ASE to build smart manufacturing zoneTHREESOME: The company also unveiled the world’s first smart factory using Qualcomm’s 5G mmWave technology, with Chunghwa Telecom providing supportBy Lisa Wang / Staff reporter, in KaohsiungASE Technology Holding Co (ASE, 日月光投控) yesterday said it is to invest NT$94 billion (US$3.3 billion) to develop a third smart manufacturing campus in Kaohsiung after rolling out the world’s first smart factory using Qualcomm Inc’s 5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology. ASE operates 18 smart factories in Kaohsiung, making up 20 percent of the company’s total factories in the city, Wu said. It plans to add seven smart factories next year, bringing the total number to 25, he said. If the economic benefits of the 5G mmWave smart factory are verified, ASE does not rule out introducing the smart manufacturing system to its existing smart factories, Wu said. Qualcomm’s chips — including Snapdragon X55, Snapdragon QSM5165, Snapdragon XR2 and GZX5-AR — are used in devices such as augmented reality (AR) glasses to enable smart manufacturing applications at ASE’s fab.

Source: Taipei Times December 16, 2020 15:56 UTC