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Thursday 21 August 2025
Taiwan's MPI grabs first-mover advantage in MEMS probe cards for AI chips

Taiwan's MPI Corporation is set to benefit from a major shift in semiconductor testing, as global cloud providers ramp up custom AI chip...

Thursday 21 August 2025
Chinese AI startup Butterfly Effect moves HQ to Singapore as its AI agent Manus surges to US$90M run rate

China's AI startup Butterfly Effect has revealed financial results for the first time, projecting an annualized revenue run rate of US$90...

Thursday 21 August 2025
Nvidia's impossible dilemma: trust on a string between Washington and Beijing
Nvidia's H20 chips have unexpectedly emerged as a new flashpoint in the intensifying tech rivalry between the United States and China. Reports that Washington installs trackers on...
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
Pixel 10 powered by Tensor G5 on TSMC 3nm with 34% CPU gain and 60% faster AI
Alphabet Inc. has introduced its latest Pixel 10 series smartphones featuring the newly developed Tensor G5 processor, marking the company's most significant upgrade in custom chip...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Samsung's Lee Jae-yong hints at 2026 chip comeback after US visit
Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong returned to South Korea this week after more than two weeks in the US, telling reporters at the airport he was "ready for 2026."...
Thursday 21 August 2025
SJ Semiconductor advances 3D packaging as key Huawei partner, climbs global OSAT rankings
China's semiconductor packaging and testing firm SJ Semiconductor (SJ Semi) has made significant headway with the completion of its third production facility, J2C, in Jiangyin's high-tech...
Thursday 21 August 2025
South Korea denies US plans to acquire Samsung shares amid CHIPS Act speculation
The South Korean presidential office has dismissed reports that the US government intends to purchase shares of Samsung Electronics Co., stating there is no factual basis for such...
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...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Commentary: The govt check TSMC should turn down
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick recently stated in interviews that the government should not only offer free subsidies but also acquire non-voting stakes to safeguard American...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Cirrus Logic expands partnership with GlobalFoundries to advance chip technologies
GlobalFoundries and Cirrus Logic have announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate the development of advanced semiconductor technologies aimed at powering future consumer and...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Intel reportedly seeks fresh equity infusion as it pushes turnaround in 2025
Intel is reportedly in talks with additional large investors to secure an equity infusion at a discounted price, people familiar with the matter told CNBC, as the US chipmaker...
Thursday 21 August 2025
IC substrate market split: Kinsus sees adequate supply, high-end ABF tight by 2026
Kinsus Interconnect Technology, a unit of Pegatron, challenged market fears of a looming IC substrate shortage, arguing supply of both ABF and BT substrates still exceeds demand....
Thursday 21 August 2025
Executive shake-up at China’s top wafer maker

China's National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG), the country's biggest silicon wafer producer, said longtime executive Wang Qingyu, also...

Thursday 21 August 2025
Samsung could benefit from US approval of lower-spec Nvidia Blackwell chips for China

Industry analysts say Samsung could start supplying 12-layer HBM3E to Nvidia in the fourth quarter of 2025. But shipments for Nvidia's...