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Tuesday 13 October 2026
Hua Hong deepens China chip equipment partnerships, targets stronger specialty foundry share by 2030
China's Hua Hong Group has signed strategic agreements with four domestic semiconductor equipment suppliers to accelerate the adoption of locally developed wafer fabrication tools,...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Omron to buy US industrial PC maker OnLogic for US$675 million
Japan's Omron has agreed to acquire US industrial computer (IPC) maker OnLogic and its parent company, Interlogic, at an enterprise value of US$675 million, seeking to expand its presence...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Column: From 3D NAND to 3D DRAM — how vertical stacking is reshaping memory chip manufacturing
After 2013, planar NAND flash memory began reaching its scaling limits at the 15–16nm process node. Capacitive coupling between the floating gates of adjacent memory cells increasingly...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Malaysian states team up to back homegrown chip firms
The Selangor state government has committed MYR50 million (US$12.24 million) to the National Strategic Investment Fund, joining Khazanah Nasional Bhd and the Penang government in a...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
TSMC power plant funding talks still conceptual, says Taipower
Electricity demand from semiconductor manufacturing, memory production, advanced packaging, and server assembly is rising rapidly, fueling reports that Taiwan Power Company (Taipower)...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Hamada Labs targets Taiwan, Japan manufacturing with AI platform
South Korean AI startup Hamada Labs is targeting traditional manufacturers and distributors in Taiwan and Japan with its WindyFlo platform, which connects enterprise data and workflows...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Applied Materials opens R&D center to speed chipmaking for the AI era
Applied Materials has opened its Equipment and Process Innovation and Commercialization (EPIC) Center in Sunnyvale, California, positioning the Silicon Valley site as a new hub for...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Terafab and beyond: Musk's push to fuse silicon, robotics, space into one AI system
As plans for the Terafab project begin to take shape, the emergence of a scaled chipmaking initiative increasingly reflects Elon Musk's broader ambition to push vertical AI integration...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Toyota rewires China JV structure as GAC takes control of FAW Toyota stake
As the push toward smarter vehicle systems and full electrification intensifies alongside China's strengthening position in the EV market, these trends are increasingly prompting overseas...
Monday 12 October 2026
Chenbro Micom expands into Nvidia Vera Rubin rack-scale systems, 2026 revenue already tops full-year 2025
Taiwanese server chassis maker Chenbro Micom is expanding its role in AI infrastructure, moving beyond traditional server enclosures into high-end AI servers and rack-level solutions...
Monday 12 October 2026
Biren's BR20X GPU targets 1,024-chip AI systems, but US curbs cloud mass production

China's Biren Technology has successfully powered on its next-generation BR20X GPU, advancing to post-tapeout validation while preparing for customer...

Monday 12 October 2026
AITO doubles down on CATL as China's battery supply chain shifts toward selective diversification
As efforts to curb CATL's dominance accelerate across China's automotive landscape, the domestic battery market is beginning to move away from single-supplier dependence and toward...
Monday 12 October 2026
Samsung could unseat SK Hynix as HBM leader in 2027
Samsung Electronics could overtake SK Hynix as the world's largest supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in 2027, as HBM4 prices climb and memory manufacturers compete for limited...
Monday 12 October 2026
Cook makes first post-CEO visit to China, lauds Guangdong's role in Apple supply chain
Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook made his first visit to China since stepping down as Apple CEO. He visited Guangdong Province, a manufacturing hub that contains much of the iPhone...
Monday 12 October 2026
Rapidus targets customers underserved by TSMC, but can it convince them to take the risk?
Backed by US$15 billion in Japanese government funding, Rapidus announced an alliance with 17 semiconductor design-related companies, including US-based Synopsys and India's Infosys,...