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Monday 5 May 2025
China's 28nm foundry capacity to hit 31% by 2027 as SMIC, HLMC, Nexchip ramp up

China is rapidly expanding mature-node chip production at key sites, including SMIC's fabs in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai Lingang, and...

Monday 5 May 2025
Taiwan's surging currency puts pressure on exporters' margins

The New Taiwan dollar (NT$) surged by NT$0.953 against the US dollar (US$) on May 2—an appreciation of nearly 3% in a single day...

Monday 5 May 2025
China leans on industrial policy, not tariffs, to fast-track domestic GPU ascendancy
As US-China tech tensions escalate, Washington's tightened export controls—particularly targeting Nvidia's H20 chips designed for the Chinese market—are deepening compute...
Monday 5 May 2025
Qualcomm clinches full Samsung S25 win, yet real growth rides on auto and AI bets
After delays, Samsung Electronics dropped its in-house Exynos 2500 from the Galaxy S25 lineup, opting instead to power the entire series with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, securing...
Monday 5 May 2025
Weekly news roundup: EUV leap, Intel reboot, Nvidia's China reckoning, and TSMC's AI power play
These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 28 – May 4. From China's EUV light source milestone and Intel's turnaround push to Nvidia's evolving...
Monday 5 May 2025
Silicon Motion optimistic about consumer recovery in second half of 2025 amid strong AI inference demand
Silicon Motion, a NAND controller provider, reported that its first-quarter revenue and profit almost met the high end of prior forecasts, largely due to increased demand for AI inference...
Monday 5 May 2025
Semco and Daeduck poised to power Tesla's autonomous Cybercab with key substrate supply

South Korea's leading substrate manufacturers, Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) and Daeduck Electronics, are preparing to supply crucial...

Sunday 4 May 2025
Automotive and industrial control chip markets show signs of recovery, but tariffs risk looms
European and American integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) have released their financial reports. Among them, Texas Instruments (TI), a bellwether in the analog chip market, believes...
Saturday 3 May 2025
PTI sees operational rebound as memory and AI markets recover in 2025
Memory testing firm expects growth following first-quarter trough, expands advanced packaging capabilities amid semiconductor market recovery
Saturday 3 May 2025
ASE COO urges inclusion of global AI strategy in tariff negotiations
ASE Holdings chief operating officer Tien Wu proposed incorporating the global artificial intelligence (AI) landscape into reciprocal tariff negotiations. He stressed the importance...
Saturday 3 May 2025
Taiwan, SEA anchor US chip supply: Tariffs may do more harm than good
US President Donald Trump announced on April 14 a national security investigation into semiconductor imports. The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) followed...
Saturday 3 May 2025
US-China trade war threatens to gut global semiconductor market by 34% through 2026

The US-China trade war shows no signs of de-escalation, with recent industry analysis warning that if both sides maintain tariffs exceeding...

Saturday 3 May 2025
Macronix narrows Q1 loss, awaits Nintendo Switch 2 boost in 2H25
Macronix International, the Taiwan-based memory chip manufacturer, reduced its losses in the first quarter of 2025 as inventory issues continued to weigh on performance. Chairman...
Saturday 3 May 2025
Murata braces for 8-year profit nadir as smartphone, auto headwinds mount
Murata Manufacturing anticipates its profit for fiscal year 2025 (April 2025 to March 2026) to hit an eight-year low, citing stagnant demand for smartphones and automotive components,...
Friday 2 May 2025
Powertech Technology sees revenue decline as expected in 1Q25
Powertech Technology (PTI), a Taiwanese memory packaging and testing vendor, experienced a decrease in solid-state drive (SSD) and NAND flash shipments in the first quarter of 2025,...