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Thursday 8 May 2025
Pegatron sharpens 5G vision with Batam smart factory
Pegatron Corporation has inaugurated a new factory in Batam, Indonesia, marking a significant milestone as the world's largest 5G smart factory. This facility is notable for being...
Tuesday 6 May 2025
TESCAN stakes its claim in advanced packaging with AI-fueled failure analysis breakthrough
Czech-based electron microscope manufacturer TESCAN is undergoing a strategic shift, expanding into advanced semiconductor packaging through its growing expertise in failure analysis...
Tuesday 6 May 2025
SK Hynix-Hanmi Semiconductor dispute escalates, Hanwha Semitech poised to gain
A brewing conflict between SK Hynix and its long-time supplier, Hanmi Semiconductor, over thermal compression bonder (TC Bonder; TCB) equipment has intensified, potentially reshuffling...
Monday 5 May 2025
MediaTek's AI chip blitz catapults ASE to a year's worth of packaging tool orders in one quarter
Amid escalating global trade tensions, Taiwan-based chip designer MediaTek is ramping up efforts around its next-generation flagship smartphone SoCs and Arm-based PC and notebook...
Monday 5 May 2025
China's 28nm foundry capacity to hit 31% by 2027 as SMIC, HLMC, Nexchip ramp up

China is rapidly expanding mature-node chip production at key sites, including SMIC's fabs in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai Lingang, and...

Friday 2 May 2025
US targets Chinese shipbuilding, port equipment in new tariff offensive

After pressuring the UK to ban Huawei's 5G gear on national security grounds, the Trump administration is widening its trade assault...

Wednesday 30 April 2025
Strong growth in GAA demand, too early to assess tariff impact, says ASM
Dutch semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker ASM released its latest financial report, expressing optimism that sales related to gate-all-around (GAA) technology will see robust...
Wednesday 30 April 2025
K&S partners with Taiwanese semiconductor leaders in advanced packaging push

Despite flat demand for most consumer electronics chips and a muted outlook for traditional wire bonding and packaging equipment, Singapore's...

Tuesday 29 April 2025
China's export barriers throttle Trump tariff-driven global supply chain exodus
President Donald Trump's renewed tariff policies have pushed US-China trade tensions to an all-time high. As a result, global supply chains are scrambling to speed up production line...
Monday 28 April 2025
How US chip equipment makers could shield US$10B in China sales from tariffs
Applied Materials, Lam Research, and KLA each generated 31.3%, 31%, and 36% of their revenue from China in 2024, according to recent filings. As mature-node wafer fab capacity expands,...
Monday 28 April 2025
TEL bolsters chip equipment production R&D to counter Chinese competition
Tokyo Electron (TEL), Japan's leading semiconductor equipment maker, opened a cutting-edge research and development facility at its Taiwa-cho campus in Miyagi Prefecture on April...
Monday 28 April 2025
Taiwan's Auden Technology sees 1Q25 slump, expects recovery as tech market rebounds
Auden Technology, a Taiwan-based RF and testing equipment manufacturer, reported the first-quarter 2025 revenue of NT$323 million (US$9.93 million), down 12.07% year-over-year amid...
Monday 28 April 2025
Weekly news roundup: China's chip merger, Samsung delays, CXMT's rise, and TSMC's global expansion battle
These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 21 – April 27.
Monday 28 April 2025
FOPLP vs. CoPoS: Two rising formats in panel-level chip packaging

As the demand for advanced packaging technologies like CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) continues to outpace supply, the semiconductor...

Monday 28 April 2025
Taiwan microLED suppliers gear up as global panel makers begin mass production
Taiwan's microLED equipment manufacturers are positioning for explosive growth as major panel makers worldwide begin constructing production capacity for mass manufacturing. PlayNitride...