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Tuesday 23 December 2025

Korean chip industry faces mounting pressure from escalating power prices

Electricity costs for South Korea's domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry have reportedly surged, raising concerns over mounting cost pressures on chipmakers. Over the past...

Tuesday 23 December 2025

Nexperia's China unit secures local wafer supply under governance dispute

The Chinese subsidiary of Nexperia, the Dutch semiconductor manufacturer, has moved to secure wafer capacity from domestic suppliers to support production of key products in 2026,...

Tuesday 23 December 2025

TRI's 2025 operations hit record highs, with advanced packaging opportunities to further drive growth

Optical and electrical inspection equipment supplier Test Research Inc. (TRI) held an online investor conference on December 16, 2025, stating that, benefiting from continued strong...

Monday 22 December 2025

Central bank raises Taiwan's 2025 growth forecast to 7.31%

Taiwan's Central Bank has sharply revised its economic growth forecast for 2025 to 7.31% from the 4.55% projected in September, citing the absence of US semiconductor tariffs under...

Monday 22 December 2025

Pan Jit snaps up Vietnam plant to ramp auto chip output

Pan Jit International Inc. signed a definitive agreement on December 18, 2025, to acquire a 95% stake in Torex Vietnam Semiconductor, a move aimed at expanding the Taiwanese firm's...

Monday 22 December 2025

King Yuan Electronics ramps up expansion in Singapore amid AI chip testing surge

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) is accelerating its expansion efforts in Taiwan and Singapore to address rising demand for AI chip testing services. The Taiwanese testing and assembly...

Monday 22 December 2025

TSMC's CoPoS equipment set for mid-2026; overseas suppliers shake up Taiwan firms

Benefiting from surges in AI GPU, and ASIC demand, both TSMC and non-TSMC camps have raised their 2026 CoWoS capacity plans. Notably, due to CoWoS supply shortages and Nvidia's requirements,...

Monday 22 December 2025

Weekly news roundup: Intel's TSMC talent grab draws scrutiny, Samsung foundry lands Intel order, Moore's Law talent gap looms

These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of December 15 to December 21, 2025.

Monday 22 December 2025

Japan-based AOI Electronics to support Kaynes' semiconductor back-end expansion in India

AOI Electronics, a Japan-based semiconductor assembly and test provider, has entered into a business alliance with India's Kaynes Semicon Private Limited and Japan's Mitsui to support...

Monday 22 December 2025

TSMC pushes back on Japan fab delay rumors, keeps options open

According to Nikkei, Yuichi Hotta, president of TSMC's Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), confirmed on December 19 that construction of the second wafer fabrication...

Monday 22 December 2025

India roundup: India expands semiconductor sector through acquisitions and global partnerships

India is bolstering its semiconductor ecosystem through strategic overseas acquisitions, potential integration into Apple's supply chain, and specialized domestic manufacturing, while...

Monday 22 December 2025

China’s AMEC broadens chip equipment reach with Sizone acquisition

AMEC, China's leading semiconductor equipment vendor, has sent its clearest signal yet that it no longer intends to remain a single-discipline...

Monday 22 December 2025

South Korea examines challenges in building a strong AI semiconductor industry

The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) recently convened a seminar, gathering industry and academic experts to assess South Korea's position in the AI semiconductor sector...

Monday 22 December 2025

Column: 2D materials struggle to deliver on semiconductor scaling promise

The isolation of graphene in 2004 sparked widespread expectations that two-dimensional (2D) materials could fundamentally reshape electronic devices. Graphene and transition metal...

Monday 22 December 2025

AI servers now compete as much on heat management as on computing power

As AI workloads reshape data center design, performance is no longer defined solely by computing power. Thermal management has emerged...

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