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Wednesday 13 November 2024
Machvision invests in Hye Technology, eyes growth in advanced packaging
Machvision's board has approved a NT$274 million (US$8.6 million) strategic investment to acquire 13% of Hye Technology's common shares. The investment will represent 11.5% of Hye's...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Audix expand AI servers testing and certification business
Audix Group chairman and president Yuan-kai Chung anticipates significant tariff changes in the US-China trade war once US President-Elect Trump assumes office. Additionally, overcapacity...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
PMIC firm GMT steps up non-consumer applications developments
Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT), a supplier of power management IC (PMIC), has expanded into non-consumer electronics to avoid competition in mass-market applications.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Peripheral IC firms eye growth in 2025 on AI server demand
Rising AI server shipments are reportedly prompting peripheral chip manufacturers to project substantial operational growth in 2025.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Chinese fab toolmakers invest more in R&D amidst domestic replacement wave
Leading Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including ACM Research (Shanghai), AMEC, and Naura, have boosted their R&D investments to accelerate the development of...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Passive component company Podak enters AI server supply chain amid 2025 demand shifts
As artificial intelligence (AI) demand grows and recent financial issues at Supermicro trigger order redistribution, passive component manufacturer Podak sees new opportunities. Chairperson...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
From the known to the unknown: Inside Zeiss's semiconductor journey
The semiconductor industry began in the early 1970s and is now the largest segment among Zeiss's four major divisions. Under President Andreas Pecher's arrangement, I met CTO Thomas...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Trump's second term set to shake up US tech landscape: ripples across AI, semiconductors, EVs, and China ties
During his US presidential campaign trail, President-Elect Donald Trump vowed to overturn key Biden administration policies. Now, with his election victory, the tech sector awaits...
Wednesday 13 November 2024
TSMC now reportedly operates over half of global EUVs, weighs high-NA adoption
Each low-numerical aperture (NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system costs over US$100 million, making it one of the most expensive semiconductor manufacturing tools in history...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
TSMC board approves US$15 billion for new facility and advanced node capacity
TSMC's board of directors has approved capital appropriations of approximately US$15.48 billion for the primary purposes of new fab construction, the installation of fab facility...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Japan pledges fresh US$65 billion in support for chips and AI
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba pledged more than US$65 billion of fresh support for the nation's semiconductor and artificial intelligence sector as Tokyo looks to keep up...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Fitipower eyes 2025 growth with ESL, mobile DDIs amid nine-quarter revenue high
Taiwan-based display driver IC (DDI) manufacturer Fitipower Integrated Technology reported that its revenue for the third quarter reached nearly a nine-quarter high. The growth of...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Merger speculation raises questions for Intel, AMD future
Recently reports have emerged that the Biden administration has proposed a controversial plan to bolster Intel by merging its chip design division with AMD's corresponding departments...
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Intel's German fab plans face setbacks amid the collapse of governing coalition
While global attention focuses on the US presidency transition, Germany's "traffic light" coalition government collapsed on November 6.
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Kioxia expects explosive demand for NAND, to introduce equipment to expand production
Kioxia, a Japanese NAND flash manufacturer, forecasts a 2.7-fold increase in NAND memory demand by 2028, driven by AI, which is expected to impact SSD prices significantly. The company's...