Japan-based Shibaura Electronics, a global leader in negative temperature coefficient (NTC) thermistor manufacturing, has established a special committee to evaluate a tender offer...
Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has announced plans to sell its primary LCD panel production facility in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, with production scheduled to end by March 2026. The company...
Taiwan-based Yageo has launched a takeover bid (TOB) to acquire Japan's Shibaura Electronics. Shibaura responded by claiming it had not been notified in advance. Shortly after, the...
Following the breakdown of merger talks between Nissan and Honda, the chairman of Taiwan's Foxconn, Young Liu, stated on February 12, 2025, that the company's goal is cooperation...
Apple has selected Alibaba Group's (Alibaba) Qwen model as its AI service provider for the Chinese market. Alibaba chairman Joseph Tsai confirmed this collaboration during the World...
With Panasonic announcing its exit from the television business in 2025, all eyes are on global TV giants Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics to see how they will navigate the...
Chinese foundries' aggressive expansion into mature nodes has created an oversupply situation, leading to significant price cuts that are now affecting the broader semiconductor manufacturing...
Two of the world's leading closed-source AI models—Ernie Bot and ChatGPT—are set to become free to use, intensifying competition in the AI market. The move, widely seen...
Meta is reportedly in talks to acquire South Korea-based startup FuriosaAI, as major tech companies are increasingly developing and advancing their own AI chips to reduce reliance...
The US is investigating the sales practices of the world's five largest semiconductor equipment makers over national security concerns, with Lam Research failing to disclose details...
China's rapid expansion in mature-node wafer foundries is reshaping the global semiconductor landscape and intensifying competition for Taiwanese second-tier players. In a market...
On February 13, Applied Materials released its latest financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 (November 2024 to October 2025), with net sales reaching US$7.17 billion,...
Honda and Nissan have officially called off their merger negotiations, which began in December 2024. Both companies held board meetings on February 13, 2025, where they decided to...
ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has accelerated its next-generation DRAM development, transitioning from 17nm to 16nm process technology for its first DDR5 product, according...
The advanced logic ICs and memory needed to support generative AI (GenAI) have brought huge benefits to related semiconductor equipment manufacturers. In 2025, the DeepSeek impact...
