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Apr 24, 2025 Intel Poised to Cut More Than 20% of Staff Intel plans to cut over 20% of its workforce this week under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, aiming to slash bureaucracy and revive its engineering focus. The move follows past layoffs and asset sales as part of a broader turnaround strategy. Taipei Times Apr 24, 2025 Need For Speed Drives Targeted Testing As chips shrink and packaging complexity grows, semiconductor testing is evolving into a predictive, AI-driven process. Engineers now rely on layout-aware inspection, digital twins, and embedded diagnostics to catch subtle defects, reduce false positives, and improve reliability. Semiconductor Engineering Apr 24, 2025 UMC forecasts growth in chip wafer shipments despite tariff uncertainty UMC expects wafer shipments to rise up to 7% this quarter with factory utilization hitting 75%, despite U.S. tariff uncertainty. The company remains cautious about H2 visibility but is accelerating 12nm expansion with Intel amid reshoring trends. Taipei Times Apr 24, 2025 Texas Instruments Gives Rosy Forecast After Demand Rebounds Texas Instruments beat Wall Street expectations with a strong Q2 forecast, driven by rising demand in industrial and automotive sectors. Shares jumped 5% as the company signaled a real recovery, not just tariff-related, across global markets. Yahoo! Finance Apr 24, 2025 SK hynix Q1 net profit shoots up on HBM, beats market expectations SK hynix's Q1 net profit soared over 320% to $5.7B, driven by booming AI chip demand, especially HBM. Operating income surged 158%, while revenue jumped 42%. The company expects HBM sales to double in 2025. Yonhap News Agency Apr 24, 2025 TSMC Unveils Advanced A14 Process Amid AI Boom TSMC unveiled its A14 chip tech at its North America symposium, promising major gains in speed, power efficiency, and logic density for AI. The company also detailed advances in chip packaging, automotive, RF, and IoT solutions, while expanding U.S. investment. EE Times Apr 24, 2025 IBM beats on earnings and revenue, maintains full-year guidance IBM beat Q1 earnings and revenue expectations, driven by strong hybrid cloud and AI demand. Despite a 34% drop in net income, software rose 7%, and IBM reaffirmed its 2025 growth targets. Consulting revenue dipped slightly amid client caution. CNBC Apr 24, 2025 TSMC shows off new tech for stitching together bigger, faster chips TSMC unveiled its A14 chip tech and "System on Wafer-X" platform, aiming to power next-gen AI with faster, energy-efficient processors. The company plans six Arizona chip plants as it battles Intel in advanced chip integration. Reuters Apr 24, 2025 Powerchip losses narrow on tech investment gains Powerchip Semiconductor trimmed its losses last quarter to NT$1.1 billion, aided by investment gains from a tech transfer deal with India’s Tata Electronics. Rising factory utilization and a pivot toward power management chips also strengthened its performance outlook. Taipei Times Apr 24, 2025 Chipmaker UMC says no merger 'activity' right now, amid GlobalFoundries talk UMC denied active merger talks with GlobalFoundries after reports suggested a potential tie-up. CFO Chitung Liu called the rumors speculative but emphasized UMC remains open to strategic options that boost competitiveness and shareholder value, including collaborations. MSN |
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