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Friday 31 October 2025
Commentary: Trump–Xi talks cool tempers, not conflicts, in chips and rare earths

On 30 October 2025, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, in a summit that could redefine the global trade and technology...

Friday 31 October 2025
Renesas reports significant profit decline and warns of potential inventory risks with Nexperia dispute
Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics has disclosed a challenging beginning to 2025, revealing a decline in revenue and a sharp drop in profitability for the first...
Friday 31 October 2025
Taiwan's Coretronic ramps up drone production as rare earth risks loom

Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corp. (CIRC), a subsidiary of Taiwan's Coretronic Group, said it is ramping up drone production to meet...

Thursday 30 October 2025
UMC reports Q3 gains as specialty and 22nm platforms boost growth

Benefiting from increased wafer shipments and higher capacity utilization, United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reported its most...

Thursday 30 October 2025
Lite-On AI revenue exceeds expectations, expected to reach 40% in 2026
With newly added production capacity in place, growth in AI product shipments, and continued average selling price (ASP) increases, Lite-On achieved strong profits in the third quarter...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Primax Electronics eyes new growth phase in 2027 driven by automotive and AIoT
Acoustoelectric component maker Primax Electronics maintained steady operations in the third quarter of 2025, fueled by strong shipments of automotive and AIoT products that sustained...
Thursday 30 October 2025
MXIC chair vows comeback after ninth straight quarterly loss
Memory chipmaker MXIC reported a net loss of NT$862 million (US$28.1 million) in the third quarter of 2025, marking its ninth consecutive quarterly deficit. Chairman Miin Wu candidly...
Thursday 30 October 2025
AMEC reports 46% sales jump on strong etching, thin-film tool momentum
Chinese semiconductor equipment maker Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) reported strong growth in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by surging demand for its etching...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Arm, AMD, and Nvidia join OCP board as AWS remains absent
Arm recently announced that it, along with AMD and Nvidia, has been appointed to the Open Compute Project (OCP) board. These companies will collaborate with major players such as...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Samsung 3Q25 marks the reset of the global memory hierarchy
Samsung Electronics staged a strong rebound in the third quarter of 2025 and set the tone for the next phase of the memory cycle, where AI infrastructure, premium product mix, and...
Thursday 30 October 2025
South Korea agrees to US energy investments in exchange for tariff reductions
US President Donald Trump has approved South Korea's construction of a nuclear-powered submarine at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in an effort to strengthen their alliance. South...
Thursday 30 October 2025
Singapore leverages advanced packaging to capture share of US$1 trillion chip market
Terence Gan, Executive Director of Singapore's A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME), delivered a confident address at the 2025 Advanced Packaging Developers Conference...
Thursday 30 October 2025
'Semiconductor paradox' defines next chip boom, says director of Singapore's SSIA

Ang Wee Seng, Executive Director of the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA), told attendees at the 2025 Advanced Packaging...

Thursday 30 October 2025
TPSC unveils Taiwan's largest perovskite solar window
Taiwan Perovskite Solar Corp. (TPSC) demonstrated its full vertical integration across materials, processes, modules, equipment, and applications at Energy Taiwan 2025 under the theme...
Thursday 30 October 2025
STATS ChipPAC CTO: Scaling innovation defines AI and HPC's next era
IK Shim, Chief Technology Officer of STATS ChipPAC, opened the 2025 Advanced Packaging Developers Conference (APDC) with a clear message: the semiconductor industry's greatest challenge...