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Tuesday 3 June 2025

SoftBank and Intel forge AI memory venture to challenge HBM dominance

Japan's SoftBank has partnered with Intel to co-develop cutting-edge DRAM tailored for AI applications, aiming to challenge the incumbent High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) technology. The...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Japan Display scraps Taiwan deal over geopolitical risks

Japan Display Inc. announced on June 2, 2025, that it will cancel its plans to invest in Taiwan's PanelSemi Corp., citing rising geopolitical risks within the semiconductor sector...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

BOE's OLED surge stirs déjà vu for South Korea's display sector

BOE Technology Group is fast-tracking its 8.6-generation (8.6G) OLED production line in Chengdu, raising red flags for South Korean display makers. Having already ceded LCD leadership...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Samsung upgrades capacity layout, reportedly transforming old memory lines into packaging mainstay

Samsung Electronics is reportedly repurposing its existing facilities to bolster its advanced semiconductor packaging capabilities, aiming to enhance competitiveness in the rapidly...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Huawei defies US sanctions with record revenue and R&D transformation

Huawei posted its second-highest revenue on record as the Chinese telecommunications giant demonstrates resilience despite years of US trade restrictions that have reshaped its business...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Nittobo announces 20% price increase on fiberglass products

Leading Japanese glass cloth manufacturer Nittobo Boseki announced on June 2, 2025, that it will increase the price of certain fiberglass products in its composite materials business...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Chip packaging material shortage deepens as top supplier raises prices 20%

Rising artificial intelligence chip demand has strained supplies of critical materials used in advanced semiconductor packaging, with Japan's Nittobo announcing price increases of...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Exclusive: Renesas to sell near-new SiC gear as EV pivot clouds Taiwan partnerships

Renesas Electronics is reportedly exiting its silicon carbide (SiC) initiative, with Japanese media confirming the company has canceled plans for mass production in early 2025 and...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

South Korean exports to the US and China fall sharply, but semiconductor sales hit record high

South Korea's exports to the US and China tumbled by more than 8% in May, reflecting growing pressures from global trade tensions and...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

US targets EDA exports as Xiaomi’s XRing O1 raises alarm over China’s IC design gains

Xiaomi has launched the XRing O1, claiming to use a 3nm process, while Huawei and Lenovo have successively introduced 5 nm-class chips. The fact that China can still bypass multiple...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

South Korea's chip crown becomes a strategic burden

South Korea's leadership in DRAM, NAND, and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is becoming a strategic liability amid rising US-China friction. With...

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Modem independence proves elusive as Apple and Xiaomi grapple with custom designs

Apple's first real effort to cut ties with Qualcomm's modem dominance appears to have stumbled out of the gate. Qualcomm commissioned Cellular Insights to run real-world 5G tests...

Monday 2 June 2025

Xiaomi's XRing O1 stirs 'self-developed' chip debate with Arm DNA and custom AI engines

Xiaomi Chairman Lei Jun unveiled the company's debut in-house mobile SoC, the XRing O1, on May 22, calling it Xiaomi's "first answer sheet" in semiconductor design. Built on TSMC's...

Monday 2 June 2025

EDA cutoff lays bare China's design fragility in advanced semiconductors

China's semiconductor sector is reeling from reports that Siemens EDA has been instructed by the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...

Monday 2 June 2025

China steps up measures to quell auto market chaos

China's car market has been grappling with the fallout from intense competition and cutthroat price slashing, forcing the government to repeatedly intervene. Misleading marketing...

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