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Friday 28 November 2025
Google's TPU strategy mounts fresh challenge to Nvidia's GPU lead

Google's expanding Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) strategy is emerging as a serious challenge to Nvidia's long-running dominance in AI accelerators,...

Friday 28 November 2025
Topco Scientific eyes strong 2026 growth in photoresist and silicon wafers
Topco Scientific (TSC) expects semiconductor material demand to remain robust through 2026, driven by AI-led advanced process capacity utilization and strong memory market momentum...
Friday 28 November 2025
Meta's Google TPU shift opens new AI supply chain for Taiwan PCB makers
Recent market rumors indicate that Meta is negotiating to deploy Google's seventh-generation TPU "Ironwood" in its data centers by 2027, with procurement potentially reaching tens...
Friday 28 November 2025
Commentary: Taiwan's IC design edge in ASIC development
Taiwan's IC design sector has rapidly expanded in the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) market, driven by growing demand for AI applications. MediaTek has entered Google's...
Friday 28 November 2025
Exclusive: CSPs lock in memory capacity with two-year LTAs through 2028
Explosive AI demand is accelerating a historic global memory chip shortage, with major cloud service providers (CSPs) securing multi-year long-term agreements (LTAs) to guarantee supply...
Friday 28 November 2025
Yesterday AOL, today OpenAI: Google's vertical integration threatens to repeat history
In the competitive realm of artificial intelligence computing power, Nvidia currently leads the market, but Google is emerging as a formidable contender with its self-developed TPUs...
Friday 28 November 2025
China's new TPU contender aims for Nvidia's AI chip dominance
China's AI chip startup Zhonghao Xinying has introduced its own tensor processing unit (TPU), a major step in the country's "de-Americanisation" drive as US export curbs continue to...
Friday 28 November 2025
TSMC exit fuels Taiwan-US rivalry in GaN market
TSMC announced in mid-2025 that it will fully exit the gallium nitride (GaN) foundry business within two years. The strategic move refocuses resources on advanced silicon manufacturing...
Friday 28 November 2025
Why Jensen Huang spent Thanksgiving weekend in Taiwan
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was spotted in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 27, marking his third trip to Taiwan in the second half of 2025. While earlier reports suggested that he was in town...
Friday 28 November 2025
US pushes 50-50 chip split, but Taiwan's 10x capacity lead says otherwise
US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick previously proposed the idea of a 50–50 chip split between Taiwan and the US, but it is unclear whether this reflects Lutnick's personal...
Friday 28 November 2025
Chinese smartphone makers face cost pressures, plan product cuts or price hikes
Amid surging demand from artificial intelligence (AI) servers and high-end personal computers, prices of DRAM and LPDDR5 memory have soared, placing heavy cost pressures on budget...
Friday 28 November 2025
FitTech targets 2Q26 profits with goal to become Taiwan's largest foundry
FitTech has had weak performance since 2023. It posted a net loss attributable to the parent of NT$290 million (approx. US$9.2 million) for the first three quarters of 2025, although...
Friday 28 November 2025
Taiwan boosts funding for system-level IC designs, focuses on drone sensors and secure chips
Taiwan's Industrial Development Administration said it has approved 28 projects under its 2025 IC design subsidy program, selecting 33 companies for a combined NT$1.3 billion in government...
Thursday 27 November 2025
TSMC's 2nm secrets case erupts into raids on Intel hire Wei-Jen Lo

Taiwan's investigation into former TSMC senior vice-president Wei-Jen Lo intensified on November 26 as prosecutors carried out search...

Thursday 27 November 2025
China-EU urge an internal resolution of Nexperia dispute
China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and European Commission Trade and Economic Security Commissioner Maros Sefcovic held a video conference on November 26, 2025, to address the...