Japanese chip equipment maker Screen Holdings reported a 12.2% year-over-year decline in operating profit for the second quarter of 2025, reaching JPY24.3 billion (US$163 million),...
Coretronic Corporation expects a divergence in performance across its two core product segments in the third quarter of 2025, with energy-saving solutions projected to rebound while...
Tensions are rising at South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix after wage negotiations between the company and its labor union collapsed, setting the stage for possible large-scale protests...
The US Commerce Department imposed anti-dumping tariffs as high as 93.5% on Chinese graphite imports in mid-July 2024, bringing total duties to 160% when combined with existing countervailing...
South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is reportedly planning to invest KRW100 billion (US$71.4 million) in hybrid bonding technology, with commercial equipment targeted for release by...
MediaTek reported solid second quarter 2024 performance during its July 30 earnings call, with CEO Rick Tsai highlighting strong demand for edge AI system-on-chips (SoCs) and high-speed...
Japan's major automakers extended factory suspensions into July 31, 2025, following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on the morning of July 30, 2025, which triggered...
At MediaTek's earnings call, aside from presenting their outlook for the third quarter, the Q&A session demonstrated that the market is most interested in the company's three...
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) missed its second quarter 2025 gross margin target, reporting 28.7% instead of the projected 30%, as a stronger New Taiwan dollar eroded profitability...
On July 30, US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring that imports of copper and copper-based products threaten national security. The move follows a comprehensive...
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong recently made a spontaneous trip to Washington, DC, to assist South Korea in ongoing reciprocal tariff negotiations with the US. As AI semiconductors...
SK Hynix has solidified its position as the global market leader after achieving record performance in the High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) market. However, China's leading memory chipmaker,...
Samsung Electronics is accelerating the resumption of construction at the fourth phase (PH4) of its Pyeongtaek Campus Line 4 (P4) in South Korea, where construction was halted last...
As global demand for alternative battery technologies grows, sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a promising contender in the next phase of energy storage innovation. Yet while Chinese...
