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Tuesday 16 September 2025
Immigration raids raise doubts over Samsung’s 2026 Texas fab schedule
Samsung's ambitious US expansion faces an unexpected obstacle that could derail its 2026 production timeline. A mounting visa crisis, triggered by immigration raids on South Korean...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
China's SiC pricing war forces Japan to retreat while Europe holds its line
A new phase in the global race for silicon carbide (SiC) dominance is unfolding—one shaped as much by geopolitics as by market forces. As Chinese manufacturers make rapid strides...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Commentary: HiSilicon 2.0 moves from survival mode to leadership under Trump 2.0
On September 10, 2025, HiSilicon, a subsidiary of Huawei, completed significant personnel changes in its business registration—Eric Xu stepped down as chairman and legal representative,...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Huawei’s Ren says failed Motorola deal set stage for chip self-reliance
Since Huawei established Shenzhen HiSilicon Semiconductor in 2004, its semiconductor business has supported over two decades of development and innovation within Huawei's product ecosystem...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Kumamoto University revises education strategy as result of TSMC's Japan fab
Jun Otani, executive vice president of Kumamoto University, highlighted the university's 268-year history during a Taiwan-Japan semiconductor supply chain talent forum. Following JASM's...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Chips and optics converge at Shenzhen twin expos
The 2025 SEMI-e Shenzhen International Semiconductor Exhibition and the Integrated Circuit Innovation Expo have concluded. The twin events drew a significant crowd, with 43,986 professional...
Monday 15 September 2025
Nvidia antitrust ruling clouds US-China trade talks

US and Chinese officials entered a second day of negotiations in Madrid on Monday, just as Beijing announced a preliminary ruling that...

Monday 15 September 2025
Samsung Foundry secures order for Israeli automotive chip production
Following its major deal with Tesla, Samsung Electronics has won an order from Israeli IC design company Valens Semiconductor to manufacture next-generation automotive system chipsets...
Monday 15 September 2025
China targets CoWoP leapfrog as Taiwan holds tech edge
Recent market reports indicate that CoWoP has shown preliminary test results exceeding expectations. Nvidia, which leads its development, is expected to accelerate mass production...
Monday 15 September 2025
Japan grants up to JPY536 billion subsidy to Micron for advanced DRAM production
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan announced on September 12, 2025, that it will provide Micron Technology with subsidies amounting to as much as JPY536 billion...
Monday 15 September 2025
Korean giants step up investments in India as it emerges as both key manufacturing hub and growing consumer market
According to Ddaily, Samsung announced it will expand its India Innovation Campus (SIC) program from four states to ten this year, aiming to train 20,000 students, six times...
Monday 15 September 2025
Nvidia reportedly moving forward with SOCAMM2, Korean memory giants set to gain
Nvidia has reportedly abandoned its initial SOCAMM1 low-power DRAM module for AI workloads, shifting focus to SOCAMM2 with faster speeds and broader supplier collaboration, including...
Monday 15 September 2025
US adds 23 Chinese firms to entity list as China launches anti-dumping probe on US chip imports
The technological rivalry between China and the US escalated further on September 12, when the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 23 Chinese companies,...