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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 competitiveness...
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...
Monday 22 December 2025
Etron founder sees Moore's Law rebound as memory crunch stretches to 2027

Etron Technology founder Nicky Lu says the boom in AI is accelerating semiconductor innovation and restoring the momentum of Moore's Law, even as...

Monday 22 December 2025
King Yuan Electronics ramps up expansion in Singapore amid AI chip testing surge
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is accelerating its expansion efforts in Taiwan and Singapore to address rising demand for AI chip testing services. The Taiwanese testing and assembly...
Monday 22 December 2025
TSMC's CoPoS equipment set for mid-2026; overseas suppliers shake up Taiwan firms
Benefiting from surges in AI GPU, and ASIC demand, both TSMC and non-TSMC camps have raised their 2026 CoWoS capacity plans. Notably, due to CoWoS supply shortages and Nvidia's requirements,...
Monday 22 December 2025
Weekly news roundup: Intel's TSMC talent grab draws scrutiny, Samsung foundry lands Intel order, Moore's Law talent gap looms
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 15 to December 21, 2025.
Monday 22 December 2025
Memory price spike pressures consumer tech as AI absorbs supply
Rising memory chip prices are unlikely to slow the world's largest technology companies as they accelerate investment in artificial intelligence computing, but the surge risks squeezing...
Monday 22 December 2025
Japan-based AOI Electronics to support Kaynes' semiconductor back-end expansion in India
AOI Electronics, a Japan-based semiconductor assembly and test provider, has entered into a business alliance with India's Kaynes Semicon Private Limited and Japan's Mitsui to support...
Monday 22 December 2025
TSMC pushes back on Japan fab delay rumors, keeps options open
According to Nikkei, Yuichi Hotta, president of TSMC's Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), confirmed on December 19 that construction of the second wafer fabrication...
Monday 22 December 2025
Protection component prices stabilize: Thinking Electronic pins 2026 growth on AI

Record-high precious metal prices upstream are tightening cost pressure across the passive components industry, but the impact on protection...

Monday 22 December 2025
India roundup: India expands semiconductor sector through acquisitions and global partnerships
India is bolstering its semiconductor ecosystem through strategic overseas acquisitions, potential integration into Apple's supply chain, and specialized domestic manufacturing, while...