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Friday 10 July 2026
China's temporary helium export ban signals fears of a prolonged Middle East supply squeeze
China moved on July 10 to wall off its domestic supply of helium, a gas with no substitute in chipmaking and medical imaging, in a step that suggests Beijing does not expect Middle...
Friday 10 July 2026
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang heads to Japan with RTX Spark as AI PC competition heats up

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will travel to Japan for an event celebrating the US chipmaker's three-decade relationship with Sega, revisiting...

Friday 10 July 2026
Largan samples CPO product in July 2026, eyes GC edge
Largan said on July 9, 2026, that it will formally begin sampling fiber array (FA) products for a mass-production customer in July, while chairman En-Ping Lin outlined the company's...
Friday 10 July 2026
SK Hynix breaks Alibaba's US listing record — but HBM customers will wait until 2028 for the capacity it funds
SK Hynix has priced a US$26.5 billion Nasdaq offering, giving the world's leading supplier of high-bandwidth memory fresh capital to expand DRAM wafer production, advanced packaging...
Friday 10 July 2026
ASE Holdings posts record 2Q26 revenue, bets US$40M on South Korea as AI packaging demand surges

ASE Holdings posted record second-quarter and first-half 2026 revenue, driven by strong demand for advanced semiconductor packaging and...

Friday 10 July 2026
Nanya Technology posts record profit as gross margin nears 80%
Nanya Technology posted record quarterly profit after a more than 60% rise in average DRAM selling prices lifted its gross margin to 79.5%, with the Taiwanese memory chipmaker expecting...
Friday 10 July 2026
Sigurd posts record second quarter revenue as Hsinchu plant starts ramping up
Sigurd said its revenue hit a record in the second quarter of 2026 and for the first half of the year, driven by stronger demand from overseas customers. June sales stayed at a high...
Friday 10 July 2026
Wolfspeed challenges Navitas over GaN and SiC patent boundaries

Wolfspeed's patent lawsuit against Navitas Semiconductor has opened a new front in the wide-bandgap power chip race, extending the legal...

Friday 10 July 2026
Samsung plans new PC chip in push beyond smartphones
Samsung Electronics is developing a new chip for personal computers (PCs) as its System LSI business seeks growth beyond smartphone processors, according to ET News and the...
Friday 10 July 2026
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max BOM could jump US$300 as memory costs soar

New figures from Counterpoint Research estimate that the bill of materials (BOM) for the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro Max could rise nearly...

Friday 10 July 2026
Insight: TSMC's 2nm lead widens, Intel 14A slips beyond 2030, Samsung 4nm fills on HBM4 demand

Samsung Electronics' preliminary earnings have shaken financial markets. Drawing on a report from a US brokerage, DIGITIMES Intelligence...

Friday 10 July 2026
SK AI Summit postponed as SK eyes closer alignment with Nvidia GTC
SK Group, which hosts the annual SK AI Summit as its flagship technology event to showcase its latest AI and semiconductor developments, is reportedly postponing the 2026 edition....
Friday 10 July 2026
Apple's US$30 billion Broadcom deal puts its server-chip plans back in focus

Apple and Broadcom have extended their custom-chip partnership through 2031 under agreements expected to exceed US$30 billion, reinforcing...

Friday 10 July 2026
TSMC CoWoS output reportedly to reach at least 200K wafers in 2027

TSMC is accelerating advanced packaging capacity expansion as supply remains tight, with market chatter indicating its CoWoS monthly...

Friday 10 July 2026
JCET sets US$1.4bn capex for AI packaging expansion as China orders stay strong
JCET plans to invest about CNY10 billion (approx. US$1.4 billion) in fixed assets in 2026, sharply increasing spending on AI-driven advanced packaging, automotive electronics and selected...