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Thursday 21 August 2025
Sunplus sees uneven recovery: auto orders rebound, consumer chips under strain
Sunplus Group warned that the consumer electronics slump and rising competition from Chinese chipmakers will cloud its outlook for the second half of 2025. The Taiwan-based IC design...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Pixel 10 powered by Tensor G5 on TSMC 3nm with 34% CPU gain and 60% faster AI
Alphabet Inc. has introduced its latest Pixel 10 series smartphones featuring the newly developed Tensor G5 processor, marking the company's most significant upgrade in custom chip...
Thursday 21 August 2025
South Korea denies US plans to acquire Samsung shares amid CHIPS Act speculation
The South Korean presidential office has dismissed reports that the US government intends to purchase shares of Samsung Electronics Co., stating there is no factual basis for such...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Cirrus Logic expands partnership with GlobalFoundries to advance chip technologies
GlobalFoundries and Cirrus Logic have announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate the development of advanced semiconductor technologies aimed at powering future consumer and...
Thursday 21 August 2025
Intel reportedly seeks fresh equity infusion as it pushes turnaround in 2025
Intel is reportedly in talks with additional large investors to secure an equity infusion at a discounted price, people familiar with the matter told CNBC, as the US chipmaker...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Arm strengthens cloud ASIC ambitions with hire of former AWS executive and top engineers
Arm has brought on Rami Sinno, the former Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive who helped lead development of the Trainium and Inferentia processors, along with senior engineers from...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Apple leak reveals ultra-low-cost MacBook as A- and M-series chip lines blur
Apple's latest beta software has exposed code detailing upcoming processors across its product lineup, confirming some rumors while contradicting earlier reports from outlets including...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
TSMC holds the high ground on 2nm, but Samsung moves fast to close the gap
The battle for dominance in 2-nanometer (nm) chip manufacturing has officially begun. While Samsung Electronics is gaining ground by offering lower prices and faster response times,...
Wednesday 20 August 2025
Vietnam urges Qualcomm to deepen investments as the country nurtures IC design capabilities
Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on US semiconductor giant Qualcomm to expand its investments in the country, particularly in core technology areas within the semiconductor...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Last-minute rush orders shake up Taiwan's chip industry
Taiwan's chip design firms say second-quarter results point to a clear trend, with inventories climbing in value even as turnover days hold steady. Executives say the increase is...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Arm reportedly hires Amazon AI exec to advance chip ambition
Chip designer Arm has hired Amazon's artificial intelligence chip director Rami Sinno as it pushes into developing its processors, Reuters reported, citing people familiar...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
AMD opens new office and engineering lab in Penang
AMD recently inaugurated a new office and engineering lab facility in Bayan Lepas, marking a major expansion of its global business services and engineering operations in Malaysia.
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Intelligo reports 52% jump in Q2 profit, sees stronger 2H25
Taiwan-based ASIC design firm Intelligo Technology, which specializes in AI-powered acoustics and speech recognition, posted solid gains in the second quarter of 2025 as consumer...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
China's memory makers adopt domestic EDA: Empyrean in spotlight
China's semiconductor sector is intensifying its localization push. As ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) and Yangtze Memory Technology Corp. (YMTC) ramp up mass production of DRAM...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
SoftBank to invest US$2B in Intel, strengthening US semiconductor ties
On August 18, SoftBank Group Corp. and Intel Corporation announced the signing of a definitive securities purchase agreement under which SoftBank will invest $2 billion in Intel common...