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Thursday 23 January 2025
Samsung reportedly halves foundry capex amid order shortage
Samsung Electronics plans to drastically reduce capital expenditure for its wafer foundry business by more than half in 2025, as the company grapples with a lack of customer orders...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Taiwanese export suppliers hesitant to react to Trump's trade policies, MOEA survey finds
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has indicated that US President Donald Trump's most significant tariff policies are still pending announcement. A recent MOEA survey on...
Thursday 23 January 2025
TSMC prioritizes COUPE tech, eyes silicon photonics lead
TSMC is advancing its compact optical engine technology, branded as COUPE, a top priority among its emerging innovations. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, during a recent visit to Taiwan,...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Driven by 800G SiPh, LMOC expects quarterly increases in 2025
The demand for silicon photonics (SiPh) is set to accelerate in 2025, with the introduction of 800G silicon products into general-purpose servers. LandMark Optoelectronics (LMOC)...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Intel's Chromebook market share may fall below 65% despite expanding market
Chromebook shipments are forecast to grow 20% in 2025; despite that, Intel's market share in the Chromebook chip sector may decline to below 65%, according to industry sources.
Thursday 23 January 2025
SK Hynix hits record 2024 revenue on AI memory surge
SK Hynix posted record revenue of KRW66.2 trillion (US$46.3 billion) in 2024, with an operating profit of KRW23.5 trillion, yielding a 35% margin. Net income reached KRW19.8 trilli...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Chinese foundries' offers remain less appealing to Taiwan IC design houses
Chinese foundries, despite their advanced process expertise and competitive pricing, remain less attractive to Taiwan-based IC design firms primarily due to intellectual property...
Thursday 23 January 2025
HPC chip demand set to soar for the next 4 years as US drives AI growth
The US intends to sustain its dominance in artificial intelligence (AI), and the market for HPC chips is expected to increase significantly for another four years, according to sources...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Logic IC packaging house Greatek sees better than expected 4Q24 revenue
With customers advancing their orders in anticipation of President Trump's upcoming trade policies, Greatek Electronics, a Powertech Technology (PTI) Group company specializing in...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Samsung chip tech leak: former employee indicted for alleged transfer to Chinese firm
South Korea's Suwon District Prosecutors' Office has indicted 11 individuals on charges of stealing Samsung Electronics' semiconductor cleaning technology. The case has drawn widespread...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Trump to push hard on ASML export controls, Dutch Premier says
The Netherlands expects President Donald Trump to keep pressing to restrict ASML Holding NV's exports of chip-making machines to China, according to Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoo...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Infineon launches program to boost Malaysia's semiconductor sector
The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and Infineon Technologies have launched a vendor development program to enhance Malaysia's semiconductor industry.
Thursday 23 January 2025
Micron ramps up HBM production, further taps South Korean talents
Micron is expanding its investment in Taiwan, with plans to exceed NT$1.1 trillion (US$33.6 billion) by the end of 2024. According to Donghui Lu, head of Micron Taiwan, the company...
Thursday 23 January 2025
SK Hynix reportedly to begin 1c DRAM production first, disrupting Samsung's HBM strategy
As Samsung Electronics (Samsung) attempts to reshape the global memory market through its sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4), industry watchers are closely monitoring two...
Thursday 23 January 2025
Japan's SMBC launches semiconductor equipment financing: Kioxia first, Rapidus likely to follow
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has launched an innovative type of asset-based financing that utilizes semiconductor manufacturing equipment as collateral. This approach...