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Tuesday 18 February 2025
SMIC and Hua Hong expand capacity despite US curbs and domestic oversupply
Despite technological restrictions from the US and its allies, SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor remain dedicated to investment and continue to expand their production capacity, highlighting...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
GaAs foundry Win Semiconductors positive about RF chip demand
Win Semiconductors (WIN), a GaAs foundry, is reportedly one of the beneficiaries of Apple's in-house RF component initiative. Although the Taiwan-based company has declined to provide...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Taiwan 4Q24 IC output value increases
Taiwan's total IC industry output value—including IC design, IC manufacturing, IC packaging, and IC testing—was NT$1.49 trillion (US$45.5 billion) in the fourth quarter...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
ASE CEO optimistic about semiconductor industry hitting US$1 trillion scale no later than 2032
Tien Wu, CEO of ASE, stated that while Taiwan-based companies excel in developing the "brain" of robots, key sensor technologies such as those related to vision, hearing, speech,...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Why SK Hynix is scrutinizing Chinese EDA: two key drivers behind strategic shift
SK Hynix has reportedly launched a review of its use of Chinese Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software in response to potential US restrictions targeting Chinese technology in...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
NEG expands glass substrate production amid HBM and semiconductor packaging boom
Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) is increasing its production of carrier glass for advanced memory and semiconductor packaging due to the growing demand for generative AI, which has boosted...
Tuesday 18 February 2025
Intel reboots foundry business with UMC and MediaTek alliance amid restructuring rumors.
Collaborating with MediaTek and other UMC-affiliated IC design companies is opening up new opportunities for the money-losing Intel Foundry.
Monday 17 February 2025
Kioxia announces capex reduction due to NAND surplus despite profitability forecast
Kioxia has projected a return to profitability for fiscal 2024 (April 2024 - March 2025). However, its capex is expected to decrease by approximately 25% year-over-year in response...
Monday 17 February 2025
DIGITIMES exclusive: Inside MediaTek's SiPh strategy and the shift toward heterogeneous integration
MediaTek, a global leader in IC design, has strengthened its presence in the ASIC market by capitalizing on its Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) technology. As traditional electronic...
Monday 17 February 2025
TSMC and Rapidus: Monitoring PFAS emissions and water quality in Japan
After Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) subsidiary JASM's first wafer fab began mass production at the end of 2024, the Kumamoto Prefectural Government initiated...
Monday 17 February 2025
MediaTek's decade of SerDes excellence: Customer-centric innovation for AI data centers
MediaTek, Taiwan's top IC design company, has secured seven paper acceptances at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2025, reflecting its evolution from a technology...
Monday 17 February 2025
Is the US following China's market-for-technology playbook as chip industry regionalizes?
The Donald Trump Administration reportedly may require TSMC to make tough choices to aid in rebuilding the US's chip manufacturing capabilities, including sharing technologies or...
Monday 17 February 2025
Kioxia expects return to profitability in FY24, driven by AI-related SSDs
Kioxia forecasts a return to profitability in its fiscal year 2024, propelled by robust demand for SSDs in AI infrastructure.
Monday 17 February 2025
India's AI ambitions face GPU supply and cost challenges
India's push to become a global AI powerhouse is facing a major hurdle — limited access to high-performance GPUs. While large enterprises are investing in AI, startups, businesses,...
Monday 17 February 2025
AI boom propels Japanese manufacturing in 3Q24, while traditional sectors lag
Japan's manufacturing sector has received a significant boost from the AI boom, with companies in the materials, power infrastructure, and information system supply chains achieving...