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Friday 26 December 2025
Google reportedly fires procurement execs amid HBM supply crunch
Google and Microsoft are stepping up efforts to secure high-bandwidth memory. Production capacity at South Korean chipmakers is approaching its limits. The supply crunch has coincided...
Friday 26 December 2025
ENE Technology eyes custom ICs amid US drone import ban
Microcontroller (MCU) maker ENE Technology has officially entered the drone industry, partnering with Taiwan's HY Tech, Aeroprobing, and Egis to integrate communications, vision modules,...
Friday 26 December 2025
Nvidia reportedly tests Intel 18A process but does not move forward
Intel's 18A process node has reportedly drawn interest from Nvidia, though the chipmaker has yet to commit to using the technology, according to Reuters, citing sources familiar...
Friday 26 December 2025
Exclusive: Ex-TSMC COO discusses how mass production sparked full-scale advancement
J.K. Wang, a veteran leader in the semiconductor industry and former COO of TSMC, shared insights on TSMC's large-scale wafer fab mass production during his first media interview since...
Friday 26 December 2025
US and China escalate semiconductor state capitalism amid global supply chain shifts
The semiconductor industry is increasingly central to national strategies as the US and China intensify state-led investments amid growing tech geopolitical tensions. The US CHIPS...
Friday 26 December 2025
SoftBank spearheads Japan's next-gen AI memory push
SoftBank and Japanese partners are advancing a government-backed project to develop next-generation memory technology aimed at enhancing AI and supercomputer performance. The initiative,...
Friday 26 December 2025
Samsung to launch self-developed GPU by 2027, breaking from AMD architecture
Samsung reportedly plans to launch an in-house GPU by 2027, marking a potential shift from reliance on external suppliers. The new GPU will be integrated into the Exynos 2800 mobile...
Friday 26 December 2025
Honey Hope Honesty expects growing demand for high-end MLCCs driven by AI infrastructure in 2025 and 2026
Electronic component distributor Honey Hope Honesty anticipates significant growth in sales of high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) fueled by rising demand from AI servers...
Friday 26 December 2025
Nvidia Groq partnership signals shift toward specialized inference chips as AI workloads scale
Nvidia is set to include innovations from Groq, an AI inference chip startup, into its product ecosystem by the end of 2025, responding to an expected surge in AI inference demand...
Friday 26 December 2025
FineMat pivots to drones, chip packaging amid China's display supply chain localization
FineMat Applied Materials is retooling its business as China's push to localize its display supply chain cuts into demand for the Taiwanese company's core products, prompting new investments...
Friday 26 December 2025
Hygon outlines dual-chip roadmap for system-level AI computing

At the Hygon-initiated HAIC 2025 Artificial Intelligence Innovation Conference in Kunshan from December 17 to 19, Hygon Information Technology...

Friday 26 December 2025
YF Capital backs InnoStar Semiconductor, extending Jack Ma's China memory chip push
YF Capital, the private equity firm founded by Jack Ma, has taken a stake in China's memory chip sector, renewing market focus on semiconductor investment trends. As the US tightens...
Thursday 25 December 2025
South Korean prosecutors charge 10 individuals over alleged Samsung DRAM technology leak to CXMT
South Korean prosecutors have charged ten individuals over an alleged large-scale leak of 10nm-class DRAM process technology from Samsung Electronics to China's leading memory maker...
Thursday 25 December 2025
US and European chipmakers lead GaN push for data centers
Gallium nitride power devices are rapidly penetrating AI data centers as soaring electricity demand forces operators to rethink power efficiency and density. The shift is pushing US...
Thursday 25 December 2025
Nvidia's Groq deal signals a strategic push to defend its AI inference turf
Nvidia has agreed to buy key assets from AI accelerator startup Groq in the company's largest acquisition to date, a move that underscores how the battle in artificial intelligence...