor ecosystem is rapidly growing as international and local firms are expanding investments in the country

A recent investigation by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found that Apple Inc. misused its market power when setting billing policies for app developers on its iOS platform, according to a report by Reuters on July 12

In the wave of digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (AI), cultivating talent skills has become a priority for governments worldwide. However, analysts predict that India's tech industry will face a shortage of one million high-level professionals in the next 2-3 years

Driven by emerging applications such as electric vehicles (EV), AI, and high-performance computing (HPC), IC substrates have attracted significant attention in the semiconductor industry. Although Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea currently account for nearly 90% of IC substrates globally, China and the US are quickly gaining ground

The global electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a slowdown, with China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sales remaining strong at home but struggling internationally. Chinese NEV exports are gaining traction in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, despite facing obstacles in other regions. Supply chain insiders note that while domestic NEV demand in China remains robust, it is concentrated among specific brands, making the market more volatile overall

Samsung has announced plans to expand its support for DSPs (Design Service Partners) to help South Korean IC design companies deepen their presence in the HPC (High-Performance Computing) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) fields

TSMC's Japanese subsidiary, JASM, is set to begin mass production at its first wafer fab in Kumamoto in 2024

BYD reached an agreement with the Turkish government to invest $1 billion in building an electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle factory in the region. The new factory is set to start production by the end of 2026. It will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles, making it the first foreign-owned Electric Vehicle (EV) plant in Turkey