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Monday 11 August 2025
Sony rides record chip profits but says US production still out of reach
Sony Group experienced a strong first quarter in fiscal year 2025, with a 2% year-on-year rise in sales. Operating profit surged by 36%, pre-tax profit increased by 24%, and net income...
Monday 11 August 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix rush to secure Nvidia's SOCAMM supply chain — before it becomes the next HBM

After vying for leadership in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, South Korea's top memory chipmakers, Samsung Electronics and SK...

Monday 11 August 2025
From cost burden to growth engine: AI revolutionizes advanced packaging
At the OCP APAC 2025 conference, a high-profile panel brought together senior executives from TSMC, ASE, MediaTek, and Synopsys to examine how chiplets, advanced packaging, and next-generation...
Sunday 10 August 2025
Trump's 100% tariff hint stirs concerns despite South Korea's MFN status
US President Donald Trump recently announced tariffs as high as 100% on certain semiconductor products. Although South Korea holds a commitment to "most favored-nation" (MFN) treatment,...
Sunday 10 August 2025
Tesla's Dojo shutdown signals new alliances with Samsung and Intel in AI race

Tesla is dismantling its in-house AI supercomputer project "Dojo" and shifting gears toward a new external chip strategy involving Samsung...

Sunday 10 August 2025
Ample Electronic unveils advanced thermal paste for AI chip cooling

Ample Electronic Technology, a leading upstream supplier of conductive pastes and thick-film conductor materials for passive components,...

Saturday 9 August 2025
Dynamic's Thailand plant to volume produce AI server motherboards in 4Q25, with AI revenue expected to reach 20% by 2026
Automotive PCB manufacturer Dynamic Holding announced that as the learning curve at its new Thailand plant gradually improves, high-end new products are expected to enter small-scale...
Saturday 9 August 2025
Tesla orders boost Samsung's Taylor plant; OCI expands semiconductor-grade phosphoric acid production
South Korean materials company OCI recently announced plans to expand its production capacity of semiconductor-grade phosphoric acid. This expansion comes in response to surging customer...
Saturday 9 August 2025
Winbond signals start of 2-year DRAM growth cycle as DDR4 supply tightens
Winbond Electronics said its core memory operations are improving despite foreign exchange-related losses widening its bottom line. DDR3 and DDR4 prices have been rising since June...
Saturday 9 August 2025
Nvidia under fire as US eyes chip tracking to close export loopholes
The US has imposed export controls on critical chips bound for China, but smuggling and transshipment through third countries into China continue to occur, demonstrating that the...
Friday 8 August 2025
Intel CEO rebuffs Trump resignation call in staff letter
US President Donald Trump has publicly called for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to "immediately resign," accusing him of significant conflicts of interest tied to past investments in Chinese...
Friday 8 August 2025
Samsung revives Z-NAND after 7 years to supercharge AI with 15x speed gains

Samsung Electronics is reviving its Z-NAND memory technology after a seven-year hiatus, positioning it as a high-performance solution...

Friday 8 August 2025
TSMC 2nm leaks under national security probe; situation is non-critical for now
TSMC has been reported to have a leak of its 2nm process trade secrets, prompting judicial investigators to launch an investigation under suspicion of violating the National Security...
Friday 8 August 2025
Intel breaks from GPU-centric playbook as CEO Tan charts AI-focused overhaul
Intel is undergoing a sweeping strategic overhaul under CEO Lip-Bu Tan, signaling a decisive break from legacy structures and a bold push to reposition the company at the center of...
Friday 8 August 2025
TSMC-backed VisEra moves to capture CIS upside with thin-form optics, new capacity
VisEra Technologies, a TSMC-affiliated optical component supplier, anticipates third-quarter growth driven by rising demand for CMOS image sensors (CIS), as high-end smartphone camera...