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Thursday 2 October 2025
SK Group partners with OpenAI to advance global AI infrastructure
Seoul, October 1, 2025 - SK Group announced today that SK Chairman Chey Tae-won and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met at SK headquarters in Seoul to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) and a Memorandum...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Taiwan-US trade talks slow due to unresolved semiconductor tariff disputes
The ongoing negotiations between Taiwan and the US for a trade agreement have been hindered by unresolved differences over semiconductors, slowing progress despite several rounds...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Intel & TSMC invest billions to transform Arizona into semiconductor powerhouse
More and more tech giants have followed TSMC's lead after its announcement of a US$165 billion investment to build more plants in Arizona. A half mountain, half desert state is slowly...
Wednesday 1 October 2025
China's 12-inch SiC leap: SICC, Jingsheng in spotlight
The global race in third-generation semiconductors is intensifying, with larger silicon carbide (SiC) wafers seen as critical to cutting costs and enhancing power device performance...
Tuesday 30 September 2025
Synopsys marks 30 years in India with new Bengaluru R&D facility
According to multiple reports, including the Economic Times, CRN, and the Analytics India Magazine, Synopsys marked 30 years in India with the opening of...
Friday 26 September 2025
South Korean startup to launch Samsung 4nm-process LPU chip, at one-tenth cost of Nvidia's H100
South Korean startup HyperAccel—an IC design firm focusing on AI semiconductors for large language models (LLM)—will launch a language processing unit (LPU) AI chip using...
Friday 26 September 2025
Xiaomi to invest US$7b in chip R&D over 10 years
Xiaomi founder Lei Jun said in his September 25 keynote livestream that the company will invest at least CNY50 billion (US$7.01 billion) over the next decade in self-developed chips,...
Friday 26 September 2025
Ennostar advances AI optical communication with X-Celeprint partnership to promote SiPh integration
Ennostar, a Taiwan-based developer of optoelectronic semiconductors, is actively expanding its presence in the AI optical communication market. It has announced a collaboration with...
Thursday 25 September 2025
China builds a multi-track lithography push

Shenzhen-based Wonder Sight has launched its first domestically developed high-precision stepper lithography machine, a milestone in...

Tuesday 23 September 2025
Episil bets on SiC and GaN for Q4 rebound as compound semiconductor market bottoms out

Episil and its epitaxy-focused subsidiary Episil Precision, spanning both silicon (Si) and wide-bandgap semiconductors such as silicon...

Saturday 20 September 2025
Samsung China chief: China's tech rise demands global attention
China's ambition to become the world's top manufacturing power by 2049 is far from a pipe dream, according to Jie Yang, President of Samsung China. Speaking at a South Korean parliamentary...
Thursday 18 September 2025
Commentary: China's tech industry eyes global expansion at homegrown expos
A pair of major technology expositions in China has concluded, offering a look into the country's tech supply chain, which is navigating US trade tensions with a firm commitment to...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
US cuts Japan car tariffs to 15% while semiconductor trade status remains unclear
The Trump administration has officially reduced the tariff rate on passenger cars imported from Japan from 27.5% to 15%, effective from 12:01 a.m. on September 16, 2025 (1:01 p.m...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
Beijing's anti-dumping drive puts US analog chips on notice, clearing path for Chinese alternatives
The US–China semiconductor dispute has entered a new phase of escalation, with the US Department of Commerce adding 23 Chinese entities to its Entity List, including 13 semiconductor...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: TSMC's GaN retreat opens door for Chinese SiC competitors
Power semiconductors, particularly silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), emerged as key themes at SEMICON Taiwan 2025. The toughest competition was in SiC equipment, with...