2023-01-12
#TSMC says it is considering building a second plant in Japan. The first plant is being build in #Kumamoto Prefecture in the southwestern island of #Kyushu. TSMC weighs second chip plant in Japan, expansion in Europe https://asia.nikkei.com/...
Reuters
TSMC reports Q4 revenue up 26.7% YoY to $19.93B and net income up 78% YoY to $9.72B, beating estimates of ~$9.5B, even as the chip industry downturn continues
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) reported a forecast-beating 78% rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, as strong sales …
2022-12-20
“After the MacBook production shifts, all of Apple's flagship products basically will have one more production location beyond China ... iPhones in India and MacBooks, the Apple Watch and iPads in Vietnam.” https://asia.nikkei.com/...
Nikkei Asia
Sources: in a first, Apple plans to move some MacBook production to Vietnam in 2023, asking Foxconn to begin as early as May, to further diversify from China
iPhone maker aims to have ‘out of China’ production alternatives for key products — TAIPEI — Apple plans to move …
2020-10-05
Singapore's Sea has become the most valuable company in SE Asia. “Every day there are more people just becoming the first-time users of e-commerce. We want to capture all these opportunities and make sure we can grow faster than the market,” CEO says. https://asia.nikkei.com/...
Nikkei Asia
Profile of Singapore-based Sea Limited, an operator of online gaming, commerce, and financial services, whose market cap has quadrupled in 2020 to over $70B
and fiercer competition with local “superapps.” https://asia.nikkei.com/... Ruri Imahashi / @imaruritokyo : Sea's CEO Li suggested Sea's high valuation is due to its mix of gaming,...