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Wednesday 17 September 2025
South Korea scrambles to match US auto tariff deal granted to Japan
The South Korean government has reportedly decided to embark on urgent negotiations with Washington after the US slashed tariffs on Japanese automobiles, creating a potential pricing...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
US Congress targets Huawei's US affiliate, ties with Nvidia under scrutiny amid US-China tech tensions
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has launched an inquiry into Futurewei Technologies, the US-based affiliate of Huawei, highlighting the company's close interactions...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
Oracle takes lead in TikTok US deal as Trump extends deadline
The US and China are edging toward a framework agreement that would see TikTok's American operations spun into a new joint venture dominated by US investors, according to The...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
TSMC's US success revives semiconductor ambitions across India, Vietnam, and the Middle East
TSMC's successful establishment of a chip manufacturing plant in Arizona has reignited semiconductor development efforts in countries including India, Vietnam, and Qatar. Industry...
Wednesday 17 September 2025
TSMC's 7nm EUV pioneer and Nighthawk Force leader honored as ITRI laureates
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) held its 14th Laureate Ceremony on September 15, 2025. Five new academicians were awarded honors, spanning semiconductor, engineering...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
TSMC’s grip on SEMICON Taiwan sets the stage for record-breaking SEMICON West
The magnetic pull of TSMC is making waves, as the upcoming SEMICON West exhibition scheduled for October 7, 2025, at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona, is poised to reach record...
Tuesday 16 September 2025
US, China outline framework deal on TikTok, but hurdles remain
The US and China have outlined a framework deal to resolve disputes over TikTok's US operations, officials said after trade talks in Madrid. The agreement marks progress toward easing...
Monday 15 September 2025
US adds 23 Chinese firms to entity list as China launches anti-dumping probe on US chip imports
The technological rivalry between China and the US escalated further on September 12, when the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 23 Chinese companies,...
Friday 12 September 2025
Indian officials say Foxconn remains committed despite Chinese worker departure, outlines India Semiconductor Mission 2.0
Senior Indian semiconductor officials said on September 11, 2025, that Foxconn remains "completely upbeat" about its expansion plans in India despite being forced to send Chinese...
Friday 12 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: AMD pushes panel-level, 3D, and optical packaging as AI demands soar
At SEMICON Taiwan 2025, AMD Fellow Daniel Ng, who heads the company's OSAT technology development, laid out a stark assessment of the semiconductor industry's next bottleneck: the...
Friday 12 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: Nvidia shifts optical roadmap from co-packaged to co-integrated optics
Nvidia is advancing its optical interconnect research to support the growing scale of "AI factories" and accelerated computing clusters.
Friday 12 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: IBM's roadmap for semiconductor and quantum development extends through 2042
At a SEMICON Taiwan forum on Quantum computing, IBM Japan CTO and Vice President Norishige Morimoto detailed how AI's growing complexity—estimated to have surged by more than...
Friday 12 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: Broadcom eyes CPO expansion beyond AI scale-out data centers
Manish Mehta, vice president of Marketing and Operations for Broadcom's Optical Systems Division, delivered a keynote address at SEMICON Taiwan 2025 focused on heterogeneous integration...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Commentary: YMTC's decade-long march, leadership shifts, and the undercurrent of China's memory substitution drive
YMTC, China's leading NAND flash producer, has unveiled a US$2.9 billion Phase III venture in Wuhan, signaling its determination to scale up capacity and sharpen its edge in next-generation...
Monday 8 September 2025
Taiwan's high-tech supply chain faces rising pressures amid global expansion and outsourcing trends
Taiwan's high-tech manufacturers are encountering significant challenges as they establish factories overseas, particularly due to cost pressures stemming from US President Donald...