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Tuesday 22 July 2025
Inside Samsung's 1c DRAM breakthrough: How a design feud nearly derailed the project
Samsung Electronics has reportedly succeeded in developing its sixth-generation 10nm class DRAM, known as 1c DRAM, and is preparing for mass production despite internal tensions that...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Yageo advances Shibaura acquisition talks, factory visits next in cross-border deal
Yageo, Taiwan's leading passive component manufacturer, said its third meeting with Japan's Shibaura Electronics concluded successfully in Taipei, marking a key step in Yageo's ongoing...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
HBM equipment race intensifies as newcomers battle for market entry
Competition in bonding equipment for the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market is intensifying, especially for the new generation of hybrid bonding (HB) technology. Following the current...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Exclusive: CXMT's DDR5/LPDDR5 upgrade challenges international manufacturers, Nanya siren concerns
Chinese memory giant CXMT is actively advancing its DDR5 and LPDDR5 DRAM process upgrades. According to supply chain sources, although CXMT has yet to enter mass production, recent...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
China's emerging memory titan duo disrupts DRAM's current big three
China's top memory chipmakers, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technology Corp. (YMTC), have nearly doubled their output in just over a year. Their rapid expansion...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
NXP signals soft outlook; TI may strike similar tone as auto, industrial chip markets struggle
NXP Semiconductors posted a second-quarter revenue decline and cautious guidance for the third quarter, reinforcing concerns over lingering weakness in the automotive and industrial...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
NXP posts soft 2Q25, guidance fails to impress as growth headwinds persist
NXP Semiconductors reported a steeper-than-expected year-on-year revenue decline in the second quarter and issued a lukewarm third-quarter forecast, underscoring ongoing weakness...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Nvidia and MediaTek delay AI PC launch to 2026 due to Microsoft OS hurdles and market headwinds
MediaTek and Nvidia have postponed the launch of their highly anticipated AI PC platform to the first quarter of 2026, supply chain sources say, citing a combination of delays in...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Arm's ASIC ambitions test loyalty of chip-making partners
Arm is reportedly considering re-entry into the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market, potentially positioning itself as a competitor to some of its key customers...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
China's RISC-V charge expedites: DAMO Academy, BOSC go deep on server-class and 16-core CPUs
China is accelerating its deployment of RISC-V architecture as US-China tech decoupling intensifies, aiming to build a fully autonomous semiconductor supply chain. At the 5th RISC-V...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Softstar takes over Taiwan Mask Corporation
Softstar Entertainment has expanded its territory in recent years and actively deepened its presence in Taiwan's key industries, covering diverse fields such as heavy electrical equipment,...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Synopsys strengthens India's role with push for world's first AI-based chip foundry
Synopsys is playing a key role in India's growing semiconductor ambitions, partnering closely with Tata Electronics to support what may become the world's first AI-based semiconductor...
Monday 21 July 2025
Seoul backs RF Materials in US$76 million space-grade semiconductor initiative

As Seoul intensifies efforts to build next-generation aerospace technologies, RF Materials, a South Korean firm specializing in compound...

Monday 21 July 2025
Rapidus sets 2027 goal for 2nm mass production, but political shake-up clouds outlook
Rapidus has unveiled a working 2nm chip prototype, advancing Japan's efforts to reestablish a foothold in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. The company aims to launch the...
Monday 21 July 2025
Taiwan Mask Corporation changes major shareholder following subsidiary bankruptcy
Taiwan Mask Corporation (TMC), the world's fourth-largest independent photomask maker, has undergone a change in its largest corporate shareholder, as Softstar Entertainment acquired...