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Monday 20 July 2026

TSMC expansion strengthens Arizona's talent pull as advanced manufacturing shifts west

TSMC's ability to attract talent extends beyond Taiwan to the US, as its additional US$100 billion investment in Arizona for advanced manufacturing facilities is expected to further...

Monday 20 July 2026

Merck ramps up AI semiconductor materials push as Level Up nears completion

AI is redrawing the rules of semiconductor competition, pushing materials suppliers beyond simple chemical inputs and toward integrated...

Monday 20 July 2026

Exclusive Interview: Inside VSMC's Singapore fab, where silicon interposers and power chips underpin AI growth

TSMC raised its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to US$60–64 billion during its second-quarter earnings conference, with a substantial...

Monday 20 July 2026

Jensen Huang's week in Tokyo: what Nvidia's Japan trip reveals about future partners

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang spent last week in Tokyo meeting government officials, robotics makers and dozens of supply chain executives, as the company deepens its push into...

Monday 20 July 2026

Samsung struggles to secure AI chip substrates, report says

Samsung Electronics is reportedly facing difficulties securing large-format FC-BGA package substrates for custom AI chips, as suppliers...

Monday 20 July 2026

Holtek sees customers prioritize supply stability over pricing as optical communications gains are expected in 2027

Microcontroller (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor reported June 2026 revenue of NT$351 million (approx. US$12 million), up 12.62% month-over-month and 30.93% year-over-year. Revenue...

Monday 20 July 2026

BYD targets Japan's Kei-car stronghold with low-cost EV challenge

BYD is pressing ahead with plans to enter Japan's all-electric kei-car market, stepping up promotional activity and appointing a brand ambassador in a sign of growing confidence about...

Monday 20 July 2026

Beyond Taipower: AI, semiconductors, and overseas grids reshape Taiwan's electromechanical supply chain

Taiwan's heavy-electrical and electromechanical industry is entering a new growth phase as demand expands beyond its long-standing reliance on Taiwan Power (Taipower). While Taipower's...

Monday 20 July 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor speeds up HBM tool output and plants US flag as equipment shortage looms

South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is racing to expand output of the bonding equipment that global memory and foundry makers rely on to build high-bandwidth memory (HBM), warning that...

Sunday 19 July 2026

ASML supplier Trumpf says South Korea EUV demand is growing faster than Taiwan's

High-NA EUV lithography is becoming the semiconductor equipment industry's next major battleground as demand rises for more advanced chips used in artificial intelligence, high-performance...

Saturday 18 July 2026

LG bets on India as its biggest AC base, as its third plant runs ahead of schedule

LG Electronics is on course to bring its third Indian plant online earlier than planned, a step that would make India the company's single largest air-conditioner production base and...

Saturday 18 July 2026

Commentary: Samsung, SK Hynix in Washington's crosshairs over memory fabs

On a recent podcast, DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin reviewed two major updates in the chip industry: Intel's Ireland fab expansion and rising US scrutiny of Samsung Electronics and SK...

Saturday 18 July 2026

Column: South Korea's semiconductor strategy faces foresight and structural gaps

South Korea's technology policies—including the two semiconductor strategies discussed previously and the broader K-Moonshot initiative introduced more recently—have been...

Saturday 18 July 2026

As AI expands nanotech, Samsung fortifies ecosystem and LG pivots to chip equipment

Nanotechnology is increasingly seen as a key enabler in the AI era, with competition broadening from semiconductors, manufacturing to home appliances. At Nano Korea 2026 held in Goyang,...

Saturday 18 July 2026

TCL starts OLED monitor panel production ahead of Guangzhou fab opening

TCL CSOT has started producing a 27-inch inkjet-printed OLED monitor panel at its Gen 5.5 line in Wuhan, giving the Chinese display maker an early foothold in consumer OLED monitors...

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