On December 1, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) of South Korea disclosed that Korea's export value in November experienced a notable YoY increase of 7.8 %, reaching a monthly peak for this year at USD 55.8 billion. Concurrently, imports contracted by 11.6 % to USD 52.0 billion, re...

According to IJWEI's report, Japanese companies heavily reliant on key battery and semiconductor materials manufactured in China are expanding their sources as China intensifies export controls. On October 20th, China announced that certain graphite items, including high-purity, high-strength, an...

China is actively investing in chips with a mature process of 20nm and above. According to Chosun Ilbo, some insiders signal a potential shift of over 50% of global mature-node chips production to China within the next 2 to 3 years. As semiconductors focusing on mature process account for 75% of ov...

With 32 mature process wafer fabs set to be completed in China by the end of next year, Taiwanese wafer foundries are gearing up early in response to the "red alert." Faced with the pricing war, semiconductor insiders reveal that mature process foundries in Taiwan are anticipating a roughly 10% r...

In recent years, the dynamics of the memory market have undergone significant changes, with South Korean memory giants Samsung and SK Hynix facing intense competition from Chinese firms. They are experiencing heightened competitive pressures, and the technological gap is steadily narrowing. As pe...