Following the U.S.-China trade war, China has been tightening its grip on rare earth exports. According to a report from ijiwei, citing Reuters, export controls on certain critical minerals have stalled some overseas sales and caused supply shortages across global manufacturing. Yet in May 2025, Chi...

According to EETimes China, citing Dutch media outlet de Gelderlander, semiconductor giant NXP is reportedly planning to shut down several 8-inch wafer fabs as it transitions to more efficient 12-inch production. The report states that four 8-inch fabs are slated for closure—one in Nijmegen, the N...

TSMC is fast-tracking its U.S. expansion with a $100 billion investment covering three fabs, two advanced packaging plants, and an R&D center. However, supply chain insiders suggest the locations for the two U.S.-based packaging plants have yet to be decided, according to Liberty Times. TSMC ...

Following its March rollout of 12-layer HBM4 samples, SK hynix unveiled a long-term DRAM roadmap and sustainability vision at the 2025 IEEE VLSI Symposium in Kyoto (June 8–12), highlighting plans for sub-10nm technologies, according to its press release and ZDNet. Notably, in his keynote on Jun...

According to 9to5Mac, Apple announced that macOS 26 "Tahoe" will be the final version to support Intel-based Macs. Beginning next year, all major macOS updates will be available only for Apple Silicon models—those introduced since the M1 chip debuted in 2020. The report indicates that Apple has...