China has taken steps to assert state ownership over its rare-earth materials necessary for semiconductor production by enacting a regulation that came into effect on October 1st. In response to China’s export restrictions, the U.S. Department of Defense agency DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Pro...

A major collaboration between Taiwan and Japan on semiconductors has been halted, as PSMC suddenly informed SBI Holdings in late September that it was unable to proceed with the plan of constructing a fab in Japan as it had promised a year ago. With various speculations circulating concerning the re...

At TSMC's upcoming earnings call on Thursday (October 17th), capital expenditure has become one of the key points of interest for the market. According to a report from Economic Daily News, institutional investors believe that TSMC’s capital expenditure range this year will remain unchanged. While...

Intel, grappling with financial difficulties, is set to enter a peak phase of layoffs this week after announcing plans to cut around 15,000 jobs. According to a report by CTECH, following the departure of employees who opted for early retirement at the end of September, Intel is moving forward with ...

Ahead of TSMC’s upcoming third-quarter earnings call this Thursday, a report by the Commercial Times gives a heads-up on the foundry giant’s outlook of 3nm orders next year. With NVIDIA and AMD ramping up their next-gen AI accelerators, combined with the strong demand from smartphone chips, orde...