As hyperscalers double down on AI spending, memory shortages are tightening fast—and the suspension of DRAM quotes is spreading across the market. Earlier in October, Commercial Times reported that major Korean and U.S. chipmakers had paused new enterprise quotes for a week. Now, market rumors sug...

With AI compute demand surging, cloud giants are turning to in-house ASICs to reduce their reliance on NVIDIA and AMD. According to Commercial Times, Taiwan-based firms GUC and Alchip are taking the lead as design partners, while established IC design houses like MediaTek are also moving aggressive...

With 2nm mass production just around the corner, speculation had been swirling that TSMC might charge 10–20% more for its next-gen node compared with 3nm. But with advanced-node capacity already stretched thin, industry sources say the foundry giant moved early—reportedly alerting clients as far...

Lithography technology remains one of the core driving forces behind the continuous scaling of integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing. Recently, a research team led by Professor Peng Hailin from the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University, together with collaborators, achi...

AI is driving demand for advanced packaging, and Taiwan-based chip packaging giant ASE, which held its earnings call on the 30th, is moving quickly to ramp up operations. According to Economic Daily News, CFO Joseph Tung said the company’s 2025 capital expenditure will increase by US$1 billion to ...