Days after Micron unveiled its biggest-ever reward package for more than 60,000 employees worldwide—including a NT$1 million cash bonus for each Taiwan employee—its labor dispute in Taiwan continues to escalate. According to SET iNEWS and Central News Agency, the union held a press conference on...

ASE’s U.S. expansion may be moving closer to a major step as demand for advanced packaging capacity grows. According to Central News Agency, ASE subsidiary SPIL is reportedly in the final stages of planning a new facility in Arizona, with a decision expected soon. The proposed facility could provi...

Kioxia is putting more concrete plans behind its U.S. market push. According to Bloomberg, the Japanese memory giant is weighing an ADR offering that could raise at least $10 billion. The move follows longtime NAND rival SK hynix, which raised $26.5 billion through a U.S. ADR offering in July—the ...

South Korea has broadened its espionage law as it steps up efforts to protect advanced technologies from overseas leaks. According to Edaily, citing Reuters, the revised Criminal Act took effect on Sept. 13, expanding the scope of espionage offenses beyond North Korea to cover foreign countries and ...

AI agents are rapidly reshaping chip design—and China is betting on them to accelerate its push for tech self-reliance. According to the South China Morning Post, EDA leader Empyrean Technology has cut a circuit-layout task from four weeks to just one by integrating an AI agent into its simulation...