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Friday 10 April 2026

China's export controls spark 140x yttrium price surge, fueling chip equipment fears

Yttrium, a critical rare earth element used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, has seen its global supply tighten sharply due to China's export restrictions, driving prices...

Friday 10 April 2026

TSMC smashes records with massive 45% revenue surge in March

Tech giant TSMC has released a blockbuster revenue report for March 2026, signaling an extraordinary acceleration in the semiconductor sector.

Friday 10 April 2026

China OSATs step up investment drive as AI demand lifts advanced packaging race

China's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sector is accelerating capacity expansion and technology upgrades, with leading...

Friday 10 April 2026

MetaOptics bets on Taiwan to scale metalens for AI, next-gen optics

MetaOptics, a Singapore-based metalens developer, is partnering with Taiwan's Pin-Jye Nano Technologies to scale production of next-generation optical components as the technology...

Friday 10 April 2026

Spingence and Advantech accelerate AI edge deployment plans in South Korea manufacturing

In response to strong demand for data security and on-premises AI deployment within South Korea's manufacturing and semiconductor sectors, Taiwanese AI company Spingence Technology...

Friday 10 April 2026

Exclusive: SpaceX delays FOPLP, PCB yield as execs plan April Taiwan visit

Elon Musk's SpaceX is facing production challenges at its newly built fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP) and printed circuit board (PCB) factories in Texas, delaying full-scale...

Friday 10 April 2026

Column: Corintis uses algorithms to target chip hotspots for precise cooling

As HPC and AI processors push computing performance to unprecedented levels, transistor density has reached a point where thermal behavior is no longer uniform. Instead of gradual,...

Friday 10 April 2026

Intel–Google alliance reframes AI infrastructure around CPUs

A newly expanded collaboration between Intel and Google signals a key shift in AI infrastructure: CPUs are back at the center of the conversation. Both companies emphasized that the...

Friday 10 April 2026

Amazon signals chip export ambitions as in-house silicon business tops US$20 billion run rate

Amazon's custom chip business has surpassed an annual revenue run rate of more than US$20 billion, CEO Andy Jassy said in his annual shareholder letter, according to The Information...

Friday 10 April 2026

MediaTek builds an end-to-end challenge to Qualcomm and Broadcom

In recent years, MediaTek has steadily increased its influence in the global Wi-Fi chip market. Its market share gains have been driven not only by continued growth on the consumer...

Friday 10 April 2026

CoWoS capacity emerges as AI bottleneck as TSMC’s advanced packaging grows at 80% CAGR

Global advanced packaging capacity is currently in severe shortage. Nvidia has already reserved most of TSMC's leading-edge capacity, particularly its CoWoS packaging technology. According...

Friday 10 April 2026

Anthropic reportedly explores in-house chip design amid rapid revenue growth and evolving AI compute stack

Anthropic is exploring the possibility of designing its own AI chips, though the effort remains at a very early stage, Reuters reported, citing three sources familiar with...

Friday 10 April 2026

Demand for AI infrastructure spreads shortages beyond memory chips to MLCCs

As global corporations accelerate spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, supply constraints are no longer limited to...

Friday 10 April 2026

Exclusive: Samsung weighs Vietnam semiconductor testing facility

According to sources familiar with the matter, Samsung is in discussions with the Vietnamese government...

Friday 10 April 2026

Samsung and SK Hynix reportedly secure long-term helium contracts with US firms

Industry sources report that the recent supply concerns over semiconductor-grade helium triggered by the US-Iran conflict have eased,...

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