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Tuesday 2 September 2025
US strips Samsung, SK Hynix of China exemptions, dealing major blow to Korean chipmakers
The US Commerce Department plans to revoke long-standing waivers that have allowed Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to operate their Chinese chip plants using American equipment....
Tuesday 2 September 2025
China's SMIC seeks 100% control of SMIC North; what's really behind state investor exits?
China's chipmakers remain blocked from sub-7nm breakthroughs, but expansion in mature-node manufacturing is surging, led by 12-inch wafer fabs. SMIC has accelerated construction since...
Saturday 30 August 2025
Huawei develops AI SSDs to cut reliance on HBM, putting Korean chipmakers on edge
Huawei is preparing to commercialize solid-state drives tailored for artificial intelligence, a move that industry analysts say could challenge the dominance of high-bandwidth memory...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
DeepSeek’s FP8 model signals China’s push to cut reliance on US AI chips

DeepSeek shook up China's AI race on August 21 with the release of its V3.1 model, built on UE8M0 FP8 Scale precision and designed for...

Wednesday 27 August 2025
Taiwan chipmakers see non-humanoid robots reaching mass market within 3 years
Nvidia's launch of the Jetson AGX Thor platform has reignited debate in the robotics industry, with humanoid robots drawing intense attention. Despite that, Taiwanese chipmakers contend...
Monday 25 August 2025
New chipmakers face uphill battle despite surging ASIC demand
Nvidia currently holds a dominant position in the cloud AI GPU computing market. However, there is a growing demand for specialized chips known as application-specific integrated...
Friday 22 August 2025
Analysis: Is the US taking a page from China's 'Big Fund'?
SoftBank's investment in Intel may look routine, but it has sent ripples through tech and geopolitics. The move shows Washington taking a more active hand in the semiconductor race...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Sunplus sees uneven recovery: auto orders rebound, consumer chips under strain
Sunplus Group warned that the consumer electronics slump and rising competition from Chinese chipmakers will cloud its outlook for the second half of 2025. The Taiwan-based IC design...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Chinese firms enter advanced hybrid bonding race as global chipmakers accelerate
With Moore's Law losing momentum, advanced packaging has become the industry's next significant lever to drive performance gains. At the center of this race is hybrid bonding, widely...
Monday 18 August 2025
Chipmakers bet on agentic AI to spark consumer demand for smart glasses after Ray-Ban success
Meta's success with its smart Ray-Ban glasses has ignited a wave of development in smart and AI-powered eyewear, offering fresh optimism for chipmakers who once banked on the metaverse...
Monday 18 August 2025
AMD CEO calls export controls noise, reveals counter-strategy
Recently, there has been widespread discussion about US President Donald Trump imposing "export taxes" on American AI chipmakers such as Nvidia and AMD for products exported to China...
Monday 18 August 2025
Tolls replace tariffs: Industry scrambles to adapt to Trump's evolving chip policy
According to recent reports, the US government will collect 15% of revenue from shipments approved for Nvidia and AMD to China, funneling these funds into the national treasury. This...
Thursday 14 August 2025
AblePrint seizes AI packaging edge with early WMCM, CoPoS deployment

AblePrint Technology (APT), a key supplier of advanced degassing equipment to major chipmakers such as TSMC, reported strong second-quarter...

Monday 11 August 2025
Taiwan chipmakers sidestep HBM giants with tailored edge-AI memory
Taiwanese memory chipmakers are intensifying efforts to capture growth in customized AI applications, unveiling low-power, high-bandwidth alternatives to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)...
Monday 11 August 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix rush to secure Nvidia's SOCAMM supply chain — before it becomes the next HBM

After vying for leadership in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, South Korea's top memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK...