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Tuesday 1 April 2025
Tokyo Electron forecasts stable semiconductor demand and expansion in AI chip equipment
Hiroshi Kawamoto, Division Officer, Finance Division of Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), one of Japan's leading semiconductor equipment manufacturers, projects that demand for high-bandwidth...
Tuesday 1 April 2025
AMD completes acquisition of ZT Systems
AMD has completed its acquisition of ZT Systems, aiming to strengthen its AI infrastructure offerings, the company announced on March 31. The deal will integrate ZT Systems' design...
Tuesday 1 April 2025
China's server reboot: Kunpeng chips signal Huawei's post-x86 future
Amid the AI boom, much of the spotlight has focused on Chinese chips like Huawei's Ascend. Yet, general-purpose computing power, still dominated by CPUs, remains a critical foundation...
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Deepseek AI drives unprecedented demand for Nvidia's China-specific chips
Nvidia's relationship with Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has evolved dramatically, affecting Nvidia's stock price and driving strong demand for its China-specific H20 GPU in China....
Tuesday 1 April 2025
Lip-Bu Tan seeks US support to rebuild Intel Foundry, aims to secure 2-3 key customers
On March 31, at his first public appearance as CEO during the Intel Vision conference in Las Vegas, Lip-bu Tan outlined his strategy for Intel, which includes spinning off non-core...
Monday 31 March 2025
Taiwan and Japan expand joint research into next-gen compound semiconductors
To strengthen academic exchange and collaboration between Taiwan and Japan, the renowned Japanese research institute RIKEN has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Taiwan's...
Monday 31 March 2025
Chip giants set to face off at Computex 2025 with AI PC strategies
Global semiconductor leaders are preparing to showcase their latest innovations at Computex 2025 in Taipei this May, with industry attention firmly focused on potential new AI PC...
Monday 31 March 2025
Oracle signs multibillion-dollar deal with AMD for GPU cluster amid AI chip competition
Oracle has contracted AMD to build an AI cluster with 30,000 AMD MI355X computing cards in a multibillion-dollar deal, according to Chairman Larry Ellison during the company's third-quarter...
Monday 31 March 2025
Edge AI gains momentum, driving demand for low-power computing
While cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) continues to dominate the market, edge AI is steadily gaining traction. Industry sources highlight the need for seamless integration...
Saturday 29 March 2025
Global fab equipment spending to surge 18% in 2026, says SEMI
Global investment in front-end fab equipment is projected to increase by 2% year over year to US$110 billion in 2025, marking the sixth consecutive year of growth since 2020, according...
Saturday 29 March 2025
Taiwan's new IDA director to focus on industrial transformation, economic resilience
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) promoted Chyou-Huey Chiou to director general of the Industrial Development Administration (IDA) on March 26. The ceremony was presided...
Friday 28 March 2025
Taiwan's economic outlook shows positive momentum in February 2025
On March 27, the National Development Council (NDC) of Taiwan released its economic outlook for February 2025, revealing a positive momentum in the country's economic activities,...
Friday 28 March 2025
South Korea teams up with Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and DB Hitek to boost semiconductor competitiveness
The South Korean government recently announced a collaboration with Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and DB Hitek to enhance the operational quality of the national public foundry platform,...
Friday 28 March 2025
Primarius to acquire Actt, accelerating China's EDA consolidation
Primarius Technologies, a Chinese electronic design automation (EDA) company that is publicly traded, announced on March 27 that it would acquire equity in Chengdu Analog Circuit...
Friday 28 March 2025
Silicon Motion joins AI humanoid robotics supply chain
Silicon Motion Technology has entered the AI humanoid robotics supply chain and anticipates substantial growth from this area over the next five years, according to the flash device...