When Dr. Wei-Jen Lo, the former senior vice president for corporate strategy development at TSMC, retired in July at the age of 75, many in the chip industry assumed his career had drawn to a close. Lo, an architect of several major process breakthroughs at TSMC and a key figure in the company's rise to technological dominance, was widely expected to honor strict noncompete commitments after stepping down.

Samsung Electronics has released its regulatory filing for the third quarter of 2025, revealing that Google—whose parent company is Alphabet—has once again reappeared on Samsung's list of top five customers. The company's report also formally incorporates the $16.5 billion chipmaking contract that Samsung was reported to have secured with Tesla in July.

Maxone Semiconductor (Suzhou) has cleared the Shanghai STAR Market IPO review, a notable milestone in China's effort to end foreign control of the wafer-test hardware market. It is the only Chinese supplier in the global top 10 and has risen to sixth place in 2024, underscoring a broader shift in the semiconductor test supply chain.