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Friday 7 August 2026
US sets price floors and tariffs on polysilicon, sharpening tech decoupling from China

US President Donald Trump said imports of polysilicon and related products threaten national security and ordered new trade measures...

Friday 7 August 2026
V5 July revenue reaches NT$273 million on AI chip demand, packaging expansion
V5 Technologies reported record consolidated revenue of NT$273 million in July 2026, as demand for AI chips and semiconductor packaging capacity expansion lifted orders. Revenue rose...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Elite Semiconductor rides niche DRAM price hikes

Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) has benefited from a severe supply shortage in the niche memory market. July...

Thursday 6 August 2026
Exclusive: Musk pushes US solar supply chain upstream as polysilicon ambitions emerge
Elon Musk is accelerating plans to establish a fully integrated US solar manufacturing ecosystem through Tesla and SpaceX, with a combined long-term capacity target of 200 GW. His...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Chunghwa Precision Test posts record July revenue on AI chip demand
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. reported record monthly revenue in July 2026, as demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) testing products rose across data center and cloud...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Nanya Technology raises 2026 capex 34% to accelerate Fab 5A build-out
Nanya Technology's board of directors approved several resolutions on August 5, including a plan to accelerate capacity build-out at its new Fab 5A by raising its 2026 capital expenditure...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Apple's CXMT play reportedly backfires on DUV limits, giving Samsung and SK Hynix more DRAM leverage

Apple's attempt to use China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) as leverage against Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has backfired...

Thursday 6 August 2026
GlobalWafers says AI demand is lifting utilization and new LTA talks are underway
GlobalWafers said semiconductor demand has rebounded as AI and high-performance computing applications expanded, keeping its factories highly utilized and prompting a new round of...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Samsung previews zHBM stacked-on-logic concept, 400-layer bonded NAND at FMS 2026
Samsung Electronics used the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2026 conference to lay out an AI memory roadmap built around 3D architecture, previewing two concept models —...
Tuesday 4 August 2026
Nvidia RTX 50 graphics card prices climb as TSMC and memory costs rise
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card prices in South Korea were set to rise by as much as 30% starting in August 2026 as higher wafer costs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Tuesday 4 August 2026
China's chip output jumps nearly 350% in a decade as semiconductor supply chain expands
China's industrial enterprises above the designated size produced 484.28 billion integrated circuits in 2025, up nearly 350% from 108.72 billion in 2015, as the country expanded manufacturing...
Tuesday 4 August 2026
Interview: Rising material costs and FOUP shortages threaten semiconductor supply chains
AI-driven demand, new fab construction, and conflict-led raw material inflation are combining to squeeze semiconductor suppliers in 2026, according to Topco Scientific Co. senior CEO...
Monday 3 August 2026
Doosan's SK Siltron acquisition reshapes semiconductor supply chain, accelerates AI-focused portfolio shift
Doosan Group's agreement to acquire a controlling stake in SK Siltron for KRW2.3 trillion (US$1.6 billion) will expand its semiconductor footprint from materials and testing into wafer...
Monday 3 August 2026
Holtek raises MCU prices by up to 20% as wafer and OSAT costs continue climbing
Microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor has confirmed a broad price increase across its entire microcontroller portfolio, marking its first company-wide adjustment...
Friday 31 July 2026
Powerchip founder Frank Huang dies at 76; vice chair steps in as acting chief

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC, TWSE: 6770) said in a material-information filing on July 31 that its chairman,...