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Monday 21 July 2025
India roundup: Tesla's long-awaited showroom in India
Tesla finally set up its first show room in India after a nine-year journey amid steep Indian duties against importe vehicles. India looks to attract investments from financial institutions...
Monday 21 July 2025
Amazon, Google drive HBM memory boom as custom AI chips threaten Nvidia’s lead
As demand for artificial intelligence (AI) accelerates, tech giants like Amazon, Google, and Meta are emerging as major players in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market. These companies...
Monday 21 July 2025
Synopsys closes US$35B Ansys deal to create unified chip-to-system design powerhouse
Synopsys has finalized its US$35 billion acquisition of Ansys, uniting two global leaders in electronic design automation (EDA) and multiphysics simulation. The deal closed shortly...
Sunday 20 July 2025
Intel CEO concedes Nvidia's AI lead: a critical shift for the semiconductor giant
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has openly admitted to global employees that Nvidia has surpassed Intel in the AI chip market. This candid acknowledgment underscores the company's dramatic fall...
Sunday 20 July 2025
Can Samsung innovate its way out of its own system?
Samsung Electronics, once the crown jewel of South Korea's industrial might, is facing a growing crisis in its semiconductor division. A sharp downturn in high-bandwidth memory sales...
Saturday 19 July 2025
Automotive market headwinds offset by AI servers; Eikei sees US liquid cooling board orders surge in 3Q25
Eikei chairman Shih-Lin Liu stated that the impact of tariffs and exchange rates has temporarily eased, with customer orders gradually stabilizing. Looking ahead to the second half...
Saturday 19 July 2025
Forward Science's AI-powered vacuum systems win major orders from PSMC, Macronix
Taiwan's Forward Science Corp. (Forwardtek), a leading vacuum pump supplier, has launched its new V-pro smart vacuum pump and EcoNanoPur energy-saving system — an integrated...
Saturday 19 July 2025
Nvidia explores SOCAMM deployment for next-gen AI systems
Nvidia is reportedly preparing to enter a new phase in the memory market by planning to deploy between 600,000 and 800,000 SOCAMM modules in 2025. This initiative positions SOCAMM...
Saturday 19 July 2025
SK Hynix retreats from China, pivots to homegrown DRAM growth
SK Hynix is ramping up domestic semiconductor production as US export controls and geopolitical tensions prompt a broader reshuffling of the global memory supply chain. The company...
Saturday 19 July 2025
EmBestor bets on next-gen flash memory to drive 2H25 growth
EmBestor Technology, a Taiwan-based flash storage provider specializing in industrial applications, is poised to return to growth in the second half of 2025 as customers complete...
Friday 18 July 2025
Rapidus showcases 2nm chip prototypes, eying 2027 mass production
Rapidus, Japan's leading semiconductor company, unveiled its first set of 2nm prototype chips on July 18 during a press event held in Chitose City, Hokkaido. The unveiling took place...
Friday 18 July 2025
SK Hynix may lose HBM crown by 2026 as rivals trigger price showdown
Goldman Sachs recently released a striking report on the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, stating that regardless of forecasting scenarios, SK Hynix's monopoly over HBM will eventually...
Friday 18 July 2025
China's chip surge pushes Japan's JS Foundry into bankruptcy after Taiwan deal stalls
JS Foundry, a Japanese contract chipmaker specializing in power semiconductors, has filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court after failing to withstand mounting pressure...
Friday 18 July 2025
US approval of Nvidia AI chip exports to China more than meets eye

Washington has formally approved shipments of Nvidia's H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, a decision widely seen as a strategic...

Friday 18 July 2025
H20 comeback sparks rush for HBM with Samsung set to benefit
Nvidia's H20 chip has been granted approval by the US government to be sold in China, despite being a lower-spec version compared to its original design. This approval has quickly...