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Wednesday 9 April 2025
TSMC faces potential US$1 billion penalty tied to Huawei AI chip
A Reuters report indicates that the US government may impose a US$1 billion penalty on TSMC for failing to prevent its chips from being used in Huawei's advanced AI technology as...
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Micron lifts HBM market forecast as Nvidia B300 shipments loom
At its GTC event in March, Nvidia unveiled the B300 and GB300 AI accelerators, both scheduled for a mid-2025 release. The GB300, featuring significantly higher performance and power...
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Samsung pioneers with immersion cooling to tackle DRAM heat challenges and drive AI advancements
The meteoric rise of generative AI has unleashed an insatiable demand for computational power, propelling the memory industry into a fierce technological crucible. While Samsung Electronics...
Wednesday 9 April 2025
Intel's strategic shift: Tan's focus on engineering excellence and AI innovation puts TSMC and Samsung on notice
Recent rumors surrounding TSMC's role in rescuing Intel have sparked much debate. However, Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, kept a remarkably low profile at the company's Vision 2025...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Trump's tariffs trigger market turmoil: TSMC plunges 13.56%, Foxconn falls 18.57%, Wiwynn bucks trend
US President Donald Trump's introduction of "reciprocal tariffs" across various countries has triggered a substantial market upheaval, causing US equity markets to drop sharply over...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Naura rides 44% profit surge, expands grip on China's semiconductor sector

Naura Technology, a leading Chinese semiconductor equipment provider, reported its fiscal year 2024 results and issued guidance for the...

Tuesday 8 April 2025
Tariff turbulence hits PCs: chipmakers grapple with sliding demand, margin pressure
Donald Trump's sweeping new tariff proposal on global imports is rattling the tech supply chain. While industry insiders expect the final rates to be lower than current threats, few...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Tariff impact minimal: Hye Technology reports no direct sales to the US
In response to the announcement by the US government on April 2, 2025, regarding reciprocal tariffs, Hye Technology stated that it does not directly sell automation and semiconductor...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Samsung to raise memory chip prices amid US tariff concerns
Samsung Electronics plans to increase DRAM and NAND Flash memory prices by 3-5% in response to potential new US semiconductor tariffs, according to reports from South Korean media...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
US reciprocal tariffs deal blow to Chinese, Taiwanese manufacturers in Vietnam
On April 2, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching a new wave of "Liberation Day" reciprocal tariffs on major trading partners, including China, Taiwan, the...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Kumamoto prefecture: TSMC's Japan investment undeterred by Trump tariffs
Kumamoto Governor Takashi Kimura recently affirmed that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) commitment to its investments in Japan, particularly in Kumamoto Prefecture,...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
IC distributors brace for inevitable tariff cost pass-through with potential supply chain adjustments

President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariff policy has sent shockwaves across global markets. Although many countries have since proposed...

Tuesday 8 April 2025
Rapidus in talks with 50 potential US clients as challenges to serving Chinese market persist
Rapidus, a Japanese semiconductor firm aiming to mass-produce 2nm chips, commenced partial trial production at its facility on April 1, 2025. According to Rapidus president Atsuyoshi...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Tech braces for tariff tsunami: DIGITIMES analysts break down impact across six key sectors
As Donald Trump ramps up his tariff-heavy trade agenda in a bid to bring manufacturing back to US soil, Taiwan's tech and manufacturing sectors are bracing for impact—again...
Tuesday 8 April 2025
China chokes rare earth supply; robotics sector braces for impact
China has imposed new export restrictions on seven medium and heavy rare earth elements—samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium—through...