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Wednesday 6 May 2026

GlobalWafers outlines 2026 recovery path, highlights tightening 12-inch wafer supply

GlobalWafers expects the current semiconductor cycle to bottom in the first quarter of 2026, with both the speed and breadth of recovery exceeding prior expectations, as artificial...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

GlobalFoundries pivots toward high-growth chips as mobile slowdown reshapes revenue mix

GlobalFoundries is reporting a stark divergence in its primary end-markets, as the company pivots its manufacturing focus toward high-growth sectors like automotive and data centers...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

New Wafer Inspection and Metrology Platform

Test Research, Inc. (TRI), the leading provider of Test and Inspection solutions for the electronics manufacturing industry, is proud to announce the launch of the TR7950Q...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

As Nvidia goes to zero in China, Beijing races to fill the void

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's share of China's data-center computing market has dropped to zero. The admission underscores how US export controls are reshaping the country's...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Samsung reportedly eyes SiC foundry reboot, targets 2028 mass production

Samsung Electronics is reportedly restarting its silicon carbide (SiC) wafer foundry business, aiming to tap into the fast-growing next-generation power semiconductor market, reinforce...

Monday 4 May 2026

Holtek raises low-margin MCU prices, expands AI server cooling and optical comms

Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek announced it has raised prices on low-margin MCUs following wafer foundry and packaging cost hikes in China at the end of 2025. This price adjustment...

Thursday 30 April 2026

Taiwan wafer maker Episil triples capex to scale silicon photonics for AI

Episil Precision will reallocate production toward larger-diameter silicon epitaxy and silicon photonics to improve profitability and meet AI supply chain demand, the company announced...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

UMC profit doubles, touts Intel-backed US manufacturing option

United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) reported first-quarter 2026 net profit of NT$16.17 billion (approximately $490 million), up 61% quarter on quarter and more than double the year-ago...

Wednesday 29 April 2026

US escalates chip war, targets Hua Hong's 7nm ambitions just ahead of Trump-Xi Summit

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has reportedly issued "is-informed" letters to several major wafer fab equipment (WFE) manufacturers, ordering...

Sunday 26 April 2026

Samsung bets its HBM leverage can hold Nvidia's LPU orders — but TSMC is pushing back

The AI era has officially shifted from training to inference and agent-centric computing, prompting Nvidia's strategic acquisition of Groq to integrate LPUs into its own platform....

Friday 24 April 2026

SMIC returns to advanced packaging, scales team to boost AI chip strategy

China's leading foundry, SMIC, is quietly recalibrating its strategy, moving beyond its long-standing focus on front-end wafer manufacturing...

Thursday 23 April 2026

Lam Research signals sustained AI-driven momentum as WFE outlook improves

Lam Research delivered a strong start to 2026, with first-quarter 2026 results exceeding expectations and reinforcing confidence in a semiconductor upcycle increasingly shaped by artificial...

Thursday 23 April 2026

SK Hynix builds HBM packaging hub in Cheongju to expand AI memory capacity

SK Hynix has broken ground on a large-scale advanced packaging facility in Cheongju Technopolis, underscoring how the battleground for AI semiconductors is shifting beyond wafer fabrication...

Wednesday 22 April 2026

Powerchip DRAM foundry price hike to boost June revenue; IPD to drive Intel demand in 2H27

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) held an earnings call on April 21 to address developments in memory and logic foundry services, as well as its future business outlook...

Monday 20 April 2026

Global wafer foundry industry and status, 2026: AI-driven growth and fierce competition

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