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Tuesday 1 July 2025
GaN's paradox: surging demand, sinking profits
Under pressure from low-cost competition in China, many application sectors are struggling to turn a profit. Recently, the compound semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN) industry has...
Monday 30 June 2025
Nvidia taps top Chinese AI researchers in bid to expand deep learning team
US semiconductor giant Nvidia has recruited two leading artificial intelligence (AI) specialists from China as part of its ongoing efforts to broaden its research team, according...
Monday 30 June 2025
SK Hynix’s HBM3E boom fuels record profits
South Korean memory giant SK Hynix expects its operating income to reach nearly KRW9 trillion (US$6.6 billion) in the second quarter of 2025, thanks to the strong growth of high bandwidth...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung acquires rights to Intel semiconductor patents in strategic bid to avoid global IP disputes
Samsung Electronics has secured a broad license to a portfolio of semiconductor patents originally developed by Intel, a move industry analysts view as both a defensive strategy against...
Monday 30 June 2025
China set to lead global foundry capacity by 2030 amid accelerating domestic expansion
China is poised to overtake Taiwan as the world's top semiconductor foundry hub by 2030, according to Yole Group. With 21% of global capacity in 2024 and rapid domestic expansion...
Monday 30 June 2025
Samsung reportedly promotes advanced 2nm process amid foundry setbacks
Samsung is pushing its second-generation 2nm process, SF2P, promising notable performance and efficiency gains. As its chip business faces mounting pressure, the company is betting...
Monday 30 June 2025
South Korea launches AI chip project with Taiwan's CoAsia and local unicorn Rebellions
CoAsia, a Taiwan-based semiconductor company, announced that its subsidiary, CoAsia SEMI, will partner with Rebellions, a South Korean AI chipmaker, to co-develop a next-generation...
Monday 30 June 2025
IBM eyes deeper partnership with Rapidus for sub-1nm chip development
IBM is seeking a long-term partnership with Japan's Rapidus to develop sub-1nm chips, according to Yomiuri Shimbun. Building on their 2nm collaboration, IBM has deployed...
Monday 30 June 2025
China's US$50B chip fund switches tack to fight US curbs
China's main chip investment fund is planning to focus on the country's key shortcomings in sectors like lithography and semiconductor design software, adjusting its approach to better...
Monday 30 June 2025
TSMC affiliate VIS may expedite production at US$8 billion Singapore fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s smaller affiliate Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp. may accelerate the chip production schedule at its new US$7.8 billion joint...
Monday 30 June 2025
TSMC turns US expansion crisis into opportunity; personnel reshuffle set for 2026
TSMC's US$65 billion Arizona expansion, initially hampered by cost overruns and construction delays, is now showing signs of strategic success as the chipmaker addresses key operational...
Monday 30 June 2025
Intel's CSO reportedly to leave today
Safroadu Yeboah-Amankwah, chief strategy officer (CSO) at Intel, is set to depart the company by June 30, marking one of the latest executive changes following Lip-Bu Tan's appointment...
Monday 30 June 2025
SAS enters semiconductor equipment sector with acquisition
Sino-American Silicon Products Group (SAS) is accelerating its push into integrated semiconductor materials and equipment services through strategic acquisitions. On June 27, 2025,...
Monday 30 June 2025
Weekly news roundup: China's litho pivot, Huawei's lag, Apple's OLED play
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from June 23 to 29, 2025. Top developments include Huawei's stalled 5nm chip efforts, Renesas scaling back its EV power chip...
Monday 30 June 2025
From subsidies to subtraction: Lip-bu Tan rewrites Intel’s revival playbook
The semiconductor industry rarely sees such a stark contrast in leadership philosophy as the one emerging between Intel's current and former CEOs. Pat Gelsinger, who recently stepped...