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Thursday 19 March 2026

China's photoresist push moves from lab wins to mass supply

China's semiconductor materials localisation is shifting into commercial scale, with domestic photoresist suppliers moving from pilot validation to mass supply, marking a turning point...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Nexperia's China split sends orders to Taiwan

Nexperia's China unit has begun producing power semiconductors on 12-inch wafers. The move marks a decisive break from its Dutch headquarters and is sending ripple effects across global...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Amazon's Trainium 3 rumors clash with supplier optimism

Rumors circulating in the semiconductor market suggest that Amazon may scale back shipments of its upcoming Trainium 3 artificial-intelligence chip after internal tests reportedly...

Thursday 19 March 2026

AI and memory drive semiconductor output to surpass US$1 trillion in 2026

The global surge in AI demand and tightening memory supply have pushed prices higher, propelling the semiconductor industry into a new growth cycle. Global chief marketing officer...

Thursday 19 March 2026

The HBM paradox: why Taipei and Seoul can't afford a diplomatic cold war

A diplomatic dispute over administrative nomenclature has escalated into a high-stakes standoff between Taiwan and South Korea, threatening to cast a shadow over one of the world's...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Groq anchors Nvidia's inference strategy; CPU redefines architecture for AI agents

As AI evolves from generating information to executing tasks, inference scenarios characterized by coding agents and requiring low latency and high throughput are ushering in the next...

Thursday 19 March 2026

AMD, Samsung deepen AI chip ties with HBM4 supply and foundry talks

AMD CEO Lisa Su met Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong on March 18, the same day the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU)...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Samsung maps out semiconductor strategy with multi-year contracts, Tesla chip on track for 2H27

At its recent annual shareholders meeting, Samsung Electronics addressed questions about the current memory market supercycle and shared insights into its semiconductor strategy amid...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Micron forecasts record revenue as memory supply tightens

Micron Technology projected record third-quarter revenue after posting a sharp rise in fiscal second-quarter results, as artificial intelligence...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Chip price surge in 2Q26 shifts cost pressure to end markets

As more European and American chipmakers and IDM giants publicly announce price hikes effective April 1 of this year, mature process foundries in Taiwan and China have also nearly...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Nvidia signals optical future, but materials shortages stand in the way

Riding a surge in demand for optical communications driven by artificial intelligence (AI), Taiwan's compound semiconductor makers—including Visual Photonics Epitaxy, IntelliEPI,...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Analysis on Micron's strategic pivot: de-commoditizing the memory industry

The most significant revelation from CEO Sanjay Mehrotra during Micron's earnings call was the structural shift in how the company engages with...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Micron delivers record-breaking 2Q26 financial results driven by AI demand

Micron Technology has reported blockbuster financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2026, ending February 26, 2026, setting new company records for revenue, gross margin,...

Thursday 19 March 2026

Samsung, AMD expand AI memory and compute partnership with MOU to align HBM4 supply and DDR5 support

Samsung Electronics announced it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMD to expand its strategic collaboration on next-generation AI memory and computing technologies.

Thursday 19 March 2026

AMD deepens ties with Naver in bid to expand AI infrastructure

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is set to deepen its collaboration with Naver Corporation after CEO Lisa Su visits South Korea, with the companies signing an MOU to jointly develop GPU...

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