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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,...
Friday 2 May 2025
Intel and AMD reap nearly 30% of revenue from China, yet US semiconductor imports are just 3%—What's behind the discrepancy?
Washington's export controls and escalating US-China chip tensions have dominated headlines, but American semiconductor leaders continue to rely heavily on the Chinese market. In...
Friday 2 May 2025
Memory market soars as Samsung's DDR4 phase-out sparks supply squeeze and price surge
The memory market is seeing a sharp surge, fueled by rising contract prices since the second quarter and Samsung Electronics' move to phase out DDR4 modules, as revealed in communications...
Friday 2 May 2025
Lessons from TSMC: Trump tariffs offer Taiwan manufacturers opportunity for AI transformation
The tariff war initiated by US President Donald Trump has been widely described by economists as a global economic crisis. However, Lee-feng Chien, the former managing director of...
Friday 2 May 2025
Taiwan's AI, semiconductor export growth remains strong despite US tariff hikes
Despite the recent tariff hikes by the US and the high degree of uncertainty surrounding supply chain relocation, one thing for certain is the demand for Taiwan's AI and semiconductors...
Friday 2 May 2025
OpenAI expands hiring in Asia amid tech industry trends and high tariff concerns
Market sources reveal that OpenAI is offering competitive salaries with numerous job openings in Singapore and Japan. Positions in Singapore cover areas such as sales and marketing,...
Friday 2 May 2025
Nvidia braces for regulatory headwinds ahead of 1Q earnings
Nvidia faces multiple challenges as it approaches its fiscal first quarter 2026 earnings release on May 28, with new AI export controls taking effect on May 15 and potential tariffs...
Friday 2 May 2025
Is the early pull-in effect ending? Taiwan electronics industry outlook downgraded to green light
Supermicro announced this week a downward revision of its revenue and profit forecasts. The question remains whether this is due to disruptive innovation driven by DeepSeek or if...
Friday 2 May 2025
Setbacks for India's semiconductor ambitions: Tower Semiconductor, Adani, and Zoho projects stall
The Adani Group has paused discussions with Israel's Tower Semiconductor over a proposed US$10 billion semiconductor project in India, according to two people familiar with the matter,...
Friday 2 May 2025
Samsung chip earnings nosedive 62%: HBM edge ceded to SK Hynix?
Samsung Electronics beat expectations in the first quarter of 2025, posting revenue of KRW79.1 trillion (US$55 billion) and operating profit of KRW6.7 trillion. However, its Device...
Friday 2 May 2025
Amazon's AI ambition runs on self-designed silicon
Amazon is racing to redefine the future of AI—and it's building that future on silicon of its own design.