India’s ambitious Semicon India Mission has gained major momentum with government approval for four new semiconductor fabrication plants spread across Odisha, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh. Together, these projects represent a combined investment exceeding US $18.23 billion, marking a decisive step toward transforming India from a semiconductor consumer into a global man...
South Korea’s exports surged to approximately US $59 billion in October, marking the fifth straight month of growthas demand for semiconductors continues to anchor the nation’s trade performance. According to data released by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, outbound shipments rose by 3.6 per cent year-on-year, underscoring the resilience of Korea’s technology secto...
The United States has declared a sweeping tariff policy envisaging a 100 % duty on imported semiconductor chips, with exemptions available for companies manufacturing or committing to manufacture within U.S. borders. The announcement reflects broader efforts to revitalise domestic chip production and reduce dependence on foreign fabrication. Firms that demonstrate genuine U.S. production commit...
The Ensemble E4/E6/E8 are the industry's first MCUs to provide hardware acceleration for transformer networks, enabling local generative AI inference on edge and endpoint devices Together with Arm, Alif demonstrated at the PyTorch Conference generative AI models compiled with the ExecuTorch Runtime running on the Ensemble E8 Alif Semiconductor®, the leading global supplier of sec...
Total revenues were $3.21 billion, above the midpoint of the guidance range of $3.15 billion +/- $150 million; GAAP diluted EPS was $8.47 and non-GAAP diluted EPS was $8.81, both above the midpoints of the respective guidance ranges; Cash flow from operating activities for the quarter and last twelve months were $1.16 billion and $4.25 billion, respectively, and free cash flow was $1.07 bill...
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) is attending NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C.October 27-29 to showcase advancements in engineering solutions from silicon to systems that will underpin the next era of industrial innovation. Now united with Ansys, Synopsys' expanded portfolio accelerates engineering productivity, improves product performance, and unlocks development insights, from semiconductor desig...
Delivering high HDR performance and low power consumption for next-generation automotive cameras Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) announced the upcoming release of the IMX828, the industry's first*1 CMOS image sensor for automotive applications with a built-in MIPI A-PHY interface. There are multiple high-speed transmission interface standards for automotive applications. T...
Global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to increase 5.4% in 2025 to 12,824 million square inches (MSI) followed by steady growth through 2028 when the market is expected to reach a new industry record of 15,485 MSI, SEMI reported today in its annual silicon shipment forecast. In 2025, the increase in silicon wafer shipments has been supported by strong AI-related growth, including adva...
SuperX AI Technology Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Hong Kong wholly-owned subsidiary of Shenzhen Chengtian Weiye Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 300689, "Chengtian Weiye") and its affiliates to jointly establish a joint venture company, SuperX Cooltech Pte. Ltd. ("SuperX Cooltech"), in Singapore. SuperX will become the single larg...
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, introduced the RA8M2 and RA8D2 microcontroller (MCU) groups. Based on a 1 GHz Arm® Cortex®-M85 processor with an optional 250 MHz Arm®Cortex®-M33 processor, the new MCUs are the latest Renesas offerings to deliver an unmatched 7300 Coremarks of raw compute performance, the industry...
Sales 50x YoY, Deployments at 50 leading semiconductor companies. Former CEOs of Cadence and Mentor Graphics, Plus Former Synopsys CTO, Join Advisory Board. ChipAgents, the agentic AI platform transforming chip design and verification, announced the close of a $21 million Series A funding round, bringing the total fundraise to $24 million to date. This latest round closed with Besseme...
Asian semiconductor equities climbed sharply on Thursday following TSMC’s unexpectedly strong forecast for the year, as the company pointed to robust demand for high-performance chips used in artificial-intelligence infrastructure. TSMC reported a record quarterly profit and raised its full-year revenue outlook, citing major customers ranging from Nvidia and Apple to global d...
Micron Technology is preparing to exit China’s server chip market after a prolonged impact from the 2023 ban that barred its products from use in critical infrastructure. The decision marks a significant retreat from a key global market and underscores the deepening technological rift between Washington and Beijing. While sales to Chinese data-centre operators will cease, Mi...
Strategic Collaboration to Support Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing with High-Performance Materials Qnity, DuPont's Electronics business, a premier technology solutions leader across the semiconductor value chain, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SK hynix, establishing a strategic long-term agreement for the supply of polishing pads for chemical mechan...
Breakthrough yield and device performance at high volume show team can scale company's large-format advanced packaging for customers' cutting-edge applications Silicon Box, a global leader in chiplet integration and advanced semiconductor packaging, announced it has shipped 100-million-units from its flagship factory in Singapore's Tampines Wafer Park. The state-of-the-art facility, which...
Continues MediaTek's long history of collaboration with NVIDIA to advance AI innovation from supercomputers to vehicles, IoT devices, data center solutions, and beyond MediaTek has teamed with NVIDIA on the design of the GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip in NVIDIA DGX Spark, a personal AI supercomputer that allows developers to prototype, fine-tune, and inference large AI models on the ...
Pixelworks, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its shares in Pixelworks Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China and a subsidiary of Pixelworks ("Pixelworks Shanghai"), to a special purpose entity ("Buyer") led b...
Silent-Aire CDUs offer scalable cooling from 500kW to 10MW for high-density data centres in Asia Pacific Flexible, space-saving design with built-in redundancy helps achieve maximum availability and rapid deployment in dense urban markets like Singapore Johnson Controls full thermal portfolio can cut non-IT energy use by up to 50%, boosting efficiency even in warm-climate data cent...
HAP International announced that following a successful technical assessment of the quality and scope of shipment-level traceability data provided by the TRACE ID program, they are taking steps toward a formal Memorandum of Agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The initiative builds on CBP’s ongoing Global Business Identifier (GBI) test and reflects the agency&rsqu...
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation celebrated the completion of its new cutting-edge facility for producing power semiconductors at its Kikuchi Plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The six-story, 42,000-square-meter facility is slated to begin operations in November 2025, with mass production expected in 2027. The facility will focus on manufacturing silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, whic...