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Friday 16 October 2026
Samsung to break ground on second Texas chip fab in November
Samsung Electronics plans to begin construction of its second semiconductor fabrication plant in Taylor, Texas, in November 2026, moving ahead with its US foundry expansion as its...
Friday 16 October 2026
US chipmakers rely more on overseas production than supplier data suggests, SIA finds
The US semiconductor industry sources 95% of its roughly US$27 billion in annual equipment and materials purchases from companies headquartered in the US, Europe and Japan. However,...
Friday 16 October 2026
Myson Century signs 3 AUSA MOUs for defense expansion
Myson Century, a subsidiary of Sun Yad Group, signed strategic memorandums of understanding with IXI EW, SafeSky Systems USA, and Global Ordnance Group at the Association of the United...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI buyers lock in capacity, driving Taiwan private investment to record NT$6.95T
Strong global demand for AI infrastructure hardware is prompting buyers to secure capacity through advance payments and long-term contracts, driving Taiwan's semiconductor, packaging...
Friday 16 October 2026
CXMT targets DDR5 RDIMMs by end of 2026; SiCarrier showcases China's advanced chipmaking equipment
China's leading DRAM manufacturer CXMT has disclosed progress in its 4F² DRAM architecture and plans to introduce DDR5 registered dual in-line memory modules (RDIMMs) by the end...
Friday 16 October 2026
Chinese chip toolmakers buy into hybrid bonding as Huawei looks beyond transistor shrinking
China's largest chip equipment makers are buying their way into hybrid bonding, the advanced packaging step that global players from Besi to ASML are also chasing. For Chinese firms,...
Friday 16 October 2026
ASML patents point to a hybrid bonder as chip toolmakers crowd into packaging
As it becomes harder and costlier to shrink transistors, advanced packaging has become the place chip equipment makers look to for their next leg of growth, and ASML appears to be...
Friday 16 October 2026
AI power crunch drives data center demand for self-generation
The focus of the global AI race has shifted from securing advanced chips to securing access to electricity, with electrical power now becoming the deciding factor for computing capacity...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC bars capacity resale, aims to leave no AI money on the table
TSMC will not let customers sublease or auction off their wafer capacity allocations, chairman C.C. Wei said during the company's October 15 earnings call. With AI chip demand still...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Aurotek posts record 3Q26 revenue, up 58% on automation demand
Aurotek Corp. reported record consolidated revenue of NT$1.113 billion (US$34.7 million) in the third quarter of 2026, up 57.93% from a year earlier. Orders from semiconductor, high-end...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Touch Taiwan 2027 expands tech scope with advanced packaging and SiPh shows
Touch Taiwan 2027 will take place on April 21–23, 2027, and will expand its scope with two dedicated co-located shows: the Advanced Packaging & Testing Expo and the Silicon...
Thursday 15 October 2026
SK Hynix reportedly ties US NAND fab plan to approval for chip equipment exports to China
SK Hynix is seeking US approval to ship additional American chipmaking equipment to its NAND flash facility in Dalian, China, linking the request to a potential investment in a new...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Applied Materials CEO says agentic AI drives wafer demand
Applied Materials CEO Gary Dickerson said customer demand to produce more good dies per wafer and rapidly expand wafer output has reached levels unprecedented in his career, driven...
Thursday 15 October 2026
China's AMEC targets 60% of high-end chip equipment market with US$1.94 billion R&D plan
Chinese semiconductor equipment maker AMEC plans to develop 102 new equipment models over the next three to five years, backed by nearly CNY13 billion (≈ US$1.94 billion) in...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Column: 3D memory could redraw chip competition, weaken US sanctions on China
In October 2022, the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed a package of export restrictions on China, including controls on equipment and components for manufacturing 3D...