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Sunday 17 August 2025
Applied Materials faces lawsuit from smaller Chinese rival
Chinese semiconductor equipment makers are increasingly taking the offensive in protecting their technology and intellectual property. Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology has...
Sunday 17 August 2025
TSMC’s top wafer testing partner posts 78% surge as new facility ramps
Xintec Inc., TSMC's backend packaging and testing unit, posted a strong second-quarter 2025 rebound in wafer probe revenue, driven by increased outsourcing from TSMC and the accelerated...
Saturday 16 August 2025
Tesla’s Dojo shutdown marks a strategic turn in its AI ambitions

Tesla's Dojo team has been disbanded—an announcement that has sent ripples through the tech industry. The decision to abandon Dojo...

Friday 15 August 2025
ASC emerges from July slump as semiconductor manufacturers continue global expansion
ASC, a key supplier of fluororesin equipment and materials for the semiconductor industry, currently holds orders worth over NT$4 billion (US$133.6 million), reflecting a recovery...
Thursday 14 August 2025
Samsung aims to meet Tesla's chip packaging demand with new panel-level technology
Samsung Electronics is advancing development of its next-generation System-on-Panel (SoP) packaging technology, aiming to produce modules significantly larger than those possible...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
China's chip equipment spending surges in 1H25, defying global downturn
China's semiconductor industry posted CNY455 billion (approx. US$63.3 billion) in total investment during the first half of 2025, down 9.8% from a year earlier, according to a new...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
TSMC GaN exit prompts Navitas to shift orders to PSMC for Nvidia AI servers
TSMC will exit the gallium nitride wafer foundry business within two years, a move that has prompted US chipmaker Navitas Semiconductor to redirect its orders to Powerchip Semiconductor...
Monday 11 August 2025
GlobalWafers secures US$200M grant from US CHIPS Act amid Trump-era review
According to Reuters, Taiwan-based Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) said on August 8 that its subsidiary GlobalWafers received just over US$200 million in June under...
Monday 11 August 2025
GlobalWafers partners with Apple to bolster US chip supply chain, expand advanced wafer production
Sino-American Silicon Products Group (SAS) recently announced that its subsidiary, GlobalWafers, has entered a strategic partnership with Apple to target the US market jointly. The...
Thursday 7 August 2025
OSAT giants expand in US as Trump pushes for 100% tariff on chip imports
Amkor and ASE, two of the world's top semiconductor packaging and testing providers, are deepening their US presence following the return of Trump-era "Made in America" policies....
Thursday 7 August 2025
Apple taps Samsung's Austin fab for next-gen chip tech, possibly for CIS
Apple announced a collaboration with Samsung's Austin-based wafer foundry to develop a new chip technology, though Samsung declined to comment.
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Samsung-Tesla deal marks new chapter in mission to challenge TSMC's dominance
Success in the foundry business lies in strong alliances with core clients. With Samsung Electronics winning a massive deal with Tesla, it has not only gained a lifeline to challenge...
Wednesday 6 August 2025
Phoenix Silicon International pushes monthly capacity to 1.2M wafers by 2026
Leading reclaimed wafer manufacturer Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) announced on August 1 that its board has officially approved a capital expenditure plan of NT$4.379 billion...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Boris Johnson says UK once considered competing with Taiwan in chips, but abandoned plan over tech gap
During a keynote address at the Ketagalan Forum in Taipei on August 5, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed that he had contemplated enabling the UK to compete with Taiwan...
Tuesday 5 August 2025
Win Semiconductors sees 45% capacity utilization as Wi-Fi 7 drives growth and stronger US orders
GaAs wafer foundry provider Win Semiconductors announced at a July 31, 2025, investor conference that its capacity utilization reached 45% in the second quarter of 2025, a 10 percentage...