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Monday 19 May 2025
Weekly news roundup: China sharpens its chip game, Samsung lands wins, TSMC widens global footprint
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 12 – May 18. From China's push in DUV lithography and Samsung's resurgence in foundry orders to...
Monday 19 May 2025
Egis makes initial strides in South Korea as InPsytech joins SAFE
InPsytech, a leading provider of high-performance semiconductor intellectual property (IP) solutions under Egis, has been selected to join the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE)...
Monday 19 May 2025
AI windfall lifts Kioxia to record highs, but NAND headwinds loom into 2025
Japanese NAND flash memory maker Kioxia reported a sharp earnings rebound for fiscal 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025), recording a net profit of JPY272.3 billion (approx. USD 1.9 billion)...
Sunday 18 May 2025
GlobalWafers deepens US investment with US$7.5 billion commitment

GlobalWafers, the Taiwan-based semiconductor materials giant, officially opened its new US$3.5 billion manufacturing facility in Sherman,...

Sunday 18 May 2025
Western Digital, Foxconn launch high-density TOR switch with embedded NVMe storage
Western Digital and Ingrasys Technology, a Foxconn subsidiary, unveiled a strategic partnership on May 15 to debut a next-generation top-of-rack (TOR) switch featuring embedded storage...
Sunday 18 May 2025
Jensen Huang brings in Compal, as Foxconn chair sits out

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, continued his closely watched Taiwan visit with a high-profile gathering of semiconductor and electronics...

Saturday 17 May 2025
Current status of China's lithography equipment development: EUV
While China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently announced updates on deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography, Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE)...
Saturday 17 May 2025
From soy milk to silicon: the untold story of Taiwan's chip ascent

The documentary A Chip Odyssey, directed by Chu-Chen Hsiao and more than five years in the making,...

Saturday 17 May 2025
Nvidia CEO turns spotlight back to Taiwan

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Taiwan on May 16, marking the start of a tightly scheduled visit that blends symbolic gestures with...

Friday 16 May 2025
Akrostar, Biren, Enflame score fresh capital as China intensifies interface IP race
At the 2025 Semiconductor IP Industry Seminar in Shanghai, Akrostar Technology, Biren Technology, and Enflame Technology unveiled fresh funding rounds, highlighting China's accelerating...
Friday 16 May 2025
DDR4 market set for price war between Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers after Samsung and SK Hynix exit
According to New Daily, citing semiconductor industry sources, the DRAM giants Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron plan to exit the DDR4 market by the first half of...
Friday 16 May 2025
AT&S reports revenue growth despite challenging market environment
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG, a global manufacturer of high-end IC substrates and printed circuit boards, posted a modest revenue gain for its 2024/25 fiscal...
Friday 16 May 2025
High-end MBs drive USB4 host controller chip shipments; ASMedia expects double-digit revenue growth in 2025
Benefiting from strong end-market demand for foundry products and early chipset procurement, coupled with a significant increase in demand from major customers for high-end motherboards,...
Friday 16 May 2025
GlobalWafers opens advanced US silicon wafer plant, plans additional US$4bn investment
GlobalWafers has officially launched its US$3.5 billion silicon wafer manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, marking the first fully integrated 12-inch wafer production line built...
Friday 16 May 2025
Xiaomi to launch first self-developed smartphone SoC in late May
On May 15, Xiaomi founder Lei Jun announced via social media that the company will officially launch its first self-developed smartphone system-on-chip (SoC), the Xring O1, by the...