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Wednesday 17 September 2025
South Korea promotes SiC power semiconductor technology autonomy, eyeing EV-driven growth
The South Korean government recently announced several industrial growth plans, including support programs for the localization of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. The...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Taiwan semiconductor industry holds home advantage, says economics minister
Taiwan's AI server exports have doubled, with manufacturers' GPU and graphics card production capacity fully booked, driving remarkable export growth for the country. Minister of...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Commentary: Handcuffing workers shocks South Korea; MAGA strategy risks backfiring
On July 30, 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that the US would reduce the "reciprocal tariff" rate imposed on South Korea from 25% to 15%. In return, South Korea pledged...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Commentary: Smartphone chipmakers rebrand as Qualcomm, Apple, MediaTek, and Xiaomi refresh product names to stay competitive
Qualcomm will unveil its latest Snapdragon flagship mobile platform next week and has officially confirmed the chip will be called Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The move comes as part...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
SK Hynix leads South Korean companies in operating profit and tax payments in 1H25
In the first half of 2025, SK Hynix recorded the highest operating profit and the largest corporate tax payment among South Korean companies. The surge in demand for high-bandwidth...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Tesla, Valens deals boost Samsung Foundry in 4nm race against TSMC
Samsung Electronics' foundry business is quietly expanding its client roster after securing a landmark US$16.5 billion contract with Tesla in July 2025 to manufacture AI chips. Analysts...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Memory prices surged in 4Q25, defying seasonal trends as AI drives demand
Driven by strong AI demand, memory contract prices for NAND and DRAM rose sharply by an estimated 15-20% in the fourth quarter of 2025, breaking traditional year-end price decline...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Qualcomm dominates physical AI with robot and automotive chips
Robots and self-driving cars are driving the emergence of "physical AI," a new era of on-device processing that's shifting focus away from cloud-based large language models. According...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
China's TI anti-dumping probe likely more symbolic than punitive
China is reportedly probing whether US-made analog chips are being dumped into its market, a move widely seen as targeting Texas Instruments (TI), the dominant US supplier of analog...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
China's Big Fund Phase III opens with Piotech Jianke investment in hybrid bonding technology
Chinese chip equipment maker Piotech said on September 12 its unit Piotech Jianke (Haining) Semiconductor Equipment has kicked off a new funding round at a CNY2.5 billion (approx...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
China opens anti-dumping probe into US chipmakers amid tariff tensions

China's Ministry of Commerce has announced a sweeping anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into certain analog ICs imported from...

Wednesday 17 September 2025
NXP outlines SDV, robotics, and smart-glasses plans as new leadership prepares to take charge
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...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
TSMC's US success revives semiconductor ambitions across India, Vietnam, and the Middle East
TSMC's successful establishment of a chip manufacturing plant in Arizona has reignited semiconductor development efforts in countries including India, Vietnam, and Qatar. Industry...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Taiwan chip makers hit green energy wall
Taiwan's green energy market is confronting a severe electricity shortage, raising concerns among renewable energy providers and large enterprises, particularly in the semiconductor...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Nvidia's Jensen Huang reverses quantum strategy, bets billions on next computing era
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is making a big U-turn on quantum computing. After years of downplaying the technology's timeline, the tech titan is now pouring money into quantum startups...