According to a report from ijiwei, citing Reuters, Arm—the world’s largest semiconductor IP company under SoftBank—recently reportedly sought to acquire Alphawave, the world’s fourth-largest semiconductor IP company, in an effort to obtain technologies crucial to AI processors development. ...

According to TrendForce's latest memory spot price trend report, regarding DRAM, suppliers continue to limit the supply in the spot market, leading to high demand and price hikes for both DDR5 and DDR4 products. As for NAND flash, the reduction in provisions and excessive price hikes have cooled tra...

As TSMC and Intel push sub-2nm advances, GlobalFoundries and UMC are rumored to be joining forces in mature nodes to counter rising Chinese rivals. UMC had stated that there is currently no merger in progress, but according to Economic Daily News, insiders say GlobalFoundries has already sought appr...

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, Western tech giants are retreating from China. According to South China Morning Post, Microsoft has quietly shut down its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai’s hi-tech zone. The report suggests that the lab, once a hub to boost China’s local IoT and AI deve...

The CHIPS Act, launched under the Biden administration to revive U.S. leadership in semiconductors, has seen little support from President Donald Trump. According to a report from TechNews, citing The Chosun Daily, after Trump repeatedly expressed his intention to abolish the CHIPS and Science Act, ...