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Wednesday 5 March 2025
Stanford's David Fedor praises TSMC and C.C. Wei's Oval Office meeting as a strategic win for Taiwan
TSMC unveiled plans to nearly triple its investment in the United States to US$165 billion, a move that reshapes the global chip industry landscape amid surging artificial intelligence...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Taiwan reassures on advanced chip review rules; emphasizes that restrictions target China, not US
TSMC's US investment of US$100 billion is sparking concerns about Taiwan's national security and potential talent and technology drain. Taiwanese officials have reassured that advanced...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Tong Hsing upbeat about optical communications segment, but automotive market outlook remains uncertain
Tong Hsing Electronic, a semiconductor packaging service and substrate provider, has forecast a mid single-digit quarter-over-quarter decline in revenue for the first quarter of 2025...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Two major challenges for TSMC's US$100 billion US investment and 6 other takeaways
In a historic White House press conference, President Donald Trump joined TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei to announce a monumental US$100 billion investment by TSMC in the United States. The...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
RichWave forecasts Wi-Fi revenue to reach 30% of total earnings by late 2025, fueled by global telecom growth
RichWave Technology, a leading Taiwanese RF front-end chip manufacturer, reports that the adoption rate of Wi-Fi 7 is rapidly increasing, with major global telecom operators poised...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
TSMC's US$100 billion US leap under Trump's pressure: winners and losers
As expected, TSMC has succumbed to ongoing pressure from US President Donald Trump in the last six months.
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Enosemi and Jabil form alliance to advance photonic chip packaging
In a landmark announcement on March 3, Enosemi and Jabil unveiled a sophisticated collaboration to pioneer advanced packaging process technology for Enosemi's cutting-edge photonic...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Microchip Technology restructures: 2,000 layoffs across US and Philippines amidst automotive chip slump
Microchip Technology is undergoing significant restructuring in response to a downturn in the automotive chip market. The company has announced the layoff of approximately 2,000 employees,...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Taiwan Premier: TSMC's US$100 billion expansion abroad won't compromise national tech edge
Following C. C. Wei, the chairman and CEO of TSMC, being invited to the White House to announce substantial investments in the US, questions have emerged regarding whether TSMC had...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
SK Hynix America sees revenues soar in 2024 amid high demand for advanced memory products
SK Hynix America, the US branch of SK Hynix, is seeing significant revenue growth due to the demand for HBM. In 2024, its revenue rose about 2.6 times from the previous year.
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Elan upbeat about notebook growth; to ship fingerprint recognition solutions for AI PCs in 2H25
Taiwan-based Elan Microelectronics, a major provider of touch controller chip solutions, has disclosed that significant order momentum for product lines offering high gross profits...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
US Chips Act office loses two-fifths of staff to Trump purge
The US government office responsible for a marquee US$52 billion chip subsidy program will lose about two-fifths of its staff as President Donald Trump slashes the federal workforce,...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Singapore probes potential fraud in Nvidia AI chip shipments
Singapore is investigating whether Dell Technologies Inc. and Super Micro Computer Inc. servers shipped to Malaysia housed Nvidia Corp. chips barred from China, outlining a case that's...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Ardentec benefits from whitelist order transfers, expects steady growth in 2025
IC testing firm Ardentec anticipates sequential revenue growth through the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by a consistent rise in demand for AI and HPC device applications. The company...
Tuesday 4 March 2025
TSMC may start small-volume SiPh CPO manufacturing in 2H25
TSMC's silicon photonic (SiPh) co-packaged optics (CPO) technology is progressing swiftly, with recent market speculation suggesting that related production lines are expected to...