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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
Japan to expand export controls on dual-use technologies from October 9
Japan will expand export controls to cover general-purpose machine tools, integrated circuits, drones, radar, navigation, and testing equipment, requiring companies to verify potential...
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
TSMC, Samsung components still found in Huawei's Ascend 910C
Semiconductor intelligence firm TechInsights has concluded, following a teardown of Huawei Technologies' Ascend 910C chip, that some of the components still come from Taiwan Semiconductor...
Tuesday 7 October 2025
China's SiC industry finds high-value exit in Meta's AR supply chain

As the global semiconductor industry eyes the rise of 12-inch silicon carbide (SiC) wafers as potential game-changers in advanced packaging,...

Tuesday 7 October 2025
Weekly news roundup: Intel and TSMC pour billions into Arizona; Memory chip prices soar, Hanmi expands to Singapore to support Micron
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of September 29–October 5.
Monday 6 October 2025
India roundup: Number of Apple suppliers in India likely reaches 45
Despite bottlenecks, including culture, Taiwan-India bilateral ties are expanding. The number of Apple suppliers in India is likely to reach 45 amid production diversification.
Monday 6 October 2025
Potential Intel-AMD partnership reshapes semiconductor landscape
US chip manufacturers Intel and AMD are negotiating foundry cooperation, which could bring structural changes to the global semiconductor industry. Besides potentially boosting Intel's...
Monday 6 October 2025
Mitsubishi Electric opens SiC plant amid cooling EV market
Mitsubishi Electric held a completion ceremony on October 1, 2025, for its new power semiconductor factory in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The facility will produce silicon carbide...
Monday 6 October 2025
Nvidia's stake in Intel raises PC supply chain concerns
Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen stated that if people focus on how Nvidia's investment in Intel impacts TSMC, they are missing the point. For PC brands, the more pressing concern...
Monday 6 October 2025
Gold and copper prices soar as Trump's policies shake global supply chains
Upon US President Donald Trump's return to the White House, his chip containment policy has ignited a rare earth export control battle with China, affecting the already imbalanced...
Monday 6 October 2025
Amkor breaks ground on Arizona packaging facility near TSMC
US-based semiconductor packaging and test services provider Amkor Technology announced it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on October 6, 2025, to officially begin construction...
Friday 3 October 2025
ASE Technology launches new factory in Kaohsiung to expand advanced semiconductor packaging
ASE Technology Holding has initiated construction of a new K18B factory at the Nanzi Science Park in Kaohsiung to address growing demand in artificial intelligence (AI), automotive...
Friday 3 October 2025
Industrial clusters are key to Taiwan-US high-tech partnership
After returning to Taiwan, Executive Yuan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chun provided updates on the status of Taiwan-US economic and trade negotiations, particularly addressing the contentious...
Friday 3 October 2025
India joins XR optics race with Kaynes-DigiLens waveguide line
Kaynes Technology has opened India's first waveguide manufacturing line in Mysuru in partnership with US-based DigiLens, placing the country in the global supply chain for extended...