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Tuesday 22 July 2025
Softstar takes over Taiwan Mask Corporation
Softstar Entertainment has expanded its territory in recent years and actively deepened its presence in Taiwan's key industries, covering diverse fields such as heavy electrical equipment,...
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Synopsys strengthens India's role with push for world's first AI-based chip foundry
Synopsys is playing a key role in India's growing semiconductor ambitions, partnering closely with Tata Electronics to support what may become the world's first AI-based semiconductor...
Monday 21 July 2025
Rapidus sets 2027 goal for 2nm mass production, but political shake-up clouds outlook
Rapidus has unveiled a working 2nm chip prototype, advancing Japan's efforts to reestablish a foothold in leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. The company aims to launch the...
Monday 21 July 2025
Million-unit AI robot army no longer a dream: Analyzing Foxconn's three-pronged strategy
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei recently revealed that major US tech clients anticipate the business potential of humanoid robots to be more than ten times that of electric vehicles (EVs)...
Monday 21 July 2025
Synopsys closes US$35B Ansys deal to create unified chip-to-system design powerhouse
Synopsys has finalized its US$35 billion acquisition of Ansys, uniting two global leaders in electronic design automation (EDA) and multiphysics simulation. The deal closed shortly...
Friday 18 July 2025
InPsytech finalizes UCIe 2.0 compliant SoIC design for 3D heterogeneous integration
InPsytech, a leading company under the Egis Technology Group specializing in high-speed semiconductor IP solutions, has completed its advanced design for TSMC's Face-to-Face (F2F)...
Friday 18 July 2025
GB300 production underway: Nvidia's strategic shift brings relief to ODMs
Nvidia has begun limited production of its next-generation AI server platform, the GB300, with volume shipments expected to ramp up starting in September 2025, according to sources...
Thursday 17 July 2025
China accelerates RISC-V localization with new Shanghai research hub

China is ramping up its RISC-V ambitions with the launch of the Shanghai Open Source Computing Research Institute, unveiled at the 5th...

Thursday 17 July 2025
China's chip elite pivots to ADAS amid EV compute saturation
China's electric vehicle sector is facing intense competition and slowing chip demand, prompting the country's top IC design talent to pivot toward advanced driver-assistance systems...
Thursday 17 July 2025
ASML sees easing of export rules as ecosystem boost despite China backlog cut
In an earnings call on July 16, ASML said the loosening of export restrictions on AI chips and design tools for China is a positive sign for the global semiconductor ecosystem. While...
Thursday 17 July 2025
Siemens eyes Samsung’s IP weak spot—could it unsettle the Synopsys-Cadence duopoly?
In a strategic move to disrupt the duopoly of Synopsys and Cadence in the electronic design automation (EDA) market, Siemens is reportedly launching an intellectual property (IP)...
Thursday 17 July 2025
Malaysia’s states compete to lead national push in IC design

Malaysia is ramping up efforts to grow its domestic integrated circuit (IC) design industry, as key states such as Selangor, Sarawak,...

Thursday 17 July 2025
Can GlobalFoundries' MIPS move chip away at Arm's edge AI dominance?
While Intel's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan is still pondering how to find a path forward for its foundry business, US-based semiconductor foundry giant GlobalFoundries (GF) recently announced...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Broadcom launches Tomahawk Ultra AI networking chip built on TSMC's 5nm process to challenge Nvidia
Broadcom has launched its latest Tomahawk Ultra Ethernet switch chip, fabricated using TSMC's 5nm process, targeting high-performance AI infrastructure with a design aimed squarely...
Tuesday 15 July 2025
New battlefield of vehicle functional safety: Efficient solutions for achieving ISO 26262 compliance in module-level products
With the ongoing evolution of automotive electrification and intelligence, functional safety has expanded from advanced ADAS platforms to every electronic control unit (ECU) and module...