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Wednesday 23 July 2025
Samsung starts hybrid bonding shift with HBM4E; will it stick before HBM5?
Samsung Electronics plans to introduce hybrid bonding technology with its 16-layer HBM4E (7th-generation high-bandwidth memory), marking a pivotal shift in advanced memory packaging...
Monday 21 July 2025
Seoul backs RF Materials in US$76 million space-grade semiconductor initiative

As Seoul intensifies efforts to build next-generation aerospace technologies, RF Materials, a South Korean firm specializing in compound...

Monday 21 July 2025
Samsung reportedly lobbies Washington on chip tariffs and AI export curbs
A senior executive from Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (DS) division has reportedly visited Washington, D.C., to express the company's concerns regarding US semiconductor tariff...
Monday 21 July 2025
AI server growth lifts ABF market, while BT substrates struggle with supply constraints

A surge in demand for ABF substrates driven by AI applications has created ripple effects across the semiconductor packaging supply chain...

Monday 21 July 2025
Malaysia launches US$21 million fund to boost semiconductor packaging and attract global tech players
According to Bernama, Malaysia has launched a MYR90 million (US$21.2 million) Science Endowment matching fund aimed at accelerating the country's push into advanced semiconductor...
Monday 21 July 2025
Tata Electronics and Bosch sign MoU to strengthen India's semiconductor and automotive electronics ecosystem
Tata Electronics and Robert Bosch GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate across critical areas in the electronics and semiconductor sectors. The agreement...
Friday 18 July 2025
Malaysia's road from foreign capital to homegrown innovation
Malaysia's semiconductor industry traces back to the 1970s. In August 1972, Malaysia's first free trade zone, the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (Bayan Lepas FIZ), was launched...
Friday 18 July 2025
SK Key Foundry, LB Semicon announce next-gen packaging tech for auto semiconductors
South Korean foundry SK Key Foundry and semiconductor packaging and testing specialist LB Semicon have jointly developed "Direct RDL," a key semiconductor packaging technology that...
Thursday 17 July 2025
Advanced packaging boom propels ASE, KYEC through shifting semiconductor landscape

Even as Taiwan's semiconductor tariff policies remain unresolved and the New Taiwan dollar continues to appreciate, major chip packaging...

Thursday 17 July 2025
Beyond Arizona: TSMC’s next big bet may be in rural Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has reiterated its commitment to growing semiconductor production in Taiwan, despite increasing investments in the US. Supply chain sources...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
LG enters hybrid bonding tool race, challenging Samsung and Hanwha
LG Electronics is making a bold push into the high-end semiconductor equipment market, setting its sights on hybrid bonding (HB) tools, critical for producing next-generation high-bandwidth...
Wednesday 16 July 2025
Penang's OSAT boom: ASE, Tongfu, Inari lead charge in advanced packaging
Malaysia has steadily developed its outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) industry, with Penang — often called the "Silicon Valley of the East" — at its...
Tuesday 15 July 2025
GlobalFoundries takes MIPS under its wing; Imagination shoots down SMIC takeover talk
With TSMC commanding the lion's share of foundry orders for data center AI accelerators, second-tier players like UMC, GlobalFoundries (GF), and SMIC are urgently repositioning to...
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Broadcom's plant investment in Spain reportedly canceled, dealing blow to Southern Europe's chip ambitions
Broadcom has reportedly scrapped its plan to invest US$1 billion in an assembly, test, and packaging (ATP) facility in Spain. Reuters and Europa Press cited insiders...
Tuesday 15 July 2025
Surge in GB200 and ASIC shipments boosts Taiwan semiconductor equipment sector
Strong demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications has driven a significant rise in GB200 and ASIC shipments, propelling revenue growth across both upstream and downstream...