IC distributor WT Microelectronics announced on December 16 that it will acquire a 20% stake in WT Semiconductor from Excelpoint founder and CEO Albert Phuay Yong Hen for approximately...

TSMC chairman C.C. Wei revealed that the "richest guy in the world"—widely believed to be Tesla CEO Elon Musk—shared his focus on developing multifunctional robots over...

Arm's legal dispute with Qualcomm is being argued before a federal jury in Delaware this week, pitting two of the world's most influential chipmakers against each other in an intellectual...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger retired on December 1, 2024, leaving CFO David Zinsner and senior executive Michelle Johnston Holthaus to serve as interim co-CEOs. While the board works to...

The surging AI market has driven unprecedented demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM), placing significant strain on supply chains. In early August, reports surfaced that the Biden...

According to ET News, SK Hynix is setting its sights on the semiconductor packaging market by offering packaging foundry services, a move that analysts say capitalizes on...

Taiwan-based HDI board manufacturer Compeq experienced robust revenue performance in November, driven by the heightened demand for tablets and notebooks, steady shipments of low Earth...

In response to the US export control regulations introduced on December 2, China's Ministry of Finance issued a notice on December 5 regarding government procurement standards and...

FuriosaAI, a Seoul-based AI chip startup founded in 2017, is making waves in the AI hardware market with its innovative accelerator chips aimed at hyperscale data centers and enterprises...

According to Nikkei, Rapidus chairman Tetsuro Higashi stressed in an interview that achieving the goal of producing 2nm chips involves overcoming three significant challenges-...

At SEMICON Japan 2024, JASM president Yuichi Horita announced that TSMC's first wafer fab in Kumamoto, Japan, is on track to begin mass production within 2024, reports Nikkei...

ET News highlighted challenges in South Korea's semiconductor materials industry, as sluggish markets and declining demand hit companies like LPN, Technium, and SK Enpulse...

Semiconductor Week in Review (Dec 8- 14) :

India's rising imports of chips comes with an increasing reliance on China. In addition to semiconductors, India is pursuing AI self-reliance.

The newly released book, The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant, reveals key insights into Nvidia's corporate culture. A notable aspect is CEO Jensen...