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Tuesday 22 April 2025
TSMC Arizona could break even in 2025 despite overseas losses
While TSMC's overseas fabs recorded losses throughout 2024, the Arizona facility could become profitable by year-end 2025, according to a DIGITIMES analyst, marking a potential...
Tuesday 22 April 2025
Huawei, Tencent, ByteDance scale up AI hiring to counter US tech blockade
As US-China tensions over artificial intelligence reach new heights in 2025, the tech conflict has entered a critical stage. The US Commerce Department has launched an export review...
Monday 21 April 2025
China's JCET hits all-time high in 2024 revenue, cements global OSAT third position
JCET Group, China's top OSAT provider, reported record revenue of CNY35.962 billion (US$4.9 billion) for 2024, up 21.24% compared to the previous year. Net income attributable to...
Monday 21 April 2025
BenQ Materials says tariff impact manageable
Taiwan-based polarizer maker BenQ Materials, which has diversified into the healthcare and semiconductor markets, has not seen much impact so far from the US tariff war as only a...
Monday 21 April 2025
PlayNitride eyes stronger 2025 as microLED enters mass production phase
PlayNitride anticipates a stronger operational and financial performance in 2025, driven by the commercialization of microLED technology and growing customer demand. The company expects...
Monday 21 April 2025
China's CXMT muscles into DRAM's top tier—Is 'Big Three' era over?
Forecasts suggest ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's leading DRAM supplier, will dramatically expand its output in 2025—far surpassing previous expectations. If current...
Monday 21 April 2025
Cambricon posts breakout 1Q as AI chip revenue soars over 4230%
Cambricon Technologies, a top Chinese AI chip designer, reported its full-year 2024 and first quarter 2025 earnings, revealing a sharp turnaround. After ending 2024 with losses, the...
Monday 21 April 2025
'Year of gear reducer': Turvo to benefit from humanoid robot demand boom
Turvo International chairman Chun-Chang Liu has declared 2025 the "year of the gear reducer," citing strong growth momentum in industrial automation and rising global interest in...
Monday 21 April 2025
Lens Technology beats forecasts in 1Q25 with 39% profit surge, margin gains
Lens Technology exceeded market expectations in the first quarter of 2025, posting revenue of CNY17.063 billion (US$2.34 billion), a 10.1% increase compared to the same period last...
Monday 21 April 2025
IC distributor Supreme reports sharp rise in orders as us tariffs trigger stockpiling
Supreme Electronics, a Taiwan-based IC distributor, is seeing a significant uptick in customer demand and price levels as US tariff policies prompt inventory stockpiling across global...
Monday 21 April 2025
Taiwan's AI adoption lags behind expectations, Qualcomm partnership aims to boost progress
Taiwan's Artificial Intelligence Foundation (AIF) revealed in its 2025 Industrial AI Adoption Survey that implementation across Taiwanese industries remains disappointingly slow,...
Monday 21 April 2025
Weekly news roundup: Huawei accelerates, Nvidia reels, and TSMC anchors next wave of US chip reshoring
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 14 – April 20.
Monday 21 April 2025
Germany-Taiwan trade grows as German companies eye high-tech
Taiwan and Germany recorded a 2% growth in bilateral trade in the first quarter of 2025, reaching US$5 billion despite mounting geopolitical tensions and concerns over US tariff policies,...
Monday 21 April 2025
Tariff fears cloud ASML's outlook as Intel, Samsung pull back
Amid ongoing tariff disputes, the semiconductor industry is facing a severe test. In addition to the imminent semiconductor tariffs promised by US President Donald Trump, which remain...
Monday 21 April 2025
Can STMicro pivot? Legacy fab drag echoes Intel's struggle
STMicroelectronics plans to cut 3,000 jobs by 2027, timing the announcement just ahead of its first-quarter 2025 earnings call on April 24. The preemptive move appears designed to...