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Monday 5 May 2025
Huawei reportedly erects three advanced chip fabs in Shenzhen to sidestep foreign tech
Facing escalating US sanctions and export bans, Huawei is reportedly building three semiconductor fabs in Shenzhen's Guanlan district to localize its supply chain for advanced AI...
Monday 5 May 2025
Weekly news roundup: EUV leap, Intel reboot, Nvidia's China reckoning, and TSMC's AI power play
These are the top-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 28 – May 4. From China's EUV light source milestone and Intel's turnaround push to Nvidia's evolving...
Wednesday 30 April 2025
China cracks EUV light source barrier, builds new experimental platform
Amid escalating tech restrictions and geopolitical tensions, China has made a breakthrough in semiconductor research. The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese...
Wednesday 23 April 2025
ASML pulls plug on South Korea site—Samsung insists joint R&D still alive
Samsung Electronics and ASML have scrapped plans to build a joint research and development (R&D) center in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, and are now devising a new collaboration...
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...
Thursday 17 April 2025
ASML to pass tariff costs to US customers, gain three High NA EUV customers
After disclosing that it would discontinue quarterly order reporting starting in the second quarter of 2025, ASML executives highlighted in their latest earnings call that tariff...
Wednesday 16 April 2025
ASML delivers 46% YoY revenue growth in 1Q, flags margin pressure ahead
ASML, the global leader in semiconductor lithography systems, posted a strong year-over-year revenue gain for the first quarter of 2025, alongside its highest gross margin in over...
Wednesday 9 April 2025
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Tuesday 8 April 2025
Rapidus in talks with 50 potential US clients as challenges to serving Chinese market persist
Rapidus, a Japanese semiconductor firm aiming to mass-produce 2nm chips, commenced partial trial production at its facility on April 1, 2025. According to Rapidus president Atsuyoshi...
Monday 7 April 2025
China semiconductor's Deepseek moment? SiCarrier lithography claims meet skepticism
SiCarrier, once a little-known name in China's chip sector, has jolted the semiconductor industry with bold claims of breakthroughs in photolithography—a field long ruled by...
Monday 31 March 2025
Intel undergoes strategic overhaul with new semiconductor-focused board
Intel is executing a significant transformation under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, restructuring its board of directors to prioritize semiconductor-specific expertise in a bid to revitalize...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Strong HBM memory demand drives WFE market revenue in 2024
According to Counterpoint Research, robust HBM DRAM memory demand and a surge in advanced logic/foundry momentum in the latter half of 2024 propelled a 9% year-over-year growth in...
Tuesday 25 March 2025
Chinese researchers develop solid-state 193nm DUV laser targeting advanced chipmaking
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have developed a solid-state deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser that emits 193nm light in lab conditions—a wavelength critical...
Monday 24 March 2025
Weekly news roundup: China pays uncapped PhD salaries to develop ASML alternative; TSMC board member dismisses Intel foundry takeover rumors
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 17 – March 22.
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Samsung races to close 2nm gap: first High-NA EUV deployed at Hwaseong
Samsung Electronics reportedly deployed its first high-NA Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine at its Hwaseong Campus in early March. The move represents a key step in Samsung's...