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Tuesday 7 July 2026
Ingenic says DRAM foundry capacity strain won't ease until 2H27
China memory makers are diverging in their outlook as AI demand keeps the global memory market tight. After GigaDevice recently issued an unusual risk warning, Beijing-based special...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
6G base stations to become AI computing nodes, boosting advanced packaging demand
While there are still years to go for the commercialization of 6G adoption, the next-generation mobile network architecture is increasingly poised to take shape.
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Memory prices rebound as supply tightens, with global buyers facing higher costs

Global markets are likely to feel the effects of a renewed rise in memory prices, as tighter supply and early inventory buying lift...

Monday 6 July 2026
UMC posts record first-half revenue and plans selective price hikes in second half
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its strongest quarterly run in years as mature-process demand and factory utilization improved. June consolidated revenue reached NT$23.12...
Monday 6 July 2026
Samsung Foundry eyes comeback after Tesla chip win
Samsung Electronics is trying to turn its foundry business into a bigger supplier of custom chips after securing a Tesla order, as the company looks to rebuild a contract chipmaking...
Monday 6 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron face HBM4 race as custom chip demand grows

The global high-bandwidth memory market is expected to pivot from HBM3E to HBM4 in the second half of 2026, setting up a sharper contest...

Monday 6 July 2026
Anthropic's reported chip plans with Samsung could ease inference costs, not chase top-end performance
Anthropic's reported move into in-house chip development could matter well beyond Silicon Valley if it helps lower the cost of running AI services worldwide. By prioritizing cheaper...
Monday 6 July 2026
Jim Keller startup Fab2 targets small-fab mass production

Atomic Semi, the semiconductor equipment startup founded by chip architect Jim Keller, has rebranded as Fab2 and moved its headquarters...

Monday 6 July 2026
LG Chem begins first mass supply of semiconductor strippers to Amkor

LG Chem has begun supplying semiconductor strippers to Amkor Technology, a major US-based packaging and testing provider, in its first...

Monday 6 July 2026
Foxconn posts NT$821.8 billion June revenue as AI momentum stays strong
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) reported consolidated revenue for June 2026 on July 5, with continued demand for AI servers and cloud networking products driving record performance...
Monday 6 July 2026
Longsys forecasts sharp 1H26 profit growth on stronger memory market, AI demand
Longsys Electronics expects a sharp rise in first-half profit as global memory supply stays tight and demand from artificial intelligence-related devices strengthens. The outlook points...
Monday 6 July 2026
Kingboard raises CCL prices again as AI demand tightens PCB material supply
Rising demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) continues to drive price increases across the upstream PCB materials supply chain.
Monday 6 July 2026
China's IC design boom nears CNY1 trillion, but Nvidia CUDA gap exposes limits

China's IC design industry is nearing CNY1 trillion (approx. US$150 billion) ahead of schedule, but AI is exposing deeper gaps in computing...

Monday 6 July 2026
South Korea's chip hub push, led by Samsung, SK, draws KRW896 trillion — and a market selloff

SK Group, Samsung Electronics, and Amkor will invest a combined KRW896 trillion (US$585.2 billion) to build South Korea's second major...

Monday 6 July 2026
South Korea weighs longer hours for chip R&D in new tech zones

South Korea is considering exempting research and development personnel from the country's 52-hour workweek limit inside proposed Mega...