Japan will expand export controls to cover general-purpose machine tools, integrated circuits, drones, radar, navigation, and testing equipment, requiring companies to verify potential...
US chip manufacturers Intel and AMD are negotiating foundry cooperation, which could bring structural changes to the global semiconductor industry. Besides potentially boosting Intel's...
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) is demanding its upstream materials suppliers cut prices by at least 15%, a rare and aggressive move that has sent shockwaves through the semiconductor...
Taiwan is set to surpass South Korea in per capita GDP a year ahead of schedule, reaching the US$40,000 target by 2026. This is fueled by record-breaking exports, robust semiconductor...
Hyundai Mobis has announced plans to begin mass production of automotive semiconductors developed in collaboration with over 20 domestic companies and research institutes starting...
The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) released the manufacturing business climate indicator for August 2025 on October 1. The report noted that continued strong demand for...
Egis Technology Group's silicon intellectual property (IP) vendor InPsytech announced on October 1 that it has appointed industry veteran David Hsu—Arm's former FAE director—as...
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...
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 of...
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...
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...
According to multiple reports, including the Economic Times, CRN, and the Analytics India Magazine, Synopsys marked 30 years in India with the opening of...
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...
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,...
