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Commentary: How a US$20M TSMC tape-out led to Xiaomi's 3nm breakthrough

Tuesday 30 September 2025

At Xiaomi's 2025 annual conference, founder Lei Jun spoke with calm restraint about the company's self-developed Xring O1 chip. Yet beneath that composure were moments of risk and suspense: the US$20 million bill for...

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Yole Group CEO interview (Part 2): Post-Moore's Law era sparks advanced packaging race

Wednesday 24 September 2025

As Moore's Law approaches physical and commercial limits, advanced packaging has surged as a new battleground in the semiconductor industry. TSMC not only leads globally with its CoWoS technology but also fosters a...

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packaging commercial Yole TSMC OSAT

Analysis: After Nvidia invests in Intel, who's next?

Friday 19 September 2025

Intel has secured another high-profile backer. Following earlier commitments from SoftBank and the US government, Nvidia has announced a US$5 billion investment in Intel,...

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Intel Nvidia x86 investment partnership

Commentary: China's tech industry eyes global expansion at homegrown expos

Thursday 18 September 2025

A pair of major technology expositions in China has concluded, offering a look into the country's tech supply chain, which is navigating US trade tensions with a firm commitment to self-reliance. The China International...

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Shenzhen Expo semiconductors smart glasses supply chain

NXP outlines SDV, robotics, and smart-glasses plans as new leadership prepares to take charge

Wednesday 17 September 2025

Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors plans to complete its CEO transition by October 2025. Current CEO Kurt Sievers, who will remain in the position until then, made what is likely his final visit to Taiwan as chief...

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NXP SDV smart glasses robotics 2025

Commentary: HiSilicon 2.0 moves from survival mode to leadership under Trump 2.0

Tuesday 16 September 2025

On September 10, 2025, HiSilicon, a subsidiary of Huawei, completed significant personnel changes in its business registration—Eric Xu stepped down as chairman and legal representative, succeeded by Jeffrey Gao;...

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HiSilicon Trump 2.0 2025 Huawei subsidiary

Research insight: Software-defined vehicles are rewriting auto industry blueprint

Tuesday 16 September 2025

In the ongoing transformation of the global automotive industry, one shift stands above the rest: the rise of the software-defined...

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SDV automotive industry vehicle software Research insights

Commentary: China's chip sector faces the citizenship question

Saturday 13 September 2025

Talent has long been the defining currency in the global semiconductor race. For decades, Chinese-born engineers with deep overseas experience drove China's rapid catch-up, fueling its chip ambitions through a steady...

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talent SMIC Beijing technology

Commentary: MicroLED is lighting up display industry, but can it open new doors?

Friday 12 September 2025

AUO recently announced a collaboration with leading satellite navigation and smart wearable brand Garmin to launch the world's first smartwatch featuring microLED display technology, the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro microLED. The...

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microLED display PlayNitride technology

Commentary: Decoding the new semiconductor world order

Wednesday 10 September 2025

The semiconductor landscape has fundamentally shifted. As we move from 2025 to 2026, three forces dominate global technology discourse: semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and the Trump administration's trade...

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2026 2025 semiconductor industry technology Taiwan

Commentary: YMTC's decade-long march, leadership shifts, and the undercurrent of China's memory substitution drive

Wednesday 10 September 2025

YMTC, China's leading NAND flash producer, has unveiled a US$2.9 billion Phase III venture in Wuhan, signaling its determination to scale up capacity and sharpen its edge in next-generation memory chips. The move not...

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YMTC NAND flash Beijing capacity

Commentary: Intel's Faustian bargain trades independence for survival

Monday 8 September 2025

The Trump administration recently announced it would acquire nearly 10% of Intel's shares, becoming its largest shareholder. This move marks one of the most notable government interventions in a private company since...

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Intel government business

Commentary: As Trump heightens global tensions, Taiwan needs to consider industrial policy responses

Friday 5 September 2025

US President Donald Trump's imposition of reciprocal tariffs and aggressive "Make America Great Again" measures has deepened political and economic rifts even among allies, undermining long-standing trust and reliance...

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Taiwan policy Donald Trump Tariffs WTO

Commentary: Advanced AI packaging driving semiconductor industry toward 'virtual integration'

Friday 5 September 2025

Advanced packaging is rewriting the rules of the semiconductor industry. According to DIGITIMES Research, in 2024, global AI data center accelerators (covering GPUs and ASICs) have seen advanced back-end packaging...

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packaging semiconductor industry DIGITIMES 2024 technology

Commentary: YMTC's 3D DRAM push challenges CXMT and global memory leaders

Thursday 4 September 2025

China's push to localize its memory supply chain is gathering momentum. YMTC has begun trial production at its first fully localized NAND flash fab, while market chatter indicates the company is now quietly investing in...

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DRAM YMTC CXMT 3D equipment

Commentary: TSMC's Songjiang escape highlights Korean chipmakers' China trap

Thursday 4 September 2025

The US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has revoked the "Validated End-User" (VEU) status for Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, ending a key exemption that allowed the companies to ship...

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TSMC China fab chipmakers equipment Samsung SK Hynix

Tech Forum 2025: TSMC faces the next decade of chip war from Arizona to Beijing

Thursday 4 September 2025

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has begun mass production and turned a profit at its Arizona plant in 2025, a milestone that marks not only a breakthrough in its global expansion but also a reversal of...

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TSMC Taiwan Arizona Beijing technology

Commentary: Is Jensen Huang acting as Washington's AI envoy in Seoul's political theater?

Wednesday 3 September 2025

South Korea's Chosun Daily reported on September 1, 2025, that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju in October 2025.

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Jensen Huang Nvidia APEC Samsung CEO

Column: Quantum boost for chip R&D

Wednesday 3 September 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) benefits many industries but is limited by the so-called "curse of dimensionality," which arises when machine learning models handle data with many features. This issue is particularly...

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quantum computing machine learning manufacturing data

Column: Modern computational methods transform semiconductor manufacturing landscape

Monday 1 September 2025

Since 2000, semiconductor manufacturing has increasingly depended on advanced computational techniques, notably first principles calculations and machine learning, with quantum computing anticipated to join these...

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machine learning wafer manufacturing materials development

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