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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...
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...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Switzerland launches open-source AI model Apertus developed by top research institutes
Switzerland has unveiled Apertus, an open-source large language model created through collaboration between the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), the Swiss...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
NXP taps former TI China chief to steer Greater China amid rising competition
NXP Semiconductors has appointed Sandy Hu, a 25-year semiconductor veteran and former TI China president, as senior vice president of sales and marketing for Greater China. She will...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
China AI surge with 5,000 firms and 788 EFLOPS capacity, yet supply-demand mismatch persists
China's artificial intelligence industry has surged past 5,000 companies with national computing capacity reaching 788 EFLOPS, according to figures from the World Smart Industry Expo...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC and ASE form 3D IC alliance with 34 members to overcome advanced packaging bottlenecks
To break through the technical, mass production, and yield challenges in advanced packaging processes such as 3D IC and CoWoS, SEMI, together with TSMC and ASE Holdings, has established...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
HBM race intensifies: Micron’s yield confidence fuels supply chain bets
The high bandwidth memory (HBM) market has become one of the most competitive arenas in the semiconductor industry, with Micron Technology signaling its confidence in its position...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Samsung to double GDDR7 output following Nvidia B40 order
Nvidia has reportedly placed an order with Samsung Electronics for GDDR7 graphics memory, with the supply volume doubling compared to previous orders. Samsung's GDDR7 was previously...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC and OSATs ramp up advanced semiconductor packaging amid AI-driven demand surge
TSMC and major OSAT firms are aggressively expanding their advanced packaging capacity in response to rising demand driven by AI applications. Once considered peripheral, advanced...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC's new materials management VP to debut at 2025 SCM Forum
TSMC will hold its Supply Chain Management Forum (SCM Forum) on November 13, 2025. Notably, Yuan-Guo Huang, who was promoted to vice president of materials management in early August...
Monday 8 September 2025
Samsung reportedly resumes construction on Pyeongtaek P5 to advance HBM4 mass production plans
Samsung Electronics is reportedly accelerating the construction of its fifth plant (P5) in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
Monday 8 September 2025
Commentary: Hyundai-LGES Georgia plant raid threatens to unravel South Korea's US$350 billion EV bet
A major immigration raid at Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution's (LGES) battery plant in Georgia has exposed the labor and visa hurdles facing South Korean firms in the US...
Monday 8 September 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix deploy heavyweight presence at Semicon 2025 to crack Taiwan supply chain
The upcoming SEMICON Taiwan will feature keynote speeches from top executives at South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, in addition to a forum hosted...
Monday 8 September 2025
Semicon Taiwan 2025 sets new records, focusing on AI, advanced packaging, and memory
SEMICON Taiwan 2025 will take place from September 10 to 12, 2025, at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, bringing together over 1,200 global semiconductor and technology companies...
Monday 8 September 2025
Taiwan plots China-alternative chip strategy in response to Beijing's mature-node expansion
Taiwan is drafting new measures to curb China's rising dominance in mature-node chip production, with the Legislative Yuan scheduled to review the plan when its new session opens...