India's Telangana state is intensifying efforts to attract semiconductor investments from Taiwan, with senior state officials meeting leading tech firms and research institutions in Taipei to explore potential collaboration.
China's technological advancement remains a central focus of global attention, with social media frequently showcasing local tech applications and innovations. Yet for many outside observers, the actual situation in China continues to fuel curiosity and skepticism, prompting many to wonder what lies beneath the polished surface.
Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (XMC), a key subsidiary of YMTC, is under growing regulatory scrutiny as its once-promising bid for a STAR Market listing unravels into a drawn-out saga of earnings collapse, mounting depreciation, and tangled related-party dealings, according to reports from CLS, TMTPost, and Caixin.
Samsung Electronics is reportedly ramping up investment in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, planning to add five more systems for its memory division alongside two high-numerical-aperture (High NA) EUV tools for its foundry arm. The move positions Samsung for the anticipated memory supercycle, as DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) manufacturers race to expand next-generation production capacity.
Apple quietly launched new MacBook, iPad, and Vision Pro products equipped with its latest M5 chip on the evening of October 15, 2025, in Taiwan, generating considerable public attention over the major M5 chip upgrades.
Micron reportedly plans to stop supplying server chips to data centers in China, according to a Reuters report citing sources familiar with the decision. The move comes two years after Beijing imposed a ban on Micron's products for use in "critical infrastructure," a decision widely interpreted as retaliation for US export restrictions on advanced chips and AI technologies.
China's Wingtech is grappling with an unprecedented crisis after the Dutch government seized control of its subsidiary Nexperia. In a stunning triple blow, Nexperia's Chinese CEO, Xuezheng Zhang, has been suspended, Dutch authorities have taken over the company's management, and all 30 of its global business entities have been frozen for one year.
As the generative AI (GenAI) boom becomes a central focus in tech development, high-performance computing (HPC) opportunities continue to expand, recently causing supply-demand gaps in the memory market that have triggered a surge of urgent orders. Coupled with the arrival of the consumer peak season and the first wave of new device shipments in September 2025, these three key drivers have pushed Taiwan's printed circuit board (PCB) industry to exceed revenue expectations in the third quarter of 2025.
Airoha Technology has continued to secure new collaboration opportunities in the international telecom market in 2025, with some of its previously developed markets now entering mass production and shipment phases, driving steady growth in its overall revenue. The company has also integrated MediaTek's Wi-Fi chips into its solutions.
Samsung Electronics revealed it is developing its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4E), with a target bandwidth of over 3TB per second. The announcement comes as Nvidia continues to pressure suppliers to increase the bandwidth of sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4), signaling that the HBM speed race will intensify.
As the AI boom drives demand for advanced packaging, chip testing at the backend is facing challenges in temperature, frequency, and speed. In response, the testing interface industry has been pushed into a new wave of product upgrades.
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