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Thursday 1 October 2026
AI chip packaging demand meets labor pushback: ASE's NT$5.6B Taiwan snack factory deal sparks strike vote
ASE Technology Holding (ASEH) announced on July 30 that it would spend roughly NT$5.67 billion (approx. US$177.97 million) to acquire land and factory buildings in the Zhongli Industrial...
Thursday 1 October 2026
SG Semiconductor builds brand and talent for Singapore chip industry
Singapore has launched the SG Semiconductor brand to strengthen its semiconductor profile and attract talent, aiming to create a globally recognizable industry identity beyond its...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung Foundry gets boost from HBM4 as 2nm push continues
Samsung Electronics' HBM4 ramp is giving its foundry business a timely boost, as rising demand for the memory product translates into more work for the company's 4nm logic lines.
Thursday 1 October 2026
Jensen Huang wins Van Fleet Award as Nvidia, South Korea trio reunites
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attended the Korea Society's annual dinner in New York on September 28 local time and received the 2026 Van Fleet Award, with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee...
Thursday 1 October 2026
AI boom drives Southern Taiwan Science Park revenue past NT$1.7 trillion in 1H26
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) posted revenue of NT$1.77 trillion (approx. US$55.66 billion) in the first half of 2026, up 28.57% from the same period in 2025. Growth was...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Lip-Bu Tan calls TSMC a partner rather than a rival
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that Intel's relationship with TSMC is built on partnership rather than rivalry. He noted that a collaborative mindset guides key industry leaders, including...
Thursday 1 October 2026
How a TSMC veteran is steering Singapore's lab-to-fab chip strategy
Yee-Chia Yeo, vice president for innovation and enterprise at A*STAR, returned to Singapore in 2022 and has since turned years of industry experience into a strategy for advancing...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Trump-Xi talks leave chip policies unchanged; US guards AI advantage while China pursues self-reliance
Following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, market observers broadly agreed that the talks yielded few surprises. The meeting produced...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Gold Circuit turns Amazon into a shareholder for Trainium servers
Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) plans to bring in Amazon as a strategic investor through a private placement expected to raise NT$1.59 billion (US$49.88 million), lifting the two companies...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Apple A20 Pro ditches PoP memory packaging for WMCM
Apple's A20 Pro chip has dropped traditional package-on-package (PoP) packaging in favor of Wafer-Level Multi-Chip Module (WMCM), with memory and processor dies laid out side by side...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Taiwan backs TSMC's US push but insists core R&D stays home
Taiwan's semiconductor industry, which originated in the Hsinchu Science Park and later expanded to the Central and Southern Taiwan Science Parks, now encompasses manufacturing bases...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
ASE Technology buys Singapore factory for AI chip testing expansion
ASE Technology Holding's Singapore unit has approved the purchase of a factory in Yishun Industrial Park from Dutch LED maker Lumileds Singapore for about US$68.44 million, or about...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
AI boom draws display makers into semiconductors with glass core substrates and Micro LED
AI is driving the semiconductor industry into a new growth cycle while creating opportunities for display companies traditionally centered on panels to move into semiconductors. These...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
VSMC bets on value over cost as Singapore fab builds next-generation R&D and IP capabilities
VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors, opened its 12-inch wafer fab in...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Inside Anthropic's multi-billion-dollar loop: how circular financing powers the AI boom
As Anthropic prepares to ask public markets to back its expansion, confidential IPO filing details seen by Reuters reveal how heavily the AI developer relies on a small group...