JS Foundry, a Japanese contract chipmaker specializing in power semiconductors, has filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court after failing to withstand mounting pressure from a wave of Chinese capacity expansions. The company’s inability to secure a strategic partnership with a Taiwanese firm and a collapse in fab utilization forced its exit, marking a sobering end to what had once been a symbol of Japan’s semiconductor revitalization push.

Washington has formally approved shipments of Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, a decision widely seen as a strategic compromise shaped by both geopolitical calculations and commercial realities.

Malaysia’s Penang state has served as a Southeast Asian technology hub for over five decades, hosting semiconductor operations since Intel established its presence in 1971. AMD, Renesas Electronics Corp., and Infineon followed, creating what became the region’s most established chip ecosystem.

InPsytech, a leading company under the Egis Technology Group specializing in high-speed semiconductor IP solutions, has completed its advanced design for TSMC’s Face-to-Face (F2F) SoIC technology, fully compliant with the UCIe 2.0 (Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express) standard. This marks a significant achievement for high-speed interconnect capability for heterogeneous integrated chips.