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Tuesday 22 September 2026
Taiwan advances major science park expansion to support AI, semiconductor growth

Demand from high-tech companies for new research and manufacturing sites remains strong, prompting Taiwan to advance plans to expand...

Tuesday 22 September 2026
ASML opens India operations but ties any scale-up to Tata's Dholera fab
ASML has begun operations in India with an initial team of 20-30 engineering graduates, and has made clear that any expansion beyond that depends on Tata Electronics delivering the...
Tuesday 22 September 2026
YMTC's capital arm enters FD-SOI — China's 12-inch SOI build-out gathers pace

China's FD-SOI supply chain is taking shape through a new round of investment. Changcun Capital, the investment platform backed by YMTC,...

Tuesday 22 September 2026
China's memory race turns inward — CXMT, YMTC head toward patent showdown

Global memory shortages remain severe, with AI and cloud applications intensifying demand for scarce supply. Prices for both DRAM and...

Tuesday 22 September 2026
MediaTek launches Dimensity CX brand for laptops, starting with a 3nm chip for Googlebook
MediaTek has launched the Dimensity CX C10 Max, the first chip in a new family called Dimensity Compute Experiences (CX), and is aiming it at Googlebook laptops.
Tuesday 22 September 2026
AirTAC sees pneumatic demand cycle extending through 2027 on China automation growth

AirTAC International Group said demand for pneumatic components in China's automation market has entered a more gradual expansion phase,...

Tuesday 22 September 2026
Nvidia Rubin architecture drives high-end MLCC demand, solidifying Murata, SEMCO leadership

While market focus surrounding AI infrastructure has centered primarily on core computing components—such as GPUs, CPUs, high-bandwidth...

Tuesday 22 September 2026
AI inference demand surges as training slowdown talk fades
Calls to slow frontier AI model training have sparked debate across the AI semiconductor industry, but executives at the AI Infra Summit in Santa Clara, California, said the real buildout...
Tuesday 22 September 2026
Trade, AI, rare earths, and Iran shape Xi-Trump 2.0 talks
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier Li-Feng He held talks in New York on September 20, 2026, joined by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and China International...
Monday 21 September 2026
Taiwan firms keen on investing in US manufacturing

A recent survey found that 36% of nearly 120 US manufacturers have already reshored or are actively reshoring production, while more than...

Monday 21 September 2026
South Korea-US investment talks stall over commercial viability

South Korea and the US have hit an impasse in final-stage investment talks over commercial viability safeguards, with South Korean President...

Monday 21 September 2026
Kaohsiung's new industrial park targets advanced packaging suppliers for the post-Moore era
Baipu Industrial Park, located on the border of Kaohsiung's Gangshan and Ciaotou districts, broke ground on September 21 after receiving approval from Taiwan's Ministry of Economic...
Monday 21 September 2026
Samsung builds fab robot team, targets chip equipment maintenance

Samsung Electronics has formed a dedicated organization to develop and deploy robots in its semiconductor fabs, with equipment preventive...

Monday 21 September 2026
Lattice Mach-N2 transitions to 16nm FinFET, integrating post-quantum encryption to strengthen control security

Lattice Semiconductor recently unveiled its next-generation secure control field-programmable gate array (FPGA) series, the Mach-N2...

Monday 21 September 2026
Leading Interconnect Semiconductor starts Shenzhen advanced packaging substrate plant

Leading Interconnect Semiconductor, a Zhen Ding Technology subsidiary, has broken ground on an AI advanced packaging substrate project...