ADI Announces Price Hike, with High-End Analog Chips Rising up to 30%
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a manufacturer of analog chips, has recently announced that it will implement a new pricing policy for orders that have not yet been shipped, effective from February 1, 2026. This price adjustment is not a one-size-fits-all approach, but rather a differentiated strat...
Chip Shortage: Honda China and Japan Plants Suspended and Reduced Production
On December 17, 2025, Honda announced that due to a semiconductor chip shortage, its factories in China and Japan would suspend or reduce the production of complete vehicles from late December to early January next year. Specifically, the joint venture factory between Honda and GAC Group will suspen...
Mastering Clock Generators: A Deep Dive into Principles & Applications
In modern electronic systems, clock signals are a key factor in ensuring the synchronous operation of various modules. As the core component for generating precise clock signals, clock generators are widely used in multiple fields such as communications, computing, and consumer electronics. Wit...
NVIDIA Acquires SchedMD: A Layout for Open-source Ecosystem and AI Innovation
On December 16, 2025, NVIDIA, a leading AI chip manufacturer, announced the completion of its acquisition of SchedMD. SchedMD is the primary developer of Slurm, an open-source workload management system widely used in the fields of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI). T...
Turn off ECHO Fab! NXP Fully Exits GaN 5G PA Chip Manufacturing
NXP Semiconductors has recently announced a significant strategic adjustment: it will close its ECHO Fab wafer plant in Chandler, Arizona, and exit the manufacturing of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor 5G power amplifier (PA) chips.The ECHO Fab began production in September 2020 and was...
Kioxia Targets AI Data Centers with 10th-Gen NAND Flash Production in 2026
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the demand for high-performance storage solutions in data centers has surged dramatically. Japanese storage giant Kioxia is actively positioning itself to meet this demand, planning to start production of its 10th-generation NAND...
YMTC Sues U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Commerce
In January 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense added Yangtze Memory Technologies to the list of "Chinese Military Companies" and reaffirmed this designation in early 2025. Additionally, in 2022, YMTC was placed on the "Entity List" by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which restr...
