Amid lingering risks from the Trump administration’s tariffs, South Korea’s major conglomerates posted over 14% growth in North American sales through Q3 2025, ETNews reports. Among them, memory powerhouse SK hynix led the surge, with its U.S. revenue jumping more than 65% year-over-year, the re...

While many details of the semiconductor duties remain unclear, one certainty is that in January the Trump administration slapped a 25 percent levy on certain AI chips from AMD and NVIDIA. Now, the Financial Times reports that Washington plans to exempt major tech players like Amazon, Google, and Mic...

As TSMC accelerates its push into advanced nodes—led by 2nm and 3nm—to meet surging AI demand, the foundry heavyweight is quietly dialing back its 8-inch footprint. Citing IC design house sources, the Economic Daily News reports that TSMC currently runs about 5 million 8-inch wafers annually, wi...

At the start of 2026, China’s GPU industry has entered a phase of intensive innovation, with multiple domestic vendors unveiling self-developed architectures and new products targeting specific market segments. Iluvatar CoreX Unveils Gen-4 GPU Architecture Roadmap On January 26, Iluvatar Cor...

Driven by a surge in global market demand, India is aggressively developing its domestic semiconductor capabilities, with plans to commence commercial production later this year. According to the latest updates from the India Semiconductor Mission, four semiconductor plants are projected to launc...