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| MediaTek reportedly could use TSMC's Arizona fab to avoid tariff fallout |
9/24/2025 |
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MediaTek is considering producing chips in the US through Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s Arizona fab to meet customer demands for locally manufactured components and to avoid potential tariffs, Nikkei reports. US production could help MediaTek address logistical and policy-related concerns.
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| Will Trump's $100K H-1B Fee Gut Silicon Valley? |
9/24/2025 |
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Trump insists major tech firms are 'very happy' to pay more than 10 times what they're paying now for foreign workers. Will companies adjust their budgets or try to find Americans to fill the jobs?
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| PCIe 8.0 Expected to Deliver 256 GT/s |
9/22/2025 |
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Anticipated to arrive by 2028, the PCI-SIG's PCIe 8.0 spec will likely double bandwidth to 256 GT/s to drive next-gen future applications.
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| ST to invest $60m in PLP line at Tours |
9/19/2025 |
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ST announced it will install a Panel-Level-Packaging (PLP) production line at its site in Tours, France. The line is expected to be operational in Q3 2026.The $60m investment adds a second PLP line to its existing line in Muar, Malaysia.
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| SMIC tests domestic DUV tool, eyes EUV development |
9/19/2025 |
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. is testing an immersion deep-ultraviolet lithography machine from government-backed Yuliangsheng, which is expected to take at least two years to be ready for chip production. Yuliangsheng's parent company, Si Carrier, is developing an extreme-ultraviolet tool, while Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment, China's other DUV developer, has created a 193-nanometer argon fluoride system capable of 28-nanometer production.
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| DRAM Revenue Jumps 17% in 2Q 2025 |
9/18/2025 |
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Rising contract prices, robust shipments growth, and expanding HBM volumes, have fueled the 17.1% global DRAM revenue growth in 2Q.
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| US, UK plan $42B Tech Prosperity Deal for AI, quantum |
9/18/2025 |
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The US and UK are expected to announce a $42 billion Tech Prosperity Deal aimed at advancing AI and quantum computing. Nvidia will deploy 120,000 graphics processing units in the UK as part of the Stargate project with OpenAI, while Microsoft is investing in the expansion of cloud and AI infrastructure and Google is investing in the construction of a data center.
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