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Friday 27 June 2025
Chip makers cash in on sixfold price surge from legacy memory shortage
NAND flash producers are reaping windfall profits from discontinued older chips as supply shortages push prices for legacy products to levels rivaling advanced semiconductors. The...
Friday 27 June 2025
SK Hynix debuts 16-layer HBM4, set to power AI chips in 2026
At HPE Discover 2025, SK Hynix unveiled its 16-layer sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4) for the first time, aiming to maintain its technological leadership in the HBM4...
Friday 27 June 2025
Taiwan chipmakers' caution on India's semiconductor ambitions heightens after Aptos collapse
The bankruptcy of Aptos Technology, a subsidiary of Taiwan Mask Corporation, underscores the cautious approach Taiwanese chipmakers are taking toward India's semiconductor ambitions,...
Friday 27 June 2025
Race for T-Glass heats up as AI giants lock in supply from Japan's Nittobo amid mounting shortages
Senior executives from Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft have frequently visited Japanese manufacturer Nitto Boseki to secure a critical raw material for AI servers: low coefficient of thermal...
Friday 27 June 2025
Samsung slows the node race: yield over speed at 2nm, 4nm
Samsung Foundry is reportedly adjusting its roadmap by postponing development of its 1.4nm (SF1.4) node and reallocating resources to improve yield and service quality across its...
Friday 27 June 2025
TSMC expands its lead as global chip foundries enter '2.0' era
As semiconductor manufacturing becomes increasingly intricate, foundries are no longer confined to traditional chip fabrication. Instead, the industry is transitioning into what Taiwan...
Friday 27 June 2025
IntelliEPI taps AI boom with InP focus, kicks off new fab expansion backed by Texas subsidies
IntelliEPI, a manufacturer of compound semiconductors, reported a shift in product focus toward indium phosphide (InP) epitaxial products, which in the first quarter of 2025 represented...
Thursday 26 June 2025
China reportedly demands rare earth firms hand over tech staff data amid delays in lifting export curbs
Despite a pledge made at the Geneva talks to lift export restrictions on rare earth materials, China has yet to follow through. According to The Wall Street Journal, Chinese authorities...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Acer's Stan Shih says Taiwan's vertical disintegration drove tech ascent; Intel missed shift
Acer Group founder Stan Shih said Taiwan's industrial transformation from vertical integration to vertical disintegration has been crucial to its tech rise, noting that US chip giant...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Japan's METI to introduce cybersecurity guidelines for chipmakers, including TSMC and Rapidus
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is drafting new cybersecurity guidelines for semiconductor manufacturers and is considering making compliance a condition for...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Morrison lists on emerging stock market as Asia's pioneer in 8-inch optical coatings
Morrison, a Taiwanese company specializing in precision optical coating combined with semiconductor lithography process technology, was officially listed on the emerging stock market...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Hardware falls behind as AI compute demand sparks new era for custom silicon
As the world shifts toward an "everything AI" paradigm, compute demands are rapidly outpacing hardware performance gains, ushering in what industry leaders are calling a golden decade...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Taiflex sees Q1 shipment boost from US tariff uncertainty, eyes new materials growth
Flexible copper clad laminate maker Taiflex Scientific Co. said downstream customers increased inventory purchases in the first quarter amid uncertainty over new US tariff policies,...
Thursday 26 June 2025
Generalplus achieves automotive-grade certification for MCU, enters automotive electronics market
Generalplus has announced that its self-developed MCU product, the GPM32F9010RLQ, has passed the AEC-Q100 Grade 1 automotive-grade certification. This milestone represents the company's...
Thursday 26 June 2025
IC distributors pivot to Southeast Asia under trade turbulence

With US-China tariff tensions intensifying and global manufacturers racing to decentralize their supply chains, Southeast Asia is emerging...