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Thursday 21 May 2026

TSMC's COUPE push puts Samsung's silicon photonics ambitions under pressure

Samsung Electronics has launched silicon photonics foundry services and entered pilot production, signaling during its latest earnings call that optical communication modules will...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Samsung averts strike with last-minute labor deal, but deeper divisions remain

With less than an hour remaining before a planned strike was set to begin, Samsung Electronics and its labor union reached a tentative agreement late on May 20, narrowly avoiding what...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Former Samsung semiconductor head warns that memory prices and demand could fall sharply after 2028

The global semiconductor industry has been focused on a memory supercycle, with some forecasts suggesting the upturn could last until 2030. However, Kye-hyun Kyung, former head of...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

Samsung braces for major strike after bonus talks collapse

Samsung Electronics faces a major labor disruption after its union said about 48,000 workers would walk off the job on May 21, beginning...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Samsung narrows bonus gap as payout split threatens strike deal

Samsung Electronics and its South Korean labor union resumed talks on May 19 in a last-ditch effort to avert an 18-day strike set to begin May 21, with the two sides reportedly closing...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Samsung turns to health features as Galaxy Watch loses ground to Chinese rivals

Samsung Electronics is putting health care at the center of its smartwatch strategy as Chinese rivals Huawei and Xiaomi gain ground in the global wearables market.

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix face chipmaking chemical squeeze as China feedstock costs surge

Prices for semiconductor-grade hydrogen fluoride supplied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expected to rise sharply between late June and July, as higher costs for a key China-sourced...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Nvidia Rubin platform to drive LPDDR demand past Apple and Samsung in 2027

A US research firm reported that Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform will consume more low-power DRAM (LPDDR) in 2027 than the combined global usage of Apple and Samsung,...

Monday 18 May 2026

Samsung reportedly boosts 1b DRAM yields as Korean memory rivalry heats up

Samsung Electronics has significantly improved yields for its latest DRAM technologies used in high-bandwidth memory (HBM), according to IT Chosun, underscoring the intensifying...

Monday 18 May 2026

South Korean court bars factory occupations and orders safety work during planned Samsung strike

A South Korean court granted Samsung Electronics an injunction on May 18, 2026, limiting union dispute actions and ordering that safety protection systems and wafer anti-deterioration...

Monday 18 May 2026

As AI redraws chip industry, TSMC faces its first real rivals

The global map of semiconductor manufacturing is beginning to shift. For years, the market for advanced chip production was dominated almost entirely by TSMC. But the rise of artificial...

Monday 18 May 2026

Kioxia gets rare chance to challenge Samsung, SK Hynix in AI storage boom

Kioxia Holdings is moving to capture a larger share of AI-related storage demand, as the shift from AI training to inference raises interest in high-speed, high-capacity NAND flash...

Monday 18 May 2026

Samsung and union enter new round of talks ahead of planned strike

Samsung Electronics and its labor union in South Korea began a new round of negotiations on May 18, days before a planned strike that could bring its chip plants to a halt. The talks...

Monday 18 May 2026

Weekly news roundup: TSMC faces AI supply strain as Samsung, Intel, and Apple test foundry alternatives

Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 11-17, 2026:

Monday 18 May 2026

Samsung's race to avoid a chip strike is running out of time

Samsung Electronics' labor dispute entered a new phase on May 15 after the company's top executives issued a rare public apology and proposed...

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