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Main News Taiwan Government Reaffirms "N-2" Rule for TSMC U.S. Exp ansion With TSMC's U.S. expansion sparking security debate, the Taiwanese government has reaffirmed its maintenance of the "N-2" rule. This rule requires that technologie...

As if to symbolize the busyness of the New Year, the AI industry this week saw a fierce battle for leadership between mega-tech companies, a showdown between Google and OpenAI, and the Japanese government's first "AI Basic Plan" - a plan...

Main News Samsung Unveils Industry's First 2nm AP "Exynos 2600" and Confirms Mass Production Samsung has released the specifications of its Exynos 2600, the industry's first mobile application processor based on the 2nm GAA process, and ...

Main News Intel Completes High-NA EUV Verification for 14A, Nvidia and Others Consider Adoption Intel has completed the industry's first High-NA EUV lithography system verification for its next-generation 14A process. This will drive the...

Main News Samsung Wins Intel 8nm Process Order Following Nvidia's Samsung Foundry has reportedly won an 8nm process manufacturing order from Intel, following an order from Nvidia. Intel, which is pursuing its IDM 2.0 strategy, is using o...

Main News Samsung Close to Capturing Over 30% in HBM4 Memory Supply Contract for Nvidia Samsung Electronics is close to signing a contract to be responsible for over 30% of the HBM4 (6th generation high bandwidth memory) supplied to Nvid...

Main News Samsung Approaching AMD for 2nm Chip Manufacturing Contract, Decision Likely in Early 2026 Samsung Electronics is reportedly lobbying AMD for a 2nm process manufacturing contract, betting on a recovery in its foundry business A...

Main News Global Semiconductor Sales Easily Surpass $ 70 Billion in October 2025 Global semiconductor sales easily surpassed $70 billion in October 2025, as AI-related demand continues to drive the market strongly, with some institutions...

Introduction. In December 2025, the race to develop AI entered a new dimension: OpenAI, Google, and China's DeepSeek. This is not a mere coincidence. Furthermore, the signing of an executive order by President Trump on AI regulation conf...

Main News Rapidus Secures Large-Scale Financial Support from Major Japanese Firms and Banks Japan's Rapidus has secured support from major Japanese banks and firms for its project to mass produce 2nm generation semiconductors through lar...