Major Taiwan chipmakers to assign capacity for car use
01/27/2021 09:05 PM
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Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) Four major contract chipmakers in Taiwan have agreed to assign capacity to manufacture chips for car use in a bid to alleviate a global shortage of automotive chips, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) said Wednesday.
Wang made the comments after she met with representatives from the four contract chipmakers -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), Vanguard International Semiconductor Co. (VIS) and Powerchip Technology Corp. -- at a time when global automakers have urged Taiwan to increase automotive chip supplies.