Macronix (MXIC) chairman Miin Wu said the memory shortage will continue through 2030, with prices unlikely to weaken from current levels as production capacity becomes a scarce resource...
Electronic components maker TDK will invest about JPY100 billion (US$633.5 million) to renovate an existing factory in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and expand magnetic sensor...
Samsung Electronics plans to shut down its remaining 8-inch foundry lines by the end of 2030, forcing South Korean chip designers to seek alternative manufacturing capacity as competing...
Murata Manufacturing announced plans to invest around JPY1 trillion (US$6.3 billion) in expanding multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) capacity by 2030. Booming demand from data centers...
Honda Motor plans to achieve Level 4 autonomous driving around 2027 and replace high-definition maps with AI technology around 2030, enabling Level 4 vehicles to navigate the narrow...
Realtek Semiconductor quantified its AI business for the first time at an investor conference on October 29, setting a target for high-performance computing (HPC) and edge AI revenue—including...
Nvidia has begun securing advanced substrate capacity in Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, using capacity reservation agreements and upfront payments to support supplier expansion as...
KLA expects global wafer fabrication equipment (WFE) spending to exceed US$200 billion in 2027, as semiconductor manufacturers accelerate investments in advanced logic, DRAM and high-bandwidth...
LG Electronics used its third-quarter earnings call on October 28 to add physical milestones to its two main AI bets. In data center cooling, it named a US production site and new...
Corning said on October 27 that it is already running ahead of its Springboard target of a US$20 billion annualized sales run rate by the end of 2026, one quarter after upgrading the...
Seagate Technology told investors it is "still in the early days of a multi-year growth phase" for mass-capacity storage, with demand visibility "extending beyond 2030" and most of...
Samsung Electronics' Device eXperience (DX) division has established its first overseas research and development site for manufacturing technology in Suzhou, China, leveraging the...
Vietnam's first wafer fab may miss its 2027 trial-production target, Reuters reported on October 26, citing concerns about project execution and equipment procurement. Developer...
Samsung Electronics has ordered additional equipment to fill the remaining space at its first foundry fab in Taylor, Texas, a move that would lift the plant's 2nm capacity to 20,000...
Invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are demonstrating long-term commercial potential. Neuralink has enabled paralysed patients to control computers and robotic arms through thought;...
