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Thursday 9 October 2025
Taiwan's semiconductor playbook finds new home in Arizona
Taiwan has become Arizona's blueprint for semiconductor success. At the Arizona Semiconductor Leadership Day forum held prior to 2025 SEMICON West, the island emerged as more than...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
China and Taiwan chart diverging paths in the 12-Inch SiC market
In the high-stakes arena of silicon carbide (SiC) innovation, a quiet transformation is underway. While much attention has focused on non-Chinese supply chains entering advanced packaging...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
ITRI targets AI chiplet and SiPh in 2026 semiconductor R&D push
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved a NT$160 million (US$5.27 million) allocation from a contingency fund to support the Industrial Technology Research Institute...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix step up recruitment to secure edge in AI-driven chip supercycle
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is fueling a new semiconductor supercycle, prompting Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to ramp up recruitment efforts in a bid to secure...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
China accelerates DUV lithography breakthroughs with patents and testing
China is enhancing its DUV lithography technology amid US export restrictions. Yuliangsheng's 28nm immersion DUV machine is being tested at SMIC, while SMEE has patented a method...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Boom or bubble: OpenAI's US$500 billion alliances will face make-or-break moment in 2H26
OpenAI has secured collaboration agreements with leading system and chip manufacturers, including Microsoft, Oracle, Nvidia, Broadcom, and AMD, as part of an extensive effort to expand...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
YMTC eyes HBM market entry to disrupt top three
Chinese NAND Flash giant Yangtze Memory Technologies Corp. (YMTC) is preparing to enter the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market and is anticipating a technological breakthrough. As...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Commentary: The rising concerns surrounding AMD's alliance with OpenAI
AMD has a multibillion-dollar AI chip deal with OpenAI to boost its presence against Nvidia and Intel, but concerns about leverage and market demand persist. The partnership highlights...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Nvidia reportedly investing up to US$2 billion in Elon Musk's xAI amid broader AI infrastructure expansion
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) startup, xAI, is reportedly seeking to raise up to US$20 billion in a new funding round that includes an equity investment from Nvidia, according...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
FuriosaAI rejects Meta, pushes forward with energy-efficient AI chips
On October 2, Meta announced the acquisition of US-based IC design company Rivos, which develops high-performance computing chips and solutions based on the RISC-V architecture. Interestingly,...
Wednesday 8 October 2025
With Intel partnership, Nvidia raises stakes in processor war

Recent market developments—such as Nvidia's capital infusion into Intel and AMD's approach to Intel for packaging deals—have...

Tuesday 7 October 2025
Upstream substrate and leadframe price hikes pressure IC packaging costs
Since early 2025, rising costs of precious metals such as gold and silver have triggered price increase signals in the supply chain for key materials like substrates and leadframes...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Arm CEO Rene Haas recalls Nvidia's bold exit from Intel chip support during his time working with Jensen Huang
As Nvidia dominates headlines in the generative AI era, CEO Jensen Huang has continued to draw attention with each and every move. During the All-In Summit 2025 in September, Arm...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Taiwan's silicon shield under siege as US accelerates chip onshoring
A US proposal to evenly split advanced semiconductor production between Taiwan and the United States has sparked deep concern in the industry and triggered a political debate in Taipei,...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
India's Silizium Circuits develops GaAs 5G front-end chip as RF localization advances
Indian fabless semiconductor startup Silizium Circuits has completed the end-to-end design of a GaAs-based 5G low-noise amplifier (LNA), or front-end module (FEM), marking a step...