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Tuesday 23 December 2025
Chinese chip resistor makers cut production to address oversupply; Taiwan firms remain cautious
Chinese chip resistor manufacturers have cut production by 10-60% amid oversupply, but major firms haven't, limiting recovery. Taiwanese firms expect improvements by late 2026.
Tuesday 23 December 2025
With memory price hikes diluting end-of-year smartphone demand, AMOLED panel prices also drop
Despite approaching the end of the year and the promotional peak season coming to an end, overall utilization rates in the smartphone panel market have remained relatively high. Additionally,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
TI, ADI price hikes split Taiwan's analog IC designers
Texas Instruments (TI) and Analog Devices (ADI) are reportedly preparing selective price increases across product lines in early 2026, citing rising semiconductor supply chain costs...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Aspeed opens Kaohsiung R&D center to boost chip development efforts
Aspeed Technology, a global leader in remote server management chips, officially launched its Kaohsiung research and development (R&D) center on December 22. Located at the Pier...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nvidia targets pre-holiday H200 shipments to China via inventory; production ramp remains uncertain
Nvidia is reportedly planning to resume shipments of its second-most powerful artificial intelligence chips to China before the Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February, underscoring...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Wingtech-Nexperia talks continue as chair warns dispute threatens global chip supply
Talks between China's Wingtech Technology and its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia are ongoing as the companies seek to resolve a governance dispute that has disrupted semiconductor supplies,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Korean chip industry faces mounting pressure from escalating power prices
Electricity costs for South Korea's domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry have reportedly surged, raising concerns over mounting cost pressures on chipmakers. Over the past...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nexperia's China unit secures local wafer supply under governance dispute
The Chinese subsidiary of Nexperia, the Dutch semiconductor manufacturer, has moved to secure wafer capacity from domestic suppliers to support production of key products in 2026,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
TRI's 2025 operations hit record highs, with advanced packaging opportunities to further drive growth
Optical and electrical inspection equipment supplier Test Research Inc. (TRI) held an online investor conference on December 16, 2025, stating that, benefiting from continued strong...
Monday 22 December 2025
Samsung taps former AMD exec to reboot Exynos from Austin
Samsung has recruited semiconductor veteran John Rayfield, formerly a vice president at AMD, to bolster its Exynos GPU and system IP roadmap, signaling a renewed effort to regain...
Monday 22 December 2025
Central bank raises Taiwan's 2025 growth forecast to 7.31%
Taiwan's Central Bank has sharply revised its economic growth forecast for 2025 to 7.31% from the 4.55% projected in September, citing the absence of US semiconductor tariffs under...
Monday 22 December 2025
Samsung's HBM4 SiP tops Nvidia's performance tests, heating up memory race
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly intensifying their competition to supply Nvidia's sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), known as HBM4. The new HBM4 will be...
Monday 22 December 2025
Pan Jit snaps up Vietnam plant to ramp auto chip output
Pan Jit International Inc. signed a definitive agreement on December 18, 2025, to acquire a 95% stake in Torex Vietnam Semiconductor, a move aimed at expanding the Taiwanese firm's...
Monday 22 December 2025
How is India's AI governance framework reshaping where AI runs?
India's tightening AI governance rules are no longer just shaping compliance strategies. They are beginning to influence where artificial intelligence workloads are deployed, pushing...
Monday 22 December 2025
IDM automotive revenue becomes uncertain as new chip entrants seize smart cockpit and ADAS market share
Unlike IC design brands, IDM companies are typically conservative regarding demand conditions for the automotive chip market. The difference is partly related to operating base levels...