U.S. memory giant Micron announced on June 10 that it had shipped 36GB 12-high HBM4 samples to key customers—reportedly including NVIDIA and other major tech players, as noted by South Korean media outlet Business Post. The report suggests that Micron is now the second of the big three memory m...

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...