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Tuesday 24 June 2025
South Korea's chip firms target Japan in bid to break global design bottleneck
South Korean semiconductor companies are making a concerted push into Japan, positioning themselves to capture opportunities in one of the world's most underpenetrated but promising...
Tuesday 24 June 2025
China’s AI firms exploit Southeast Asia detour, weakening Huawei’s domestic chip ambitions
Chinese AI firms are reportedly utilizing AI compute resources in Southeast Asian nations to bypass US sanctions, exploiting regulatory frameworks that align with local laws and limit...
Monday 23 June 2025
Taiwan electronic product export orders break US$100 billion in January-May 2025, driven by AI and HPC applications
Taiwan's export orders for January-May 2024 rose 15% year on year to reach US$263.8 billion, with electronics products recording an over 25% annual growth to break the US$100 billion...
Monday 23 June 2025
Top-100 firms contribute KRW1.6 quadrillion to South Korea economy in 2024

In 2024, South Korea's top-100 companies generated an estimated KRW1,615 trillion (US$1.16 trillion) in total economic contribution,...

Monday 23 June 2025
Chip makers brace for brutal competition as cloud ASIC market heats up
Industry forecasts for application-specific integrated circuits have turned bullish, with major players and research firms upgrading their cloud ASIC demand projections for 2026-2028...
Monday 23 June 2025
NAND flash prices to stay high in 2H25 with substrate shortage to hit soon, says Phison CEO

Strong demand in the memory market is expected to keep NAND Flash prices at elevated levels in the second half of 2025, according to...

Monday 23 June 2025
Chinese graduates seeking semiconductor jobs targeted by scams
Fresh college graduates in China looking to enter the employment force have their hearts set on major players in the semiconductor industry. However, as they rush to submit resumes,...
Monday 23 June 2025
AI chip design seen in second inning, says Synopsys executive
At its annual SNUG Taiwan event this week, Synopsys Senior Vice President of IP Group John Koeter told DIGITIMES that if AI chip development were a baseball game, the industry...
Monday 23 June 2025
French initiative targets chip-level security with FD-SOI technology
Soitec, a leading French provider of semiconductor materials, has partnered with research institute CEA-Leti to develop cybersecurity chips based on Fully Depleted Silicon-On-Insulator...
Friday 20 June 2025
Wistron ITS enters chip design race with new semiconductor division
Wistron ITS (WITS), a subsidiary of the Wistron Group, has officially launched a new Semiconductor Business Unit, marking its strategic shift from traditional IT services toward integrated...
Friday 20 June 2025
TDK acquires smart glasses startup SoftEye to expand AI hardware portfolio
Japanese electronics components giant TDK has announced the acquisition of SoftEye, a US-based smart glasses hardware and software developer, in a strategic push to diversify into...
Friday 20 June 2025
Zhaoxin eyes IPO on China’s tech board as x86 chip losses mount
Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Zhaoxin), a key Chinese developer of domestically produced x86-compatible CPUs, has filed for an IPO on the Shanghai STAR Market, targeting...
Friday 20 June 2025
Xbox partners with AMD to co-develop AI-powered chips for next-gen gaming devices
Xbox has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with semiconductor company AMD to co-engineer silicon for its next generation of gaming devices through its official YouTube...
Thursday 19 June 2025
Urgent orders boost memory packaging and testing in 2Q25; AI stabilizes variables for 2H25
Benefiting from a rapid recovery in memory market demand during the first half of 2025, memory packaging and testing companies are sharing in the gains. Although the US 90-day tariff...
Thursday 19 June 2025
SEMICON West relocates to Arizona amid TSMC's chip cluster expansion
SEMICON West 2025 will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, for the first time, October 7 to 9, 2025, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) continues to draw investments and...