The violent appreciation of the New Taiwan dollar (NT dollar) is gradually showing its impact. In the second quarter of 2025, the NT dollar appreciated by more than 10%, hitting export-oriented...

Samsung's major AI chip contract with Tesla has sparked heated discussions, with Elon Musk pledging to personally step in to help Samsung improve production efficiency while hinting...

Samsung Foundry has secured an eight-year, US$16.5 billion contract to manufacture Tesla's next-generation AI6 chip. The move is seen as a major strategic win that comes just as Intel...

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) has named TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei and former Chairman Mark Liu as co-recipients of the 2025 Robert N. Noyce Award, the semiconductor...

Samsung Electronics has landed a next-generation AI chip order from Tesla, a deal seen as a potential inflection point for its lagging foundry business. The deal involves Tesla's...

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong departed for Washington, DC, on July 29 in a bid to bolster South Korea's final efforts to avert a 25% reciprocal tariff from the US. The...

DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin says Samsung's Tesla deal marks a pivotal entry into the US advanced foundry market. He projects AI6 high-volume production from 2028, with peak...

Just four months into his tenure, new Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has introduced a decisive shift in strategy. During the company's second-quarter 2025 earnings call, Tan suggested a potential...

The US has eased export restrictions on Nvidia's H20 GPUs to China as part of wider talks tied to rare earth magnet controls, but the move has failed to meet soaring demand from Chinese...

Wei-jen Lo, senior VP of corporate strategy at TSMC, announced his retirement on July 27. The 75-year-old joined TSMC in 2004 as VP of Operations II. From 2006 to 2009, Lo acted as...

As US chip giant Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan openly stated that the company may consider terminating its 14A process node plan if it cannot secure effective external client orders, Intel's...

Due to the influence of a low-pressure system and southwest airflow, a heavy rain advisory was issued for the Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan regions on July 28, 2025. Chiayi County urgently...

Industry insiders reveal that under Trump's strong push, Arizona has become a focal point for semiconductor development supported by the US government. The upcoming SEMICON West exhibition...

Tesla has signed a 7.5-year, US$16.5 billion contract with Samsung to produce its next-generation A16 chip using Samsung's 2nm process at its Texas facility. The deal represents a...

The competition to bring 1.4nm process nodes to market is splitting the industry's leading chipmakers. TSMC is moving steadily toward its 2028 mass production target, while Intel...