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Tuesday 28 October 2025
TSMC breaks ground on second Kumamoto chip plant, expanding Japan footprint

TSMC's Japanese subsidiary, Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), officially signed an agreement with the local government...

Tuesday 28 October 2025
Commentary: Taiwan remains the dealbreaker as Trump and Xi eye fragile thaw at APEC
As the APEC summit in late October approaches, US President Donald Trump aims to broker a historic China-US trade deal and push for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. However, stalled negotiations...
Monday 27 October 2025
CPCA Show Plus 2025 kicks off after China's PCB revenue grows over 10% in 1H25
Following an over 10% on-year growth in China's PCB revenues in the first half of 2025, CPCA Show Plus 2025, hosted by China Printed Circuit Association (CPCA), will be held from...
Monday 27 October 2025
LG Electronics advances HBM and glass substrate equipment for advanced packaging
LG Electronics is aggressively entering the advanced semiconductor packaging equipment market to meet the surging demand driven by AI. The company plans to gradually localize production...
Monday 27 October 2025
Taiwan’s PCB makers enter ‘AI moment’ as complexity nears semiconductor levels
The development of artificial intelligence (AI) chips has brought the printed circuit board (PCB) and semiconductor industries closer together. Zhen Ding Technology chairman Charles...
Monday 27 October 2025
Intel warns of CPU shortages and price hikes as older nodes hit limits
Intel's CFO Dave Zinsner revealed at the third quarter 2025 earnings call that strong chip demand has led to supply constraints, driven by data center operators urgently upgrading...
Monday 27 October 2025
Topco accelerates overseas push to align with clients’ new fab investments
Geopolitical tensions are creating turbulence in global trade. According to TSMC founder Morris Chang, globalization is dead. Semiconductor material distributor Topco Scientific also...
Monday 27 October 2025
US and Malaysia strike deal to secure rare earth supply chain
On October 26, US President Donald Trump attended the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the US and Malaysia signed a trade agreement and a memorandum of understanding...
Monday 27 October 2025
Weekly news roundup: TSMC tightens China orders; Micron sees DRAM market tightening; CXMT, Huawei advance HBM3 chips
Below are the top DIGITIMES Asia stories from October 20 to 26, 2025.
Monday 27 October 2025
Nexperia export ban rattles carmakers from Seoul

China's recent order banning exports from the Chinese factories of Dutch semiconductor firm Nexperia has sent shockwaves through the...

Monday 27 October 2025
Samsung and Hanmi thaw ties at SEDEX, eye HBM4 collaboration
Longtime rivals Samsung Electronics and Hanmi Semiconductor may be wiping the slate clean and possibly teaming up after South Korea's 27th Semiconductor Exhibition (SEDEX...
Monday 27 October 2025
Tesla’s next AI chip taps both TSMC Arizona and Samsung Texas fabs

At its third-quarter 2025 earnings call, Elon Musk revealed a major "Made in America" development: Tesla's next-generation AI chip, AI5,...

Monday 27 October 2025
China's semiconductor reckoning: YMTC chairman on 5 shifts that will redefine sector
As China gears up for its Fifteenth Five-Year Plan, Chen Nanxiang, chairman of the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) and YMTC, said the country's semiconductor industry...
Monday 27 October 2025
Taiwan turns China's export curbs into a test of industrial resilience

As Energy Taiwan and Net-Zero Taiwan 2025 open on October 29, Beijing has completed its second wave of export restrictions on lithium...

Monday 27 October 2025
Samsung launches aggressive price-cut strategy to catch up in HBM competition
HBM continues to be a critical resource as the AI boom is further tightening supply and demand in the memory industry. Memory leader Samsung Electronics is fixated on reclaiming its...