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Monday 8 December 2025

Geopolitics push AI chip packaging into Taiwan-US duopoly

Geopolitical realignments are accelerating a reshaping of the global outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) landscape. Industry analysts say that over the next five years, advanced AI-chip...

Monday 8 December 2025

TSMC expansion to drive record earnings for Taiwan engineering contractors through 2026

Taiwan's leading construction engineering contractors are on track to post record results in 2026 as TSMC accelerates advanced fab expansion...

Monday 8 December 2025

Weekly news roundup:Intel hires TSMC veteran, Samsung reportedly wins TPU HBM4 order

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 1 to December 7, 2025.

Friday 5 December 2025

AI power boom exposes Western GaN dilemma as firms still route through China

TSMC's decision to exit the gallium nitride (GaN) foundry market has set off a major restructuring of the global power device supply chain toward China-independent models and sharpened...

Friday 5 December 2025

Google TPU surge drives Taiwan's advanced testing boom

Google DeepMind's latest AI model, Gemini 3, has made a stunning debut, outperforming ChatGPT, Claude, and other competitors, signaling a new phase in the generative AI landscape...

Thursday 4 December 2025

ASIC Shift for High-Speed Computing: PGC's Design Service Turnkey Platform Speeds Time-to-Market

As AI workloads move from cloud to edge, the volume of image and sensor data across industries is rising rapidly. Edge devices that previously relied on FPGAs and off-the-shelf...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

TEL pledges tighter oversight after prosecutors link Taiwan unit to TSMC leak case

Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL) sought to clarify its position after Taiwan's High Prosecutors Office indicted its subsidiary, Tokyo Electron...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

How Gelsinger's 'Made in America' vision challenges TSMC's Arizona ambitions

Pat Gelsinger describes himself as a born-again Christian who lives "at the intersection of faith and technology." For the former Intel CEO, reviving American semiconductor manufacturing...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Samsung sixth-gen HBM reportedly cleared for production readiness, targets Nvidia supply chain

Samsung Electronics has reportedly completed the Production Readiness Approval (PRA) for its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), officially entering the production preparation...

Wednesday 3 December 2025

Tokyo Electron pulled into TSMC leak saga as prosecutors seek major fine

The Intellectual Property Branch of the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office recently indicted Li-ming Chen, an employee of Tokyo Electron (TEL), and Ping-chun Wu and Yi-ping Ko of Taiwan...

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Apple's potential Intel partnership hinges on 18A-P process maturity by 2027

Apple may resume chip production cooperation with Intel for entry-level M-series chips as early as 2027, contingent on the maturity of Intel's 18A-P process within 18 to 24 months...

Tuesday 2 December 2025

A TSMC pioneer questions the judgment behind Wei-jen Lo’s move to Intel at 75

Former senior vice president of corporate strategy development at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Wei-jen Lo, was recently reported to have taken confidential documents...

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Trumpf opens new plasma power tech center in Taiwan amid close ties with ASML, TSMC

Trumpf, a key supplier of semiconductor equipment components with close partnerships with industry giants such as ASML Holding and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC),...

Tuesday 2 December 2025

TSMC-Intel legal dispute highlights Taiwan's corporate espionage risks

Judicial authorities continue investigating former TSMC senior vice president Wei-Jen Lo for suspected violations of the National Security Act and for industrial espionage. The Intellectual...

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Apple reportedly weighs Intel's 18A-P for 2027 entry-level Mac chips, challenging TSMC's exclusive grip

Despite Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and many industry veterans arguing that former TSMC senior vice president Wei-Jen Lo joining Intel will not materially affect TSMC — given the...

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