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Wednesday 12 March 2025
NAND production cuts impact persist: Phison expects price increases to last until 3Q25
NAND flash controller chip supplier Phison forecasts that the first quarter will be the low point for annual revenue. As manufacturers successfully adjust prices and DeepSeek drives...
Wednesday 12 March 2025
TSMC's US$165 billion investment in US wins support from American leaders
With Intel's factories delayed and Samsung scaling back, can TSMC single-handedly revive America's chip dominance?
Wednesday 12 March 2025
TSMC's US expansion faces political opposition in Taiwan
On March 3, TSMC chairman C.C. Wei announced a significant investment expansion of US$100 billion at the White House. However, the largest Opposition in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan,...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Samsung intensifies scrutiny of system LSI and foundry amid ongoing struggles
Samsung Electronics has launched a sweeping internal review of its System LSI and foundry businesses, signaling potential restructuring efforts as the company grapples with widening...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
China's EUV breakthrough: Huawei, SMIC reportedly advancing LDP lithography, eye 3Q25 trial, 2026 rollout
China is advancing in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, with a domestically developed system undergoing testing at Huawei's Dongguan facility, according to XFastest...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Naura ranks 6th among global semiconductor equipment providers despite US-China tensions
Naura Technology, with its expertise in etching, thin film deposition, and cleaning equipment, has moved up its global ranking to sixth from tenth place.
Tuesday 11 March 2025
CATL powers into chip market: strategic bets on IC design startups
CATL, a global leader in batteries and energy storage, is further expanding into semiconductors. While the company maintains a low-profile approach, each of its investments generates...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Gudeng leads 18 Taiwanese companies in following TSMC 's US expansion
Benefiting from strong demand for wafer carriers and photomask carriers from clients such as TSMC, Gudeng reported a consolidated revenue of approximately NT$456 million (US$13.9...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
US may conduct hearing on mature process chip taxes from China
Recent reports indicate that the US will hold a hearing discussing whether tariffs should be imposed on China's mature process chips. Industry experts predict that several chip manufacturers,...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
TSMC US$100 billion expansion highlights deepening Taiwan-US tech ties
TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei announced at the White House a US$100 billion expansion in the United States, adding three wafer fabs, two advanced packaging plants, and an R&D center...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Former TSMC R&D VP spearheads breakthrough sub-1nm EUV academic research
Burn-Jeng Lin, the former VP of R&D at TSMC, is leading a team at a university in Taiwan focused on advancing subnanometer EUV research.
Tuesday 11 March 2025
CDIL and Infineon partner to boost India's e-mobility and renewable sector
CDIL Semiconductors and Infineon Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on power semiconductor solutions tailored to India's growing needs in...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
China's data-only camera shift sparks automotive CIS shortage—Is edge computing out?
China's automotive industry is facing a critical shortage of 8-megapixel (8MP) automotive CMOS image sensors (CIS) as automakers shift toward centralized computing architectures....
Tuesday 11 March 2025
Early order rush lifts MediaTek's to best -ever Feb sales despite sequential decrease
MediaTek has reported revenue of NT$46.17 billion (US$1.4 billion) for February 2025, representing an increase of nearly 20% year over year and the largest sum recorded for this time...
Tuesday 11 March 2025
China lawmaker proposes anonymous semiconductor purchases to evade US export controls
A Chinese lawmaker has proposed allowing blacklisted domestic firms to secretly procure foreign semiconductor technology and components, circumventing US export controls. The proposal...