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Friday 6 June 2025
DRAM prices unlikely to drop in 2025; Team Group embraces edge AI opportunities
Driven by the established trend of memory manufacturers reducing production, Team Group general manager Gerry Chen stated that memory prices are not expected to decline in 2025. The...
Friday 6 June 2025
Arm's Zena CSS shaves a year off auto chip development
Arm has introduced Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS), a pre-integrated, safety-certified automotive compute platform designed to cut chip development timelines by up to 12 months. Announced...
Friday 6 June 2025
India eyes Taiwan-inspired chip R&D hub to jumpstart domestic ecosystem
India-based Semicon Fab Technologies has proposed establishing a common semiconductor research and development facility modeled on Taiwan's ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute)...
Thursday 5 June 2025
South Korea's Lee proposes 10% tax credit for domestic chip production
South Korea's newly elected President Lee Jae-myung has unveiled a flagship policy offering up to 10% production tax credits for semiconductors manufactured and sold domestically,...
Thursday 5 June 2025
As US EDA ban tightens its grip, China's domestic tools step into the breach
The US has issued new export restrictions targeting leading electronic design automation (EDA) firms—Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens—prohibiting them from supplying software...
Thursday 5 June 2025
Samsung loses key US memory architect to SanDisk as chip race escalates
Jim Elliott, a veteran executive who spent over 20 years leading Samsung Electronics' memory operations in the US, has reportedly exited the company to join rival NAND flash provider...
Thursday 5 June 2025
India eases SEZ rules to boost semiconductor, electronics manufacturing
India has eased land and operational norms in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to lower entry barriers and spur investment in semiconductor and electronic component manufacturing.
Thursday 5 June 2025
Hanmi Taiwan posts record growth as demand for maintenance services and component sales surge
Hanmi Taiwan, the local subsidiary of South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor, reported explosive growth in the first quarter of 2025, generating 76% of its entire 2024 revenue in just...
Thursday 5 June 2025
TSMC cautious on High NA as ASML unveils its US$400M chipmaking machine
Kevin Zhang, Deputy Co-Chief Operating Officer at TSMC, recently reiterated the company's cautious approach toward adopting High NA EUV lithography tools, emphasizing that TSMC is...
Thursday 5 June 2025
LPKF reportedly enforces glass substrate patents amid intensifying industry competition
German laser technology provider LPKF has begun actively asserting its patents related to semiconductor glass substrate technology, signaling a potentially more aggressive posture...
Thursday 5 June 2025
SpaceX eyes FOPLP as Washington pushes chip packaging reshoring
Market sources report that SpaceX, the low-earth orbit satellite giant founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, is accelerating its expansion into fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP). The...
Thursday 5 June 2025
CXMT's surprise HBM3 sprint puts Samsung, SK Hynix on alert
China's CXMT is accelerating its development of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and DDR5 chips, mounting a direct challenge to the global DRAM dominance of Samsung Electronics and SK...
Thursday 5 June 2025
Japan's silicon carbide ambitions falter amid oversupply and global pressure
Japan, once a trailblazer in silicon carbide (SiC) research and pilot production, is facing a critical turning point. While renowned for its precision and long-standing technological...
Thursday 5 June 2025
China debuts first full-stack EDA suite as free alternative to US tools in offensive move
China's semiconductor sector is bracing for a potential escalation in US export restrictions that could sever access to critical electronic design automation (EDA) software. Responding...
Thursday 5 June 2025
AMD acquires AI software firm Brium to strengthen AI stack, expand industry reach
According to a press release, AMD announced the acquisition of Brium, a software company specializing in compilers and AI inference optimization, to enhance its end-to-end AI capabilities...