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Friday 22 May 2026
Tata's Assam OSAT plant nears production as India expands chip manufacturing ambitions
Tata Group's semiconductor facility in Assam is expected to begin production soon, marking a significant milestone in India's push to build a domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry...
Friday 22 May 2026
AP Memory IPD enters Intel's EMIB supply chain, shipments set for 2Q26
Specialty memory design company AP Memory is positioning itself to capture growth momentum from stack silicon capacitors (S-SiCap). The company said its discrete S-SiCap products,...
Friday 22 May 2026
Samsung's GaN setback puts foundry shift in focus

Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing to shift more of its gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductor strategy toward foundry services...

Friday 22 May 2026
Samsung's quiet Taiwan play: Pairing memory with foundry to chip away at TSMC
Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong quietly visited Taiwan on May 21 and met with MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai, according to semiconductor supply chain sources, in a move aimed at...
Friday 22 May 2026
AMD backs Taiwan EFB packaging chain to cut CoWoS reliance

AMD said it plans to invest more than US$10 billion in Taiwan's technology ecosystem to accelerate AI infrastructure development, while...

Friday 22 May 2026
Analysis: Samsung deal prevents walkout but deepens internal rifts over compensation
Samsung Electronics and its union signed a provisional agreement late at night, about an hour before a scheduled May 21 strike, averting an industry estimate of more than KRW100 trillion...
Friday 22 May 2026
South Korea aims for 50% domestic defense semiconductor supply by 2029
South Korea announced a national plan to raise domestic production of defense semiconductors to 50% by 2029, targeting heavy reliance on US and Taiwan supply chains to bolster national...
Friday 22 May 2026
InPsytech taps former Altera and Intel executive as senior strategy adviser to drive global expansion
InPsytech, the intellectual property unit of Egis Technology Group, announced on May 21 that it hired a former Altera CEO and ex-Intel executive as a senior strategy adviser to support...
Friday 22 May 2026
Lam Research's Salzburg PLP center signals push toward panel production, but hurdles remain for large-scale adoption
Lam Research has opened a Panel-Level Packaging (PLP) Innovation Excellence Center in Salzburg, Austria, underscoring the company's move deeper into advanced packaging as customers...
Friday 22 May 2026
TSMC supply chain material maker AMC rides AI packaging yield boom

Alliance Material Co. (AMC), a Taiwan-based advanced semiconductor materials supplier, said its balance film anti-warpage material has...

Friday 22 May 2026
BOE, Corning target glass substrates for AI chip packaging

BOE Technology, China's leading display panel maker, is expanding its push into new businesses beyond panels. The company said on the...

Friday 22 May 2026
AI memory crunch pushes Nanya Technology toward 2027 fab ramp

Nanya Technology plans to raise 2026 capital expenditure above NT$52 billion (US$1.64 billion), with chairman Tzou Ming-jen saying the...

Friday 22 May 2026
Global corporates take the pitch stage at Plug and Play Silicon Valley May Summit 2026
At Plug and Play Silicon Valley May Summit 2026, 12 global corporate leaders took the stage for a "Corporate Reverse Pitch," inviting potential partners to co-create solutions for...
Friday 22 May 2026
AMD deepens Taiwan supply chain ties with US$10B-plus push
AMD CEO Lisa Su arrived in Taiwan on May 20, 2026, on a private jet and largely followed the same itinerary as her April 2025 visit, including a meeting with TSMC, a technology forum...
Friday 22 May 2026
US-Japan cooperation could protect Taiwan '99%', defense investors told at Silicon Valley summit
Taiwan's semiconductor industry and the military implications of a potential cross-strait conflict dominated the aerospace and defense track on the second day of the Plug and Play...