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Thursday 16 October 2025
Samsung unveils stock rewards program to retain top talent
Samsung Electronics is rolling out a new stock-based rewards program in a strategic move to attract and keep its top employees amid a fierce global competition for talent.
Thursday 16 October 2025
Tsinghua University breaks imaging limits with Rafael chip, launching sub-angstrom era
The Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University (THU) in Beijing has developed the world's first "sub-angstrom snapshot spectral imaging chip" named Rafael. The research...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Samsung reportedly to bring in ASML's top lithography tools to take on TSMC
Samsung Electronics is reportedly pouring KRW1.1 trillion (approx. US$773 million) into next-generation chipmaking equipment in a high-stakes bid to close the gap with rivals TSMC...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Nanya sees DDR4 price and volume growth; annual contract talks emerge
Memory manufacturer Nanya successfully ended 11 consecutive quarters of losses in the third quarter of 2025. General manager Pei-Ing Lee stated that average selling prices (ASPs)...
Thursday 16 October 2025
TSMC 3Q25 earnings hit a record high with gross margin near 60%
Fueled by surging artificial intelligence (AI) demand and a wave of new smartphone launches, TSMC operated its 5nm and 3nm chip production lines at full capacity during the third...
Thursday 16 October 2025
India's Sahasra exports packaged memory to Europe, marking OSAT progress
India's Sahasra Semiconductors has begun volume production of Made-in-India Micro SD cards and USB drives for Germany's Hama under a multi-year supply contract. The agreement marks...
Thursday 16 October 2025
AI drives Southern Taiwan Science Park revenue to near NT$2 trillion
Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) has posted an impressive revenue performance for January to August 2025, driven by the global AI boom. Almost breaking NT$2 trillion at NT$1.828...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Taiwan tackles semiconductor talent shortage amid demographic challenges
Taiwan is confronting critical workforce challenges as declining birth rates and an aging population lead to labor shortages and structural aging within its workforce. These demographic...
Thursday 16 October 2025
OCP Summit: Taiwan emerges as backbone of global AI supply chain
Speaking at the 2025 OCP Global Summit in California, Eric Huang, Vice President of DIGITIMES, delivered a keynote address spotlighting Taiwan's pivotal role in the fast-evolving...
Thursday 16 October 2025
Dutch seizure of Nexperia raises stakes for Chinese tech assets abroad
In a dramatic escalation of the US-China tech war, the Dutch government has seized control of the Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, invoking a Cold War-era emergency...
Thursday 16 October 2025
ASML sees continued growth in EUV demand, confident in High NA progress
ASML remains optimistic about the outlook for its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems, including the next-generation High Numerical Aperture (High NA) EUV tools, as semiconductor...
Thursday 16 October 2025
ASML expects China sales to normalize after exceptional growth cycle
ASML said it expects its sales in China to decline significantly in 2026, characterizing the shift not as a downturn but as a return to normal market conditions following an unusually...
Thursday 16 October 2025
ASML lifts margin outlook, signals cautious 2026 growth with XT:260 launch
ASML Holding NV offered a cautiously optimistic outlook during its third-quarter 2025 earnings call on October 15, 2025, pointing to higher fourth-quarter sales and margin improvements,...
Thursday 16 October 2025
ASML signals stable 2025 sales outlook as China demand expected to cool
ASML Holding NV said on October 15, 2025, that it does not expect sales next year to fall short of this year's level, signaling a stable outlook but offering little upside for investors...
Thursday 16 October 2025
TSMC's advanced chip orders surge with AI boom, boosting Taiwan's OSAT sector

As TSMC prepares to release its latest financial results, investor optimism remains high despite renewed concerns over an AI bubble....