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Thursday 21 May 2026
Texas Instruments sues former exec over trade secret theft at GlobalFoundries
Bloomberg reports that Texas Instruments (TI) has sued former vice president Kannan Soundarapandian, alleging he joined GlobalFoundries without fully disclosing his new employer...
Thursday 21 May 2026
LG Innotek wins long-term substrate deals as Intel and cloud giants secure supply
LG Innotek has secured substrate supply terms with major technology customers that increasingly resemble long-term agreements used in the memory-chip sector, boosting the South Korean...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Tokyo Electron Taiwan drops appeal after court fines unit and jails ex-engineer in TSMC trade secrets case
Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit said on May 21 that it respected judicial proceedings and would not appeal following a ruling in a trade secrets case involving TSMC. The decision came...
Thursday 21 May 2026
SK Hynix reportedly shifts Cheongju mask fab toward HBM yield push
SK Hynix is reportedly moving to reshape part of its Cheongju campus around wafer testing, a shift that underscores how high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is putting new pressure on the...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Tokuyama to build second high-purity IPA plant in Taiwan to bolster global semiconductor supplies
In a press release on May 20, Japan-based Tokuyama Corporation said it will build a second high-purity isopropyl alcohol plant in Kaohsiung through its joint venture with Formosa Plastics,...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Tech Forum 2026: How much longer can semiconductors sustain Taiwan?
During a keynote discussion session at Tech Forum 2026, DIGITIMES senior reporter Monica Chen and semiconductor analyst Andrew Lu shared their views on current AI server technology...
Thursday 21 May 2026
TSMC's cautious capex is averting an AI bubble, says investor
TSMC's restrained expansion strategy is helping the global market avoid an AI bubble, according to veteran semiconductor investor Gavin Baker, the chief investment officer at Atreides...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Commentary: China builds its memory twin engines; IPO push for YMTC, CXMT intensifies

China's memory chip industry is entering a critical capital markets phase, with YMTC formally launching IPO counselling and CXMT resuming...

Thursday 21 May 2026
Nvidia introduces ACIE sub-segment, adds Anthropic as partner, and breaks out Physical AI
Nvidia introduced a new segment reporting framework on its first quarter of fiscal 2027 call, splitting data center revenue into Hyperscale and ACIE (AI Clouds, Industrial, Enterprise)...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Samsung labor dispute adds pressure to memory chip market
Surging demand for AI data center infrastructure has already pushed the memory market into a structural shortage. Now, Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is adding another layer of...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Nvidia prices rivals out of AI factory race with Blackwell, Vera CPU, and Rubin
Nvidia used its first quarter of fiscal year 2027 earnings call on May 20, 2026 to lay out a three-tier silicon cadence that should make any rival roadmap look thin: a Blackwell ramp...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Nvidia excludes China from its outlook while citing analyst estimates of US$1 trillion in hyperscaler capex by 2027
Nvidia continues to exclude Chinese data center compute revenue from its outlook, with CFO Colette Kress citing uncertainty around whether H200 imports will be allowed into the country...
Thursday 21 May 2026
US targets Hua Hong's 7nm nodes while China targets South Korean partners to evade sanctions

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has reportedly issued "is-informed" letters to several major wafer fab equipment (WFE) manufacturers, ordering...

Thursday 21 May 2026
OSE targets AI server SMT growth as memory demand lifts outlook
Orient Semiconductor Electronics (OSE) said that strong memory market demand is lifting its outlook and expanding its role in the memory supply chain, while also strengthening its...
Thursday 21 May 2026
SMIC, Hua Hong form materials supply platform to cut China chip chain reliance on US

China's semiconductor self-sufficiency drive has taken another step forward, with SMIC and Hua Hong Group jointly establishing Shanghai...