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Thursday 15 October 2026
Intel Israel fab explosion kills 1, seriously injures 2 workers
An explosion and fire at Intel's wafer fab in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, on October 14, 2026, seriously injured three employees, one of whom later died of his injuries. Authorities...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: Elon Musk's Terafab chases 10 chip iterations a year — can it rival TSMC?
Speaking to more than 2,000 Tesla owners and investors at the X Takeover event held at Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, on October 11, Elon Musk made a candid admission: "To be...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Onsemi and Sungrow deepen battery storage tie-up as demand rises for grid power
Onsemi has said its latest EliteSiC hybrid power module is now being used in Sungrow's PowerTitan 3.0 energy storage platform, a move aimed at improving efficiency, power density,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Taiwanese chipmaker TASC targets 2027 growth with InP optical chips, glucose sensors nearing mass production
Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor Corporation (TASC) is benefiting from seasonal demand for sensing chips and new wearable launches by major US and European brands. AI server expansion has...
Thursday 15 October 2026
US urges chipmakers to use domestic capacity as CHIPS Act strategy shifts from fab subsidies to securing orders
Bill Frauenhofer, executive director of semiconductor investment and innovation at the US Department of Commerce, joined Entegris CEO David Reeder for a fireside chat at SEMICON West...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Vietnam's FPT courts Toyota Tsusho unit to sell its power chips in Southeast Asia, India
Vietnamese technology group FPT is lining up a second Japanese distribution channel for its in-house power chips, a move that would carry Vietnamese-designed semiconductors beyond...
Thursday 15 October 2026
ASML holds back 2029-2030 orders and confirms first price increases as EUV shortage deepens
ASML, the sole supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools, has shifted from taking orders to allocating them. On its third-quarter 2026 earnings call on October 14, the...
Thursday 15 October 2026
AI chip complexity is widening opportunities for semiconductor equipment makers
AI chips are becoming harder to build, but that complexity is also creating new opportunities for semiconductor equipment suppliers. Applied Materials says rising transistor counts,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Applied Materials targets US$5 billion advanced packaging revenue
Applied Materials sees advanced packaging as a key growth lever as AI chips move to multi-die designs, with the company projecting more than US$5 billion in related revenue in the...
Thursday 15 October 2026
ASML hints at new 'T'-titled customer for 2029-2030 as Musk's Terafab lines up EUV tools
ASML has signaled that a new customer whose name may begin with "T" is among the chipmakers seeking lithography tools for 2029 and 2030.
Thursday 15 October 2026
Semiconductors to consume 30% of Taiwan's power by 2035
Rising demand for semiconductor wafer fabrication, memory, advanced packaging and high-end servers is driving a sharp increase in Taiwan's power consumption. Taipower estimates that...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Yuan Jen targets semiconductor shift with focus on packaging, specialty wire materials
Chemical and solvent distributor Yuan Jen Enterprises is actively expanding its electronic materials business. Company chairman Yuan-Jen Hsu stated that Yuan Jen established a dedicated...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Each 1% tariff hike could add US$3.5B to US fab costs, SIA warns
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) urged the Trump administration to reduce tariffs on imported semiconductor materials and equipment, warning that higher costs could undermine...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Korean memory makers accept ASML parts price hike, leaving TSMC as the open question
Memory chipmakers have become the fastest-growing source of demand for ASML, and the two largest of them have reportedly accepted higher replacement-part prices from the Dutch company...
Thursday 15 October 2026
GlobalFoundries wins US$21 billion US-Japan deal to build, operate two New York fabs
GlobalFoundries' selection to run two Japan-funded chip plants in New York tests a new way of paying for American fabs: governments own the factory and its tools, and the chipmaker...