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Tuesday 21 July 2026
Glass substrates poised to be chip packaging's next battleground: Trumpf

AI and high-performance computing are pushing chip packages beyond the limits of conventional materials, and German laser equipment...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
AI boom may reshape SK Siltron sale as chairman reportedly rethinks
SK Group chairman Chey Tae-Won is reportedly making a final decision on the sale of semiconductor silicon wafer subsidiary SK Siltron, as surging AI chip demand raises doubts about...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
VSMC warns AI-ready MES is becoming essential for wafer fabs, with China accelerating adoption

TSMC's sustained capital spending highlights the two foundations of its competitive strength: technology leadership and manufacturing excellence...

Monday 20 July 2026
Samsung to cut over 800 US jobs amid market headwinds

Samsung Electronics is cutting over 800 jobs in the US from its smartphone, display, and consumer electronics business units. The division,...

Monday 20 July 2026
Rapidus taps Cadence AI agents to speed 2nm chip design
Japanese foundry Rapidus is integrating Cadence's AI-agent technology into its chip design platform as it seeks to shorten development cycles and attract customers for its planned...
Monday 20 July 2026
Samsung preps multi-billion-dollar P5 orders as AI boom speeds up memory demand

Samsung Electronics' latest multi-billion-dollar equipment procurement reflects the company's accelerating investment in AI memory...

Monday 20 July 2026
Intel reassigns global fabs, eyes early 14A and EMIB-T AI wins

Intel has accelerated its global footprint reset for 2026 after receiving investments from the US government, SoftBank, and Nvidia...

Monday 20 July 2026
Taiwan-US 'co-make' white paper debuts amid investment boom

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) announcement of an additional US$100 billion investment into US manufacturing has...

Monday 20 July 2026
TSMC expansion strengthens Arizona's talent pull as advanced manufacturing shifts west
TSMC's ability to attract talent extends beyond Taiwan to the US, as its additional US$100 billion investment in Arizona for advanced manufacturing facilities is expected to further...
Monday 20 July 2026
Merck ramps up AI semiconductor materials push as Level Up nears completion

AI is redrawing the rules of semiconductor competition, pushing materials suppliers beyond simple chemical inputs and toward integrated...

Monday 20 July 2026
Exclusive Interview: Inside VSMC's Singapore fab, where silicon interposers and power chips underpin AI growth

TSMC raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to US$60–64 billion during its second-quarter earnings conference, with a substantial...

Monday 20 July 2026
Nvidia grappling with internal compute needs amid GPU shortages
TSMC recently posted strong earnings, helped in large part by Nvidia orders, but both companies are grappling with chips inside their own operations: TSMC says they are too expensive,...
Monday 20 July 2026
Holtek sees customers prioritize supply stability over pricing as optical communications gains are expected in 2027
Microcontroller (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor reported June 2026 revenue of NT$351 million (approx. US$12 million), up 12.62% month-over-month and 30.93% year-over-year. Revenue...
Monday 20 July 2026
Beyond Taipower: AI, semiconductors, and overseas grids reshape Taiwan's electromechanical supply chain
Taiwan's heavy-electrical and electromechanical industry is entering a new growth phase as demand expands beyond its long-standing reliance on Taiwan Power (Taipower). While Taipower's...
Monday 20 July 2026
Micron's 10-year deal with GlobalWafers signals tighter 12-inch supply

Rising demand for AI data centers and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is pushing semiconductor competition further upstream into silicon...