South Korea's top chipmakers, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics, are heading into 2025 with dramatically diverging fortunes, as the global race for AI-driven memory dominance accelerates...
Samsung and SK Hynix are advancing vertical channel transistor (VCT) technology through 4F² DRAM prototypes as a transitional step toward 3D DRAM, while Micron is bypassing VCT...
Chinese chipmaker Beijing SemiDrive Technology Corporation will begin supplying its flagship X9 smart cockpit processor to an unnamed European carmaker in late 2026—its first...
The Senate's draft tax bill calls for temporarily increasing an investment credit for semiconductor manufacturers, enhancing a subsidy for chipmakers to build factories in the US.
The CHIPS and Science Act has unlocked tens of billions in federal subsidies to reshore semiconductor manufacturing in the US. Yet, major projects by leading chipmakers are being...
Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 has officially launched to an extremely enthusiastic response across Europe, the US, and Japan. Retail channels report being "highly optimistic"...
South Korean semiconductor equipment manufacturers are seeing a surge in demand from Chinese memory chipmakers, according to a report from Hankyung. ChangXin Memory Technologies...
As Nvidia tightens its near-monopoly grip on the AI GPU market, tech giants and chipmakers are accelerating efforts to develop and mass-produce ASICs, signaling a brewing showdown...
Amid intensifying US-China tensions and persistent uncertainty in global demand, major memory chipmakers are moving to phase out DDR4 DRAM, triggering a rapid spike in prices as supply...
In response to intensified US export controls on advanced semiconductor shipments to China, major chipmakers Nvidia and AMD are reportedly adopting Samsung Electronics' GDDR7 graphics...
Samsung Foundry has boosted utilization with fresh 7nm and 8nm chip orders from Nintendo and multiple AI chipmakers. Yet its persistent setbacks at the 3nm node continue to spotlight...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) is tightening export restrictions on electronic design automation (EDA) software for China, shifting from broad bans to case-by-case licensing...
In recent years, the US government has tightened AI chip export restrictions targeting China, prompting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to repeatedly warn that restricting Nvidia's AI chip...
These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 5 – May 11. From major chipmakers reshaping strategies under geopolitical pressure to rare earth...
