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Wednesday 25 September 2024
Taiwan IC design houses urged to accelerate migration to advanced nodes
Taiwan's government is urging local IC design houses to speed up their migration to advanced semiconductor manufacturing processes to avoid cut-throat pricing competition from China...
Wednesday 25 September 2024
AMD's next-gen AI GPU to intensify competition in 4Q24
AMD will launch a new generation of MI325X chips utilizing HBM3E in October to enhance its standing in the AI GPU market, aiming to secure orders from AI server clients seeking to...
Tuesday 24 September 2024
TSMC SoIC fab capacity to reportedly boost through to 2026
The AI surge requires TSMC to swiftly expand its production capacity for chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging. Simultaneously, the foundry's production capacity for 3D-stacked...
Monday 23 September 2024
Weekly news roundup: Qualcomm and MediaTek competition in 3nm SoC; progress of China's 28nm process
These are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories in the week of September 16 – September 20.
Friday 20 September 2024
China's homegrown DUV equipment struggles with multiple exposures, hindering chip process advancements
China's latest domestically produced DUV exposure machine cannot perform the critical multiple exposures needed for advanced chip production, making it incapable of achieving finer...
Friday 20 September 2024
Saudi Arabia to purchase Nvidia's high-end chips in 2025
Originally one of the regulated export destinations for US chips, Saudi Arabia aims to receive clearance from the US government in 2025 and obtain US-manufactured high-quality chip...
Friday 20 September 2024
Retimer vs. redriver: a battle in USB4 transmission technologies
USB4 adoption is rapidly gaining traction in the consumer electronics market, with PCs featuring AI functionality now coming equipped with multiple USB4 ports. For Taiwanese firms...
Thursday 19 September 2024
China races to boost domestic chip output as trade tensions rise
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued a directive urging automakers to audit their chip usage and push for chip replacement verifications, intending...
Thursday 19 September 2024
China's self-developed immersive DUV system remains years away despite milestone in dry DUV technology
China recently achieved a milestone with its indigenous lithography system, which is capable of producing chips at nodes smaller than 65nm. However, the development of an immersive...
Thursday 19 September 2024
TSMC solves mass production issues in US; advanced process self-sufficiency may be realized
In early December 2022, Apple CEO Tim Cook and US President Joe Biden attended the groundbreaking ceremony for TSMC's wafer fab in Arizona. During his speech, Cook stated that the...
Thursday 19 September 2024
Chinese smartphones employ 3nm chips, exacerbating Qualcomm and MediaTek competition
Chinese smartphone brand Vivo is set to officially launch its latest flagship smartphone, the Vivo X200, in October, featuring MediaTek's Dimensity 9400. Coupled with the recent reveal...
Thursday 19 September 2024
Winbond secures NOR flash orders from Apple for 3Q24, say sources
Winbond Electronics has grabbed 45nm NOR flash orders from Apple, with shipments kicking off in the third quarter, according to industry sources. The orders may help the Taiwan-based...
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Apple poised to introduce self-developed 5G modem in iPhones by 2025
Apple is poised to equip iPhones with its self-developed 5G modem by 2025. The latest iPhone SE is expected to be the first recipient, potentially arriving as early as the first half...
Monday 16 September 2024
Tata plans to build two more fabs in India
As Tata Electronics constructs India's first commercial wafer fab in three decades, it plans to leverage this experience to develop additional fabs in the medium to long term. The...
Monday 16 September 2024
Mobileye abandons LiDAR R&D
Intel's subsidiary Mobileye has recently decided to stop internal research and development of self-driving automotive FMCW LiDAR. The LiDAR R&D department is expected to be closed...