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Thursday 20 February 2025
Xintec expands investment to boost testing capacity, reshapes strategy for growth
Surging demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing TSMC to expand its advanced packaging capacity. As a key testing partner, Xintec—a TSMC-affiliated outsourced semiconductor...
Thursday 20 February 2025
MediaTek's profits hold steady, but bonuses shrink—global tech team expansion a key factor
MediaTek has announced its annual February bonus payout, but unlike past years, the 2025 edition has drawn less enthusiasm. While salary adjustments met expectations, many employees...
Thursday 20 February 2025
Retailers hoard RTX 5090, betting on crypto boom revival; Asus, MSI see profits surge
Nvidia's RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launched on January 30, but demand has far outstripped supply. The limited initial stock, a common trend for high-end Nvidia GPUs, quickly vanished...
Thursday 20 February 2025
DeepSeek R1 sparks surge in China's Nvidia H GPU demand
The Chinese computing power market has experienced significant growth following the debut of DeepSeek R1. According to market sources, the end of the Lunar New Year holidays has increased...
Thursday 20 February 2025
China to tighten grip on rare earth mining for non-state firms
China plans to prohibit non-state companies from mining rare earths, further tightening its control over a strategic sector that has emerged as a battleground in its trade war with...
Thursday 20 February 2025
Taiwan AI supply chain gears up for next boom as Nvidia GPU demand surges
The advent of DeepSeek and other factors are contributing to the current shortage of Nvidia's GPUs, as Taiwan's AI industry supply chain is on the brink of entering its third wave...
Thursday 20 February 2025
Microsoft unveils quantum computing chip for future data centers
Microsoft Corp. announced its first quantum computing chip, a major step in the company's effort to produce devices that might someday solve problems beyond the reach of modern com...
Thursday 20 February 2025
Siemens streamlines design flows for TSMC 3DFabric technologies
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced the readiness of an automated and certified workflow for TSMC's InFO packaging technology, leveraging Siemens' advanced packaging integration...
Thursday 20 February 2025
SMIC expands Beijing fab as capital spending holds steady in 2025
SMIC is advancing the second phase of its Beijing wafer fab, set to break ground in early 2025. The project, expected to be the city's largest logic IC foundry, comes with a total...
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Taiwanese automotive component makers pivot to AI, semiconductors, and healthcare
The rapid rise of AI-driven applications in smart healthcare, semiconductors, and data storage has pushed many Taiwanese companies traditionally focused on automotive components to...
Wednesday 19 February 2025
PCB upstream suppliers track SEA expansion, anticipating 2025 mass production orders
Major Taiwanese printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers are actively investing in setting up facilities in Southeast Asia due to the region's geopolitical considerations, rising...
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Young Optics shifts focus to CPO amid declining micro-projection, 3D printing revenue
Young Optics' consolidated revenue declined by 14.6% year over year in 2024 to NT$2.572 billion (US$78.7 million), largely due to competition from Chinese mid-range single-panel LCD...
Wednesday 19 February 2025
China's HBM breakthrough intensifies pressure on Samsung
China's memory industry is making remarkable progress, substantially closing the technology gap with South Korea in DRAM and NAND flash manufacturing. The country has also achieved...
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Nuvoton readies Microsoft co-developed BMC chip for mass production in 2025
Nuvoton, a microcontroller (MCU) provider, is emerging stronger from inventory corrections. Driven by recent pre-shipment demand from notebook/PC clients and continued adjustments...
Wednesday 19 February 2025
Exclusive: Kaynes SemiCon expands global presence, nears OSAT customers in Japan and US
Kaynes SemiCon is strengthening its position in the outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) market, moving closer to securing new customers from Japan and the US as part...