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Thursday 6 February 2025
Realtek optimistic about 2025 prospects
Taiwanese network IC design house Realtek Semiconductor has expressed confidence in its business prospects for 2025, as evidenced by improved order visibility and technological adv...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Taiwan claims superior GaN 8-inch process efficiency over Imec
Taiwan has announced that its domestically developed high-frequency gallium nitride (GaN) 8-inch process demonstrates greater efficiency compared to the technology developed by the...
Thursday 6 February 2025
GlobalFoundries names Tim Breen CEO, Tom Caulfield chair
GlobalFoundries Inc. (GF), the world's third-largest contract chip manufacturer, announced that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Tim Breen will succeed Tom Caulfield as CEO, while Caulfield...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Arm gives cautious outlook despite strong results
Arm gives cautious outlook despite strong results
Thursday 6 February 2025
Qualcomm projects flat smartphone market growth despite strong 1Q25 results
Although Qualcomm delivers better-than-expected financial performance across its business, the company expects flat smartphone growth in 2025, impacting its licensing business in...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Rohm reports 99.5% profit decline in 3Q24, shifts strategy toward foundry partnerships
Rohm Semiconductor has disclosed its consolidated financial results from April to December 2024, revealing a sharp downturn in revenue and profitability. The company's revenue decreased...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Premiumization drives Qualcomm's 1Q25 growth amid flat mobile market, cites TSMC price hikes and DeepSeek's impact
During an earnings call on February 6, 2025, Qualcomm's senior executives highlighted the company's success in premium market segments despite overall smartphone market stagnation...
Thursday 6 February 2025
SoftBank nears deal to acquire chip designer Ampere
SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire Ampere Computing LLC, people familiar with the matter said.
Thursday 6 February 2025
Arm stands to benefit as AI innovations spur chip demands, with DeepSeek emerging as driving force
Amid the excitement surrounding AI, which is prompting developers to create related products that demand more Arm-based ASIC chips, Arm anticipates reaping the benefits of this surge...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Huawei reports 2024 revenue, Ascend 910C hits 60% of Nvidia H100's AI performance
Huawei Chairman Howard Liang announced that 2024 revenue exceeded CNY860 billion (approx. US$118.6 billion) at the Guangdong Provincial Conference on high-quality development, driven...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Malaysia braces for impact of Trump's tariff plans amid reliance on China and US chip market
While Malaysia is not a direct target of Donald Trump's tariff war against trading partners, the Southeast Asian nation is concerned about potential impacts and is advocating for...
Thursday 6 February 2025
AI server boom fuels Murata's MLCC sales and profit rebound
Murata Manufacturing posted a consolidated operating profit of JPY234.1 billion (US$1.508 billion) for the April–December 2024 period, reflecting an 8.9% increase compared to...
Thursday 6 February 2025
Audix sets record gross margin on manufacturing continuous growth
Taiwan-based Audix reported a consolidated revenue of NT$5.168 billion (US$156.5 million) for 2024, marking a 30% decrease compared to the previous year. In its product portfolio,...
Wednesday 5 February 2025
Samsung, SoftBank, OpenAI in talks on AI, data centers, and mobile strategy
Samsung Electronics Chairperson Jae-Yong Lee, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and SoftBank Group Chairperson Masayoshi Son met to discuss the Stargate Project, AI collaborations, and mobile...
Wednesday 5 February 2025
China reportedly weighs antitrust probe into Intel following Google investigation
On February 4, 2025, Chinese regulators revived their antitrust investigation into Google, following a similar probe into Nvidia announced in December 2024. The move came after Washington...