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Friday 30 May 2025
Macnica’s Taiwan subsidiary, Anstek, appoints new chairman to guide growth

Macnica's Taiwan-based subsidiary, Anstek, held its 2025 annual shareholders meeting this week, swiftly followed by a board meeting in...

Friday 30 May 2025
Winbond ramps up in the DRAM shake-up, but trade fears loom
Amid growing uncertainty over global tariffs, Taiwanese memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics has seen a sudden surge in urgent orders during the second quarter of 2025, so much so...
Friday 30 May 2025
MediaTek eyes $40B cloud ASIC bonanza as next growth engine
Taiwanese IC design leader MediaTek held its shareholders' meeting on May 29, 2025, where all proposals and votes proceeded smoothly. CEO Rick Tsai highlighted in the shareholder...
Friday 30 May 2025
Samsung activates crisis planning, lines up US$7.27 billion in bank credit
Facing mounting pressure from high US tariffs and a prolonged global economic slowdown, Samsung Electronics has reportedly activated a crisis management framework and signed a credit...
Thursday 29 May 2025
What are Trump's options on the table after tariff ruling?

A US trade court ruling that blocked most of former President Donald Trump's sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs has thrown a wrench into...

Thursday 29 May 2025
Nvidia, AMD to launch China-ready AI chips in 3Q25—cut down, not counted out
Nvidia and AMD are set to launch a new wave of downgraded AI GPUs for the Chinese market starting in the third quarter of 2025, according to supply chain sources. These compliance-driven...
Thursday 29 May 2025
How Nvidia's next-gen GPUs are fueling an inference supercycle
Nvidia on May 28, 2025, reported a strong performance in its Data Center segment during its first quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call, with revenue reaching US$39 billion, a 73% increase...
Thursday 29 May 2025
From racks to liquid cooling, Taiwan powers the next wave of AI infrastructure
Artificial intelligence remained the undisputed centerpiece at COMPUTEX 2025, where the industry's most advanced hardware — from chips and compute trays to full-scale AI server...
Thursday 29 May 2025
WPG marks 20 years by doubling down on AI and tariff strategy amid global disruptions
As it marks its 20th anniversary in 2025, WPG Holdings, Asia's largest semiconductor distributor, finds itself at the intersection of two disruptive forces: the generative AI boom...
Thursday 29 May 2025
Memory price surge supports IC distribution in 2Q25; supply and inventory require cautious management
Despite the global semiconductor market currently being affected by exchange rates, inflation, and US tariff policies, there are no clear signs of recovery in the end-user market...
Thursday 29 May 2025
US reportedly targets EDA exports to China; vendors push back on disruption claims
China's semiconductor sector was abuzz in late May 2025 by reports that Siemens EDA received a notice from the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) instructing it to halt all...
Thursday 29 May 2025
AMD expands photonics capabilities with Enosemi acquisition

On May 28, 2025, AMD announced the acquisition of Enosemi, a Silicon Valley-based company specializing in photonic integrated circuits...

Thursday 29 May 2025
Winbond braces for persistent NTD appreciation with AI and security focus
Winbond Electronics chairman Arthur Yu-Cheng Chiao predicted a long-term, possibly lifelong, appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar (NTD), citing changes in global interest rate dynamics...
Thursday 29 May 2025
Jensen Huang: China's AI moves on with or without US chips
Nvidia Corp. today reported robust financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2026, with revenue reaching US$44 billion, a 69% increase year-over-year. However, the company...
Thursday 29 May 2025
Nvidia's growth remains strong despite US$4.5B China writedown; forecasts US$8B revenue loss from export ban
Nvidia today announced robust financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, reporting significant year-over-year and sequential growth, driven primarily by its Data...