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Wednesday 2 July 2025
China's AI chip companies struggle for survival as four key players hold less than 1% market share
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has recently warned multiple times that the Trump administration may further tighten US export controls, inadvertently allowing Chinese domestic AI chips,...
Wednesday 2 July 2025
Intel's Nova Lake-S targets 60% performance leap, aims leadership in high-end computing
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake-S Desktop CPUs are stirring excitement across the tech industry, with early reports hinting at significant performance leaps. Leaked slides from the company...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
UMC floats 6nm ambition as 12nm with Intel inches forward
As China accelerates domestic semiconductor self-sufficiency and backs foundries like SMIC, Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) faces rising pressure in the mature-node...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
South Korea walks a tight rope as Trump shifts tariff strategy eastward
As the July 9, 2025 deadline approaches for the expiration of the United States' temporary suspension of "reciprocal tariffs," US President Donald Trump appears to be shifting his...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
US semiconductor tariff decision expected by 3Q25, says SAS
Doris Hsu, chairperson of Sino-American Silicon Products Group (SAS), indicated that the US government is likely to take about 90 days to reach a decision regarding semiconductor...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Wolfspeed moves forward with capital restructuring plan
Wolfspeed, a global leader in silicon carbide technologies, announced on June 30, 2025, that it has made continued progress in executing its previously announced Restructuring Support...
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Chipmakers brace for fallout as US tariff clock ticks down

As the Trump administration's reciprocal tariff extension is approaching the deadline on July 9, Taiwanese chipmakers remain cautious...

Tuesday 1 July 2025
GaN's paradox: surging demand, sinking profits
Under pressure from low-cost competition in China, many application sectors are struggling to turn a profit. Recently, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) industry has...
Monday 30 June 2025
Nvidia taps top Chinese AI researchers in bid to expand deep learning team
US semiconductor giant Nvidia has recruited two leading artificial intelligence (AI) specialists from China as part of its ongoing efforts to broaden its research team, according...
Monday 30 June 2025
SK Hynix’s HBM3E boom fuels record profits
South Korean memory giant SK Hynix expects its operating income to reach nearly KRW9 trillion (US$6.6 billion) in the second quarter of 2025, thanks to the strong growth of high bandwidth...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung acquires rights to Intel semiconductor patents in strategic bid to avoid global IP disputes
Samsung Electronics has secured a broad license to a portfolio of semiconductor patents originally developed by Intel, a move industry analysts view as both a defensive strategy against...
Monday 30 June 2025
China set to lead global foundry capacity by 2030 amid accelerating domestic expansion
China is poised to overtake Taiwan as the world's top semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, according to Yole Group. With 21% of global capacity in 2024 and rapid domestic expansion...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung reportedly promotes advanced 2nm process amid foundry setbacks
Samsung is pushing its second-generation 2nm process, SF2P, promising notable performance and efficiency gains. As its chip business faces mounting pressure, the company is betting...
Monday 30 June 2025
South Korea launches AI chip project with Taiwan's CoAsia and local unicorn Rebellions
CoAsia, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company, announced that its subsidiary, CoAsia SEMI, will partner with Rebellions, a South Korean AI chipmaker, to co-develop a next-generation...
Monday 30 June 2025
IBM eyes deeper partnership with Rapidus for sub-1nm chip development
IBM is seeking a long-term partnership with Japan's Rapidus to develop sub-1nm chips, according to Yomiuri Shimbun. Building on their 2nm collaboration, IBM has deployed...