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Wednesday 11 June 2025
Taiwan receives AmCham's investment recommendations as tech giants expand presence on island
Taiwan's National Development Council (NDC) Chairman Chin-Ching Liu accepted the American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei's 2025 Taiwan White Paper, as US technology companies including...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
SK Hynix weighs TCB suppliers: Hanmi, Hanwha face off for 2H25 HBM3E equipment orders
SK Hynix is approaching the final delivery deadline for its May orders of thermal compression bonding (TCB) equipment from Hanmi Semiconductor and Hanwha Semitech, as the industry...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Micron ships HBM4 samples to key customers, targets 2026 ramp up
According to a press release on June 10, Micron Technology announced it has begun shipping samples of its 36GB HBM4 with 12-high stacking to multiple customers. The new memory is...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China's STAR Market reforms spark record M&A wave as tech firms seek scale and strategy
Marking the first anniversary of China's "Eight Measures for the STAR Market"—a landmark reform package aimed at boosting tech innovation and industrial upgrading—the...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Samsung and Groq to produce world's fastest AI chip using 4nm process, mass production slated for 2H25
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market with a new collaboration alongside Groq, aiming to bring their jointly developed chip...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China IC exports up 18.9%; ASEAN overtakes US as largest trade partner
China is ramping up trade ties with ASEAN and the EU as US-China tensions deepen and global supply chains continue to shift. According to June 2025 data from the General Administration...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Samsung reportedly ramps up Taylor fab construction, eyeing operational by 2026
Samsung Electronics has reportedly accelerated construction at its US$37 billion wafer fab in Taylor, Texas, reaffirming its target to begin production by the end of 2026. After earlier...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Intel veterans rewire careers with ambitious RISC-V bet
In the summer of 2024, Debbie Marr, after a three-decades career at Intel, and several longtime colleagues from Intel quietly launched AheadComputing, a new semiconductor company...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
SEA emerges as key battleground for MCU industry amid G2 tech rivalry
As geopolitical tensions between China and the US continue to escalate, the Southeast Asian market has become a new strategic focal point for global semiconductor players—particularly...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
US, China officials agree on plan to ramp down trade tensions
The US and China de-escalated trade tensions, agreeing to a preliminary deal on how to implement the consensus the two sides reached in Geneva, negotiators for both sides said.
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Nintendo’s Switch 2 ignites IC order boom for Taiwan’s design houses
Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch 2 has officially launched to an extremely enthusiastic response across Europe, the US, and Japan. Retail channels report being "highly optimistic"...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Trump's EDA cutoff cripples China's advanced node, HBM ambitions
The Trump administration has escalated its tech crackdown on China with a sweeping ban on Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software exports. On May 29, 2025, Synopsys, Cadence,...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
Why chipmakers are skipping Japan
As nations worldwide race to attract semiconductor manufacturing, most have rolled out sweeping tax incentives targeting the industry. According to a 2025 policy proposal from the...
Wednesday 11 June 2025
China's 10 rare earth powerhouses driving 70% of global supply

In April 2025, China imposed new export restrictions on seven critical mid-to-heavy rare earth elements—samarium (Sm), gadolinium (Gd),...

Tuesday 10 June 2025
YMTC sues Micron over 'spyware' allegations amid ongoing patent, IP battles
Chinese memory chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) has filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, DC, accusing US-based Micron Technology of launching a disinformation campaign...