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Monday 15 December 2025

Qualcomm sharpens RISC-V influence with Ventana acquisition

Qualcomm's acquisition of Ventana Micro Systems signals a clear push to deepen its commitment to RISC-V and accelerate the maturation of the surrounding ecosystem.

Monday 15 December 2025

TASC partners with Itochu Taiwan to deepen compound semiconductor and smart medical ventures

Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor Corporation (TASC) is advancing its layout in compound semiconductors and non-invasive blood glucose monitoring technology through the signing of a memorandum...

Monday 15 December 2025

Nvidia reportedly considers expanding H200 AI chip production amid potential surge in Chinese demand

Following the Trump administration's recent easing of export restrictions on Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China, several Chinese technology firms, such as Alibaba...

Monday 15 December 2025

Weekly news roundup: TSMC pauses Japan fab plans, Tesla Powerwall demand rises in Taiwan, Huawei flags AI oversupply risks

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 8 to December 14, 2025.

Monday 15 December 2025

The H200 gambit: Why China may buy less than Washington expects

The US government is rethinking the impact of Washington's decision to clear Nvidia's H200 exports to China after a Financial Times report suggested Beijing is prioritizing...

Monday 15 December 2025

Intel reportedly to buy AI chip startup SambaNova, reviving governance questions over CEO ties

Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, reported that Intel Corp. is in advanced discussions to acquire artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems Inc. for about US$1.6...

Monday 15 December 2025

Taiwan set for 2026 outperformance on AI, advanced chip orders

Global growth is poised to lose momentum. IMF forecasts show global GDP easing from 3.3% in 2024 to 3.2% in 2025 and 3.1% in 2026. China's...

Monday 15 December 2025

Samsung pushes new thermal packaging to win back Qualcomm and Apple

Samsung Electronics is positioning a proprietary thermal management technology for external clients as it seeks to reclaim foundry market...

Friday 12 December 2025

AI hardware landscape shifts from GPUs to NPUs as edge computing gains ground

As artificial intelligence (AI) transitions from cloud-centric operations to edge devices, the hardware that powers AI is undergoing significant change. While graphics processing...

Friday 12 December 2025

VPEC will focus on optical components in 2026

AI data centers are seeing rapidly increasing demand for HPC and big data processing. The shift from traditional copper wiring to fiber optics boosts data transfer rates while lowering...

Friday 12 December 2025

WT Microelectronics hits NT$1 trillion revenue on AI-driven data center, optical demand

AI trends have fueled strong demand for data center chips and optical communications, pushing IC distributor WT Microelectronics' cumulative revenue for the first 11 months of 2025...

Friday 12 December 2025

Broadcom forecasts surging AI chip demand after record fourth quarter results

Broadcom reported record revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025, driven by soaring AI semiconductor demand, and issued an upbeat outlook for the first quarter of fiscal...

Friday 12 December 2025

Broadcom confirms fifth ASIC customer as custom AI chip business doubles

Broadcom is rapidly scaling its custom AI chip business, with CEO Hock Tan detailing a US$73 billion AI backlog, major new ASIC customers, and multi-billion-dollar XPU orders. The...

Friday 12 December 2025

MediaTek shifts focus to automotive electronics as new growth frontier amid slowing smartphone demand

MediaTek is recalibrating its business strategy by targeting automotive electronics as a next major growth area, following a slowdown in smartphone-related revenue. The company has...

Thursday 11 December 2025

Nvidia says no concrete evidence yet in alleged DeepSeek GPU smuggling case

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is under scrutiny for allegedly circumventing US export restrictions by illegally acquiring thousands of Nvidia's Blackwell architecture...

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