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Monday 13 July 2026
India opens first CMP pad technology hub in Hyderabad
India's first Chemical Mechanical Polishing pad technology hub could help reshape semiconductor supply chains far beyond the country. The new Hyderabad facility aims to build local...
Monday 13 July 2026
KYEC approves US$1.4 billion US plant to expand chip testing capacity
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) approved a US plant investment of up to US$1.4 billion, or about NT$44.9 billion, on July 10 as the US continued pushing to expand domestic chip manufacturing...
Monday 13 July 2026
Global defense boom unlocks new paths for automakers

The rise in global defense budgets has led to new opportunities for mainstream automakers as they seek to diversify their operations,...

Monday 13 July 2026
Western automakers tap defense manufacturing to absorb idle capacity as military spending surges
Global automakers are accelerating their expansion into defense manufacturing as geopolitical tensions fuel record military spending and persistent challenges in the automotive sector...
Monday 13 July 2026
Musk assembles Intel, SpaceX talent for Tesla wafer fab ambitions

Tesla and SpaceX are already converging around chips, talent and manufacturing under Terafab, even before any merger speculation turns...

Sunday 12 July 2026
InP supply crunch leaves South Korea exposed
Coherent has agreed to prepay AXT US$22.3 million under a three-year agreement for committed 6-inch indium phosphide substrate capacity, showing how buyers are moving to reserve future...
Saturday 11 July 2026
WITS posts record first-half revenue as AI and chip design drive growth
WITS reported consolidated revenue of NT$1.233 billion (US$38.41 million) in June, up 7.3% from May and 37.1% from a year earlier. The Taiwan-based IT services provider also said second-quarter...
Saturday 11 July 2026
Samsung's CXL 3.1 memory delay lays bare Intel, AMD server platform lag

Samsung Electronics has postponed mass production of its CXL 3.1 memory modules after delays to next-generation server processors from...

Friday 10 July 2026
SK Hynix breaks Alibaba's US listing record — but HBM customers will wait until 2028 for the capacity it funds
SK Hynix has priced a US$26.5 billion Nasdaq offering, giving the world's leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory fresh capital to expand DRAM wafer production, advanced packaging...
Friday 10 July 2026
Apple's US$30 billion Broadcom deal puts its server-chip plans back in focus

Apple and Broadcom have extended their custom-chip partnership through 2031 under agreements expected to exceed US$30 billion, reinforcing...

Friday 10 July 2026
Analysis: Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron's diverging approach to HBM4 base dies

Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology are taking different manufacturing paths for the logic base die in HBM4, opening...

Friday 10 July 2026
Taiwan seeks a bigger role in the global LEO satellite race

As the global low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite industry enters a new phase of rapid expansion, Taiwan faces a pivotal opportunity to...

Friday 10 July 2026
India scraps duties on electronics and battery components to boost local manufacturing

India has scrapped import duties on a targeted set of components and factory machinery used to build smartphones, displays, and lithium-ion...

Friday 10 July 2026
CHPT chief: AI demand is set to strain capacity and reshape Taiwan's industrial priorities

Chunghwa Precision Test Tech president Scott Huang said on July 7 that the company's biggest challenge over the next five years will...

Friday 10 July 2026
Meta readies Iris chip, locks in supply for push to 14 gigawatts
Meta Platforms plans to begin manufacturing its Iris AI accelerator in September 2026 while securing long-term supplies of memory, storage and optical equipment for a computing expansion...