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Thursday 27 February 2025
PCB drill bit maker Topoint expects double-digit revenue growth in 1Q25
Driven by strong demand for cloud equipment and a favorable base effect, Topoint Technology, a manufacturer of PCB drill bits, witnessed significant growth in its operations in 2024...
Thursday 27 February 2025
SK Hynix reportedly hits 70% yield in HBM4 testing
SK Hynix has reportedly reached a significant milestone in its pre-production trials by raising the yield rate of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) to 70%. This achievement...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Unimicron warns of Trump-era chip ban impact on China's high-end production
With consumer electronics in a seasonal downturn and no strong market recovery in sight, ABF substrate leader Unimicron expects first-quarter revenue to dip by a single-digit percentage...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Arm unveils Armv9 edge AI platform to power next-gen IoT
Arm has unveiled its Armv9 edge AI computing platform, featuring the Cortex-A320 CPU and Ethos-U85 NPU to power AI workloads at the edge. Capable of running models with over a billion...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Daxin Materials boosts semiconductor focus with product expansion
Daxin Materials is making strides in the semiconductor industry by launching five new products in 2024, increasing its production lineup to nine. This expansion is significant as...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Taiwan readies negotiation strategy for possible Trump chip tariff
Since beginning his second term, US President Donald Trump has shaken up the international community and rattled the US government as he seeks to reorganize it. Trump's interest in...
Thursday 27 February 2025
DRAM industry would have rebounded without China's output surge, says Nanya
The DRAM market is expected to remain at the industry's low point in the first half of 2025. According to Nanya Technology president, Pei-ing Lee, Chinese competitors' DRAM production...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Qualcomm expands AI PC push in Southeast Asia, may face skepticism over Windows-on-Arm
Qualcomm hosted a summit in Singapore to introduce its new X series chips and strengthen its presence in Southeast Asia. Kedar Kondap, Qualcomm's senior vice president of Product...
Thursday 27 February 2025
China stimulus programs fuel memory price rebound, but Korean vendors have concerns
Prices of mature process memory, long hit by oversupply due to fast capacity expansion at Chinese makers, are expected to rebound, thanks to the Chinese government's consumption stimulus...
Thursday 27 February 2025
US tariffs on TSMC could force IC designers to shoulder higher production costs
US President Trump announced that starting in April 2025, a 25% tariff will be imposed on semiconductors, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals, with plans for gradual increases. Experts...
Thursday 27 February 2025
SK Hynix begins first fab construction at Yongin cluster, eye 2027 completion
SK Hynix has advanced the groundbreaking of its first-phase Yongin Semiconductor Cluster plant (Yongin 1) from March 2025 to late February 2025 after the Yongin Special City government...
Thursday 27 February 2025
TSMC's 3nm and 5nm utilization rates surge in 1Q25 despite US curbs on China
Despite the US's heightened curbs on AI chips against China, TSMC's 3nm and 5nm fab utilization rates have topped 100% in the first quarter of 2025, according to industry sources.
Thursday 27 February 2025
Zhaoxin CPUs now fully support DeepSeek-R1 LLM, advancing China's AI hardware
Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., China's x86 CPU manufacturer, has successfully deployed the DeepSeek-R1 distilled model across its entire hardware lineup, supporting models ranging...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Meet Renrong Yu: the quiet billionaire behind China's semiconductor rise
Recently, China's State Council organized a private enterprise forum, convening leading figures from various high-tech industries, including internet services, robotics, electric...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Nvidia rides inference surge, DeepSeek buzz fuels 2H25 Blackwell Ultra launch
Nvidia is addressing skepticism about the demand for its high-end GPUs by highlighting the increased computing power required for advanced AI models like DeepSeek-R1. The company...