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Monday 21 July 2025
Malaysia launches US$21 million fund to boost semiconductor packaging and attract global tech players
According to Bernama, Malaysia has launched a MYR90 million (US$21.2 million) Science Endowment matching fund aimed at accelerating the country's push into advanced semiconductor...
Monday 21 July 2025
TSMC pledges prudence as it pursues US$165b US expansion
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will remain prudent about spending this year while expanding globally to meet surging AI chip demand, as the chipmaker grapples with...
Monday 21 July 2025
Global tech showdown post-tariffs shines spotlight on US-China rivalry
The Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Public Policy has released the Critical and Emerging Technologies Index (CETI) report, which quantifies the capabilities of 25 countries...
Monday 21 July 2025
Weekly news roundup: Nvidia partners with Micron, Huawei's 'Little HiSilicon' launches, GB300 production begins
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from July 14 to 20, 2025. The top three topics include Nvidia teams up with Micron for a major SOCAMM rollout, aiming to challenge high-bandwidth...
Monday 21 July 2025
Tata Electronics and Bosch sign MoU to strengthen India's semiconductor and automotive electronics ecosystem
Tata Electronics and Robert Bosch GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate across critical areas in the electronics and semiconductor sectors. The agreement...
Monday 21 July 2025
Samsung reportedly cracks 1c DRAM yield hurdle, positions HBM4 for AI rebound
Samsung Electronics is preparing a major push to reclaim ground in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, where it has lagged behind SK Hynix and Micron. Its sixth-generation 1c...
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...