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Friday 17 April 2026

UMC signals 2026 wafer price adjustment amid tightening demand and capacity pressure

United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) is expected to raise wafer foundry prices in the second half of 2026, as demand for logic and memory-related applications remains resilient and...

Friday 17 April 2026

China wafer maker NSIG lifts revenue on 300mm momentum

National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) reported full-year 2025 revenue growth driven by higher 300mm wafer shipments, though pricing pressure and high fixed costs weighed on margin...

Thursday 16 April 2026

TSMC guides over 15% 2Q26 revenue growth, N3 margins set to top average

TSMC posted a record profit of NT$572.48 billion (US$18.06 billion) in the first quarter of 2026, marking another high in overall performance. For the second quarter of 2026, TSMC...

Thursday 16 April 2026

Samsung pushes HBM4 yields as advanced testing and cutting technologies emerge

Samsung Electronics is accelerating efforts to improve yields for its sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4), as it seeks to narrow the gap with market leader SK hynix. According...

Wednesday 15 April 2026

Morrison targets AI phone sensor upgrades, expands into 3 emerging markets

Morrison expects AI smartphone penetration to exceed 60% within five years, driving continuous upgrades in optical sensor specifications. Despite short-term headwinds from memory supply-demand...

Wednesday 15 April 2026

Global semiconductor equipment sales hit record US$135B in 2025 as AI-driven investment surges

Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales reached a record US$135.1 billion in 2025, rising 15% from US$117.1 billion in 2024,...

Monday 13 April 2026

Gudeng targets record 2026 revenue on EUV pod and FOUP demand surge

Taiwan's Gudeng Precision Industrial is set to sustain double-digit revenue growth in 2026, buoyed by robust demand for EUV reticle pods and FOUP wafer carriers as advanced-node production...

Saturday 11 April 2026

BenQ Materials expands into semiconductor processes, targets advanced nodes

BenQ Materials is expanding into semiconductor materials, with president Ray Liu saying the company has entered CMP cleaning brush rollers...

Friday 10 April 2026

SK Hynix M15X reportedly ramps early production

SK Hynix's M15X is widely viewed as the company's next-generation DRAM manufacturing hub in Cheongju, South Korea. Designed primarily to support high-bandwidth memory (HBM) output...

Friday 10 April 2026

Praise Victor Industrial aims to break Fujibo's soft pad dominance with 2Q26 sample certification

As AI and high-performance computing (HPC) demand surges and the semiconductor supply chain undergoes accelerating restructuring, structural changes are emerging in the critical materials...

Thursday 9 April 2026

Zensemi strengthens automotive chip team with hiring of industry veterans KC Ang and Marco Maria Monti

China-based automotive semiconductor wafer foundry Zensemi has announced a new management team led by chairman Xiaofei Chen, appointing two internationally experienced executives:...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

US-China tech clash over chips intensifies ahead of summit, with global supply-chain implications

As US and Chinese leaders prepared for a mid-May summit, proposed US export controls on semiconductor equipment under the MATCH Act and China's sharp state-media rebuttal signaled...

Wednesday 8 April 2026

China export controls spark global InP supply concerns for AI high-speed transmission

Indium phosphide (InP), a critical material for long-distance optical communication, has become essential for AI-driven high-speed data transmission. However, China's export restrictions...

Tuesday 7 April 2026

MediaTek, Qualcomm reportedly cut smartphone AP orders with TSMC

Amid soaring memory prices, manufacturers have repeatedly lowered 2026 shipment targets for smartphones, PCs, and other consumer electronics, triggering a ripple effect across the...

Thursday 2 April 2026

South Korea reportedly advances GaAs localization with 95% yield on 4-inch process

South Korea is moving closer to localizing high-performance compound semiconductor components long reliant on imports after achieving a key manufacturing milestone, according to ET...

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