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Friday 24 July 2026
German chip suppliers deepen ties with Samsung, SK Hynix

Germany's Merck KGaA, TRUMPF and ZEISS are deepening their ties with South Korea's semiconductor industry amid large-scale investment...

Friday 24 July 2026
TSMC's Arizona expansion moves past initial hurdles as fabs and packaging ramp up
Since TSMC announced in 2020 that it would build factories in the US, the market has closely watched how overseas fab costs would affect operations. TSMC's long-running Arizona buildout...
Friday 24 July 2026
Rapidus expands Hokkaido chip hub with packaging and analysis

Rapidus is expanding the semiconductor development and production network around its Chitose, Hokkaido foundry, adding chip analysis...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Tesla confirms equipment orders for TeraFab, targets in-house chip production to break supply bottleneck
Tesla has placed equipment orders for an in-house semiconductor development facility in Austin it calls TeraFab, CEO Elon Musk confirmed during the company's Q2 2026 earnings call...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung weighs Besi's Korean rivals for 50-bonder hybrid bonding line as pricing talks drag on

Samsung Electronics is preparing a die-to-wafer hybrid bonding production line with about 50 bonders at its Pyeongtaek campus for next-generation...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions form AI factory automation venture
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Group subsidiary Sony Semiconductor Solutions announced on July 22, 2026, that they have signed a partnership agreement to launch a joint venture focused...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Foxconn's Vietnam arm moves into EV charging equipment
Fulian Precision Technology Component, a Vietnamese subsidiary of Taiwan's Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), has added electric-vehicle charging equipment to its registered business...
Thursday 23 July 2026
SEMICON Taiwan 2026 sees record global participation as AI investment accelerates

Participation in the Global Pavilion at the upcoming SEMICON Taiwan 2026 has reached a new high, with the number of participating countries...

Thursday 23 July 2026
D-Link wins sole-source Starlink switch contract through 2027
Taiwanese networking equipment vendor D-Link has officially entered SpaceX's supply chain and will begin shipping network switches for Starlink data-switching nodes in September 20...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kyushu chip output jumps 60% amid TSMC expansion, but local suppliers see limited gains

Kyushu's semiconductor production, investment and hiring have risen sharply since TSMC announced its Kumamoto expansion, but local companies...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung sounds out suppliers on four new fabs by 2030, report says
Samsung Electronics is sounding out major suppliers about whether they can support four proposed new semiconductor fabrication plants through 2030, as South Korea's chipmakers prepare...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
TSMC raises 2027 chip prices, giving Intel fresh pricing room

TSMC's planned 2027 wafer price increases are reinforcing confidence that AI chip demand remains strong while prompting fresh discussion...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Chinese equipment makers win early production orders as TGV packaging moves beyond the lab

Chinese semiconductor equipment suppliers are beginning to secure production orders for through-glass via (TGV) manufacturing tools,...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
TSMC's Arizona capex draws Taiwanese capital, with J&V Energy staking US$88M on land for spillover gains

TSMC continues to expand its investment in Arizona, accelerating not only the relocation of semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
'Two companies, one business': how Zeiss and ASML are riding the AI boom to dominate EUV

Zeiss, the exclusive supplier of ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) optical systems, says the two companies operate as though they were...