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Tuesday 29 July 2025
Cadence expands beyond China with 3D IC momentum from TSMC ecosystem
Cadence Design Systems expressed confidence in its second-half 2025 outlook despite lingering geopolitical uncertainties. In its second-quarter 2025 earnings call, executives affirmed...
Monday 28 July 2025
AI server demand surge to drive Taiwan's 2H25 export growth
The Russia-Ukraine war continues to exert pressure on the European economy. At the same time, Donald Trump's proposed tariffs are also placing pressure on import and export trade...
Monday 28 July 2025
Japan's Kioxia to mass produce 9th-gen NAND flash in FY2025
Kioxia announced it will begin mass production of its ninth-generation NAND flash memory in fiscal year 2025, which runs from April 2025 to March 2026. The Japanese memory maker also...
Monday 28 July 2025
STMicro swings to loss, scoops up NXP sensors in US$950 million reset
STMicroelectronics posted its first operating loss in over a decade, driven by US$190 million in restructuring and impairment charges amid soft automotive and industrial chip demand...
Saturday 26 July 2025
OpenAI to unveil GPT-5 in August, first to combine GPT and 'o' series models
OpenAI is reportedly preparing to release its next-generation large language model, GPT-5, as early as early August, incorporating capabilities from its "o" series models for the...
Thursday 24 July 2025
SK Hynix rides DRAM wave, doubles down on HBM with capex boost
SK Hynix reported second-quarter 2025 revenue of KRW22.23 trillion (US$16.17 billion), up 35% year-over-year, driven by surging demand for AI and high-performance DRAM. The company...
Wednesday 23 July 2025
PSMC reports bigger 2Q25 loss, stronger Taiwan Dollar and weak chip prices offset Tata deal gains
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (PSMC) reported a steeper net loss in the second quarter of 2025, as a stronger New Taiwan dollar and weakening wafer average selling...
Wednesday 23 July 2025
OpenAI and Google AI models reach Olympiad gold medal-level in math but diverge on rollout plans
Large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI and Alphabet's Google have achieved gold medal-level performance on International Mathematical Olympiad problems, marking a breakthrough in...
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Samsung reportedly adopts long-term strategy for 2nm process to compete with TSMC
Samsung Electronics plans to begin mass production of its 2nm semiconductor process in the second half of 2025. Although reports indicate that Samsung is currently trailing TSMC in...
Wednesday 23 July 2025
Strong China growth propels TI's industrial business
During its second-quarter 2025 earnings call, Texas Instruments (TI) underscored the pivotal role China played in driving the company's industrial segment growth.
Wednesday 23 July 2025
3nm’s swan song: Android chipmakers race to outsmart Apple with AI
As the smartphone industry enters the second half of 2025, attention is turning toward the final chapter of 3nm system-on-chip (SoC) flagships. Apple, MediaTek, and Qualcomm are all...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Samsung's TV business in crisis mode as employees seek reassignment
Samsung Electronics' Visual Display (VD) division, responsible for Samsung's TV business, has been experiencing internal disorder since May 2025, a negative byproduct of its workplace...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Inside Samsung's 1c DRAM breakthrough: How a design feud nearly derailed the project
Samsung Electronics has reportedly succeeded in developing its sixth-generation 10nm class DRAM, known as 1c DRAM, and is preparing for mass production despite internal tensions that...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
South Korea's Solar Pro 2 takes global stage, surpassing GPT-4.1 & DeepSeek V3
South Korean generative AI startup Upstage has launched its next-generation large language model (LLM), Solar Pro 2, achieving elite performance levels and sparking the attention...
Monday 21 July 2025
Samsung reportedly cracks 1c DRAM yield hurdle, positions HBM4 for AI rebound
Samsung Electronics is preparing a major push to reclaim ground in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, where it has lagged behind SK Hynix and Micron. Its sixth-generation 1c...