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Friday 7 November 2025
AI-driven chip shortages disrupt connector and power supplies
The global semiconductor industry is facing widening supply-demand imbalances amid the AI boom, with memory and processor chips in particularly short supply. Prices have surged while...
Friday 7 November 2025
Elan Microelectronics posts solid results, eyes AI-driven growth in 2026
Touch IC leader Elan Microelectronics held an earnings call on November 6, reporting that third-quarter performance exceeded internal forecasts despite a weaker consumer market than...
Friday 7 November 2025
Samsung Galaxy S26 prices may increase because of memory demand surge
Every year's new flagship phones bring questions regarding pricing. This year, Samsung's Galaxy S26 series is expected to see a price increase from its predecessor. As the memory market...
Friday 7 November 2025
Google launches new TPU and Arm-based instances for AI workloads
Google has introduced Ironwood, its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), designed for large-scale AI model training, reinforcement learning, and inference.
Friday 7 November 2025
Taiwan machinery leverages AI for defense push
Taiwan's machinery industry is leveraging artificial intelligence to transform from a traditional manufacturing base into a high-tech powerhouse, with growing ambitions in the global...
Friday 7 November 2025
Update: Jensen Huang dined with CC Wei tonight in Tainan, and will attend TSMC's annual sports day in Hsinchu
Update: Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, is already in Tainan, a city about 300 kilometers south of Taipei. He dined with several key executives of TSMC, including CC Wei, chairman and...
Friday 7 November 2025
Hanmi to launch Wide TC Bonder for HBM5 high stacking in 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor announced it will release a dedicated device called the "Wide TC Bonder" by the end of 2026, designed specifically for next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Friday 7 November 2025
Trump's trade policies trigger Taiwan's US$400 billion US investment surge
Amid US President Donald Trump's tariff threats and new incentives under the US "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," foreign companies are increasingly planning major investments in the US...
Friday 7 November 2025
ASE unveils AI-enhanced IDE 2.0 to accelerate chip design and packaging
ASE has announced a significant upgrade to its in-house integrated design ecosystem (IDE) platform, introducing IDE 2.0, which features AI integration to speed up design iterations...
Friday 7 November 2025
“Call the mayor”: Jensen Huang’s Computex quip triggers a months-long land tussle for Nvidia’s Taipei HQ
When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Computex in Taipei on May 19, 2025, his remarks about the company's new Taiwan headquarters—called "Nvidia Constellation"—sparked...
Thursday 6 November 2025
SK Hynix tight-lipped on Nvidia supply terms as HBM4 prices climb
SK Hynix has reportedly increased the price of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) supplied to Nvidia by over 50% compared to the previous generation HBM3E. Industry...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Winbond's DRAM bit supply to double as structural shortage extends through 2027
Continuous upgrades in memory technology have created a structural imbalance in supply and demand. Nevertheless, memory supplier Winbond Electronics delivered strong earnings in the...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Samsung's HBM4 yields surge toward Nvidia certification, SK Hynix keeps edge
Nvidia's evaluation of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) has sparked a fierce contest among suppliers. ETNews reports that the company plans to finish testing...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Nvidia CEO credits Taiwan partners for US AI chip success, warns China's advancement
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has acknowledged the critical role of Taiwanese partners in domestic AI chip production in the US, while cautioning that China's technological progress has...
Thursday 6 November 2025
Commentary: Is Trump's Blackwell ban handing China the AI chip crown on a platter?
Since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, his administration has escalated technology export restrictions with unprecedented aggression. Beyond raising overseas...