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Monday 23 March 2026
Zenitron warns memory shortages will reverberate across global tech supply chains
Zenitron president YY Chou warned that surging demand for AI servers, data centers, and robotics is driving memory shortages that will affect global supply chains and pricing, with...
Monday 23 March 2026
China moves into high-end photoresist production: Dinglong ramps up, YMTC lends support
As geopolitical tensions and energy transport risks heighten volatility in the global semiconductor supply chain, the stability of upstream critical materials — particularly...
Monday 23 March 2026
Tescan integrates Seoul demo lab to speed testing for AI memory and advanced packaging customers
Tescan's expansion of its Seoul site integrates a Demo Lab with office space to better serve semiconductor clients amid global AI-driven memory demand, promising faster failure analysis...
Monday 23 March 2026
Samsung chairman joins Beijing forum as China seeks foreign chip investment

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong is attending the China Development Forum (CDF) in Beijing on March 22-23 and is expected to...

Monday 23 March 2026
Memory supply squeeze dents IPC profits
The semiconductor market's supply-demand imbalance is affecting more than consumer gadgets, with industrial PC (IPC) makers reporting component shortages and price hikes that dented...
Monday 23 March 2026
Nvidia pushes deeper into AI inference to counter custom chip rivals
At its GTC 2026 conference, Nvidia showcased a slate of technologies and new products squarely aimed at the next wave of artificial intelligence inference. With the integration of...
Monday 23 March 2026
TSMC supports local suppliers to reduce supply chain risks
Jeng-Ywan Jeng, a professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), recently highlighted TSMC's efforts to...
Monday 23 March 2026
SK Hynix plans TSMC 3nm adoption for HBM4E edge over Samsung
SK Hynix is reportedly evaluating the use of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) 3-nanometer process for producing the logic die in its seventh-generation high-bandwidth...
Monday 23 March 2026
An imminent strike looms over Samsung's AI memory supply
Samsung Electronics is facing escalating labor tensions after its largest union secured approval for a strike, raising concerns over potential disruptions to semiconductor production...
Monday 23 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: geopolitics, AI memory, racing for semiconductor control
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 16-22, 2026:
Monday 23 March 2026
Can Elon Musk's Terafab turn chip independence into reality—or is it too ambitious to succeed?
Elon Musk has unveiled one of his most ambitious industrial visions yet: a "Terafab" that would allow Tesla and SpaceX to design and manufacture their own semiconductors for artificial...
Monday 23 March 2026
Commentary: CPO mass production put to test as photonic integration faces challenges
Driven by massive demand from cloud AI, silicon photonics continues to gain momentum. At the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2026), industry players engaged in in-depth...
Monday 23 March 2026
Ventec eyes double-digit growth in 2026 amid product price hikes and niche material expansion
Niche copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturer Ventec expects to achieve double-digit revenue growth in 2026, driven by ongoing product price increases and strategic expansion into...
Monday 23 March 2026
Konica Minolta to expand AI chip inspection optics capacity 2.6x by 2027

Japanese optical component and office equipment maker Konica Minolta said on March 18 it will scale up its optical components business for...

Monday 23 March 2026
Taiwan materials maker Daxin pivots to semiconductors with new display film ramp in 2026
Daxin Materials is expanding its semiconductor materials portfolio while maintaining optimization efforts in display materials. The company expects 2026 display material revenue to...