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Tuesday 9 December 2025
UMC licenses Imec SiPh tech, plans risk production in 2026-27
UMC announced on December 8, 2025, that it has signed a technology licensing agreement with Belgium-based Imec to acquire the Imec iSiPP300 silicon photonics (SiPh) process. This...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Samsung moves up Pyeongtaek Phase 4 timeline in aggressive HBM4 push
Samsung Electronics, fresh off completing sixth-generation HBM4 development, is reportedly accelerating DRAM capacity expansion in a renewed effort to reclaim leadership in AI memo...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Topco Scientific to showcase key semiconductor materials and equipment at SEMICON Japan
The SEMICON Japan 2025 exhibition is set to take place in Tokyo from December 17 to 19, 2025, with Topco Scientific (TSC) and its Japanese subsidiary Shunkawa participating alongside...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Japan's Cica-Huntek joins TSMC supply chain
Cica-Huntek Chemical Technology, a joint venture between Japan's Kanto Chemical and Huntek Systems, has entered the TSMC supply chain. The company has benefited from Kanto Chemical's...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Commentary: Are East Asia tensions a threat to supply chains?
The Indo-Pacific region has become the world's most critical theater for both technology manufacturing and geopolitical competition. As military tensions escalate across East Asia,...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Samsung's HBM4 edge fuels foundry recovery
Samsung Electronics, with its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4), uses base dies produced by Samsung Foundry. As Samsung's HBM4 competitiveness rises, the market expects...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Navitas, Cyient Semiconductors partner to develop GaN ecosystem in India
Navitas Semiconductor and Cyient Semiconductors have announced a strategic, long-term partnership aimed at advancing gallium nitride (GaN) technology adoption in India and establishing...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
SK Hynix secures 39 patents in China to strengthen memory and neuromorphic chip design
SK Hynix and battery subsidiaries within SK Group received approval for 68 core patents in China in November 2025. Many of these patents relate to highly integrated memory designs...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Silver shockwaves push tech suppliers to renegotiate and retrench

Since the start of 2025, silver prices have nearly doubled, far outpacing the roughly 30% rise in copper and the 60% climb in gold. The...

Tuesday 9 December 2025
Tata Group and Intel form strategic alliance to assemble chips in India
Tata Group and Intel announced on December 8 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore cooperation across semiconductor manufacturing, packaging and AI-focused...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Baidu evaluates Kunlun chip spin-off for Hong Kong IPO, but offers no guarantee
Baidu has responded to reports that its in-house chip business, Kunlunxin, is planning a separate listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by stating it is currently evaluating the...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Moore Threads CEO leverages Nvidia legacy to challenge GPU giant
In a global GPU market dominated by US-based Nvidia, Chinese startup Moore Threads is rapidly emerging as a formidable local challenger. The driving force behind this bold counterattack...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Samsung moves to narrow gap with TSMC as silicon photonics race heats up
Samsung Electronics is accelerating development of silicon photonics (SiPh) technology in an effort to solve bottlenecks in advanced AI processors and narrow the competitive gap with...
Tuesday 9 December 2025
Analysis: Why isn't Huawei trying to win the tech war?
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei recently gave a public talk at the Huawei Lianqiuhu R&D Center in Shanghai. He shared insights on AI, quantum computing, computing power, and chips...
Monday 8 December 2025
Exclusive: Ex-TSMC R&D VP talks advanced packaging and CoWoS
Former TSMC R&D vice president Douglas Yu shared insights on the evolution of advanced packaging technologies like CoWoS, InFO, and SoIC, highlighting their critical role in extending...