China’s monthly economic data in September showed signs of improvement, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics on October 18. In terms of consumption, retail sales grew by 3.2% year-over-year in September, up by 1.1 percentage points from the previous month and exceeding market e...

After posting record high profit in the third quarter and seeing healthy growth in the next five years, TSMC may now be facing another unexpected challenge, as the U.S. Commerce Department is reportedly probing the foundry giant to determine if it has manufactured smartphone or AI chips for Huawei, ...

According to a report by ZDNET Korea, SK Hynix has scaled back its less profitable CMOS image sensor (CIS) and foundry businesses while reinforcing a strategy that focuses on high-margin high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and AI memory. Citing industry sources, ZDNET Korea noted that SK Hynix has reduce...

According to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on October 17, U.S. retail sales remained strong in September. Retail sales increased by 0.4% month-over-month, exceeding both the previous month’s 0.1% growth and the market expectation of 0.3%. Breaking down the details, 10 out of 13 major ...

The global semiconductor market is nearing the end of its inventory cycle. With the rise of AI-related applications, new energy vehicles, 5G, high-performance computing, and other emerging sectors, industry experts estimate that the global semiconductor industry could reach a valuation of $1 trillio...