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Friday 13 June 2025
SEMI appoints Tien Wu as new Chairman of international board of directors

The SEMI has announced the appointment of Tien Wu, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of ASE Group, as the new Chairman of its International...

Friday 13 June 2025
Samsung foundry sees drop in technical executives amid market pressures
The number of senior technical executives at Samsung Electronics' foundry division has declined sharply over the past two years, raising concerns about the company's long-term competitiveness...
Friday 13 June 2025
Huawei founder: US is a generation ahead—but China will find a way
On the eve of high-level trade talks between the United States and China in London, an unusually candid interview with Zhengfei Ren, founder of Huawei, appeared in the Chinese state-run...
Friday 13 June 2025
GMT sees strong May demand, cautious optimism for 2025 amid steady orders and tariff resilience
Taiwan-based power management IC (PMIC) maker Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) held its annual shareholders meeting on June 11, 2025, passing proposals on executive compensation...
Friday 13 June 2025
Taiwan chipmakers struggle to gain foothold in DDR5 power management market
Taiwanese power management IC (PMIC) designers face an uphill battle in the DDR5 memory market as foreign competitors maintain dominance in the lucrative cloud computing segment,...
Friday 13 June 2025
Fujitsu sells power modules business to India-based L&T Semiconductor and Kaynes Semicon in strategic realignment
Fujitsu General Ltd. announced that it agreed to sell its power modules business, operated by subsidiary Fujitsu General Electronics Ltd. (FGEL), to India's L&T Semiconductor...
Thursday 12 June 2025
Aoi Electronics targets global top 10 OSAT with Sharp plant acquisition
Aoi Electronics, Japan's top-ranked player in the outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sector, is intensifying its push into advanced packaging with the ambition of cracking...
Thursday 12 June 2025
China's CHIPX begins 6-inch photonic chip production in push for tech self-reliance
China's Wuxi Photonic Chip Joint Research Center—formally known as the Chip Hub for Integrated Photonics Xplore (CHIPX) and affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University—has...
Thursday 12 June 2025
TSMC's second Kumamoto fab to break ground after July 2025
TSMC announced on June 11, 2025, that its second semiconductor fabrication plant in Kikuyo, Kumamoto Prefecture, is now scheduled to begin construction in the second half of 2025,...
Thursday 12 June 2025
TSMC and University of Tokyo launch joint lab to bolster Japan's chip R&D and talent pipeline
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and the University of Tokyo have inaugurated a new research center in Japan, marking a strategic expansion of their long-running partnership...
Thursday 12 June 2025
Chips losing bargaining power? Rare earth emerges as strategic leverage in US-China trade talks
In mid-June, high-level China-US economic and trade talks held in London concluded with both sides reaching a preliminary agreement on a trade framework, according to Chinese Vice...
Thursday 12 June 2025
Amazon-backed rare earths startup to build recycling plant in Canada
Cyclic Materials, a startup backed by Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., announced plans to build a rare-earths recycling plant and research center in Canada.
Thursday 12 June 2025
In the shadow of global layoffs, Google ramps up hiring in Taiwan
While waves of layoffs continue to ripple through Google's global operations, the company is quietly embarking on an ambitious hiring drive in Taiwan. According to industry sources,...
Thursday 12 June 2025
TsangYow sees boom from surging used car market in US
Leading transmission system manufacturer TsangYow is optimistic about growth momentum in 2025, benefitting from soaring used car prices in the US and gains from its expansion into...
Thursday 12 June 2025
Trump's tariff reversals roil global markets, but Taiwan finds unexpected gains
Since returning to the office, President Donald Trump has once again made unpredictability a cornerstone of US trade policy. His shifting stance on tariffs, particularly toward China,...