CONNECT WITH US
NEWS TAGGED CHIPS + COMPONENTS
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Wingtech-Nexperia talks continue as chair warns dispute threatens global chip supply
Talks between China's Wingtech Technology and its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia are ongoing as the companies seek to resolve a governance dispute that has disrupted semiconductor supplies,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Korean chip industry faces mounting pressure from escalating power prices
Electricity costs for South Korea's domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry have reportedly surged, raising concerns over mounting cost pressures on chipmakers. Over the past...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Nexperia's China unit secures local wafer supply under governance dispute
The Chinese subsidiary of Nexperia, the Dutch semiconductor manufacturer, has moved to secure wafer capacity from domestic suppliers to support production of key products in 2026,...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
TRI's 2025 operations hit record highs, with advanced packaging opportunities to further drive growth
Optical and electrical inspection equipment supplier Test Research Inc. (TRI) held an online investor conference on December 16, 2025, stating that, benefiting from continued strong...
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...