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Wednesday 3 September 2025
Yageo receives Japanese approval to acquire Shibaura Electronics after national security review
Taiwan-based Yageo has secured approval from Japanese foreign direct investment (FDI) authorities to acquire Shibaura Electronics, following an extensive national security review...
Wednesday 3 September 2025
ASML CEO highlights support for India's semiconductor ambitions at Semicon India 2025
Semiconductor equipment maker ASML Holding NV emphasized its commitment to India's growing chip industry during Semicon India 2025, held in Bangalore. Speaking at the event, ASML...
Wednesday 3 September 2025
China's industry sector expects further moves as TSMC loses US waiver for equipment use at Nanjing fab
TSMC has become the latest chipmaker to lose its exemption to use US semiconductor equipment in China, following similar moves against South Korea's Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix,...
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Column: Quantum boost for chip R&D
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...
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Semicon India 2025: First homegrown chip, sights set on IP leadership
At Semicon India 2025, the country's flagship semiconductor showcase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged global and domestic stakeholders to view India not just as a manufacturing...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Unlike Samsung and SK Hynix, TSMC discloses loss of US waiver for China

The US has revoked TSMC's authorization to ship equipment and materials without a license to its Nanjing fabrication plant, according...

Tuesday 2 September 2025
China's AI industry shows steady growth despite US technology restrictions
China has been actively demonstrating advancements in its artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Despite still trailing major US companies, China continues to pursue development amid...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
SK Hynix strikes pay deal, lifting average worker bonus to US$78,600

SK Hynix ended a protracted labor dispute by scrapping a ceiling on worker bonuses, easing the risk of strikes after nearly three months...

Tuesday 2 September 2025
Image processing supply chain eyes rising demand from drones
The growing demand for unmanned vehicles, especially amid the current wave of AI upgrades, heavily relies on advanced image processing capabilities. For drones, various image processing...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Modi inaugurates Semicon India, hails India's first made-in-India chip
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the three-day Semicon India 2025 at Yashobhoomi, highlighting India's growing role in the global semiconductor ecosystem. Addressing...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
GlobalFoundries picks Qorvo exec Victor Hu to lead China strategy
GlobalFoundries (GF) has named Victor Hu, a semiconductor industry veteran with over 25 years of leadership experience, as vice president of sales and president of China. In this...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
China's YMTC moves into DRAM, teams with CXMT to target HBM market
Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC), China's largest NAND flash producer, is expanding into the DRAM sector as part of Beijing's broader drive to compete in advanced memory markets...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
SK Hynix expected to outpace Samsung, Micron in HBM share
SK Hynix is expected to retain more than half of the global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market through at least 2027, cementing its role as Nvidia's top supplier while broadening...
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...