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Friday 3 July 2026
Samsung eyes marquee AI win as Anthropic explores custom chip beyond Nvidia

Anthropic is exploring a custom AI chip and has held talks with Samsung Electronics as a potential manufacturing partner, joining OpenAI,...

Friday 3 July 2026
Analysis: Innoscience-Infineon clash shows China's courts becoming a weapon in the global GaN race
A rare gallium nitride (GaN) patent clash dominated the opening day of electronica Shanghai 2026, after China's Innoscience accused Infineon of displaying GaN power products covered...
Friday 3 July 2026
Kioxia begins sample shipments of 10th-generation flash memory
Kioxia has begun sample shipments of 1Tb triple-level-cell memory devices built with its 10th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. The move underscores the race to supply...
Friday 3 July 2026
TSMC wins approval for US$20 billion Arizona expansion
Taiwan's Department of Investment Review (DIR) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) US$20 billion capital...
Friday 3 July 2026
Renesas trims chip portfolio to focus on AI servers and EVs

Renesas Electronics has completed the sale of its timing device business to US fabless semiconductor specialist SiTime, tightening its...

Friday 3 July 2026
Seoul seeks Kumamoto's chip playbook, but Japan's model isn't easy to copy

As South Korea moves to accelerate a new semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest, ruling-party officials have returned to...

Friday 3 July 2026
Chinese power chip price hikes lift Taiwanese suppliers
Inflationary pressures are hitting the semiconductor supply chain in 2026 as Chinese power device makers raise prices, while Taiwan-based firms say their flexibility, quality, and...
Friday 3 July 2026
Samsung's HBM4E yield tops 70%, sharpening AI memory race with SK Hynix and Micron
Samsung Electronics is moving closer to commercialising HBM4E, its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), after internal testing showed reliability yields above 70%, strengthening...
Friday 3 July 2026
Huawei's Ascend AI chips target South Korea in new Nvidia challenge

Huawei is reportedly preparing to launch its AI chips in South Korea for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2026, as rising demand...

Friday 3 July 2026
Innoscience says Infineon removed disputed GaN products from Shanghai trade show after patent challenge
Chinese gallium nitride (GaN) chipmaker Innoscience said on July 2 via its official WeChat account that certain GaN products from Infineon Technologies displayed at electronica China...
Thursday 2 July 2026
Singapore files additional fraud and money laundering charges in Nvidia-linked server case

Singapore authorities have filed additional fraud and money laundering charges against four individuals and brought fresh charges against...

Thursday 2 July 2026
Passive component suppliers regain momentum on AI server and auto demand

Taiwan's passive component suppliers are entering the second half of 2026 with stronger order momentum, as demand from AI data centers,...

Thursday 2 July 2026
Analysis: How long can memory's AI-driven boom last?
The global memory market is enjoying one of its most profitable cycles in years. AI data center demand has driven DRAM and NAND prices sharply higher, and the three companies that...
Thursday 2 July 2026
Micron and GM strike long-term memory supply deal for vehicles
Micron Technology and General Motors (GM) have signed a strategic customer agreement to secure a long-term supply of memory and storage products for vehicle production. The deal underscores...
Thursday 2 July 2026
AI server probe pulls back the curtain on the evolving journey of Taiwan's motherboard industry

An ongoing investigation into alleged AI server smuggling has once again put Taiwan's motherboard industry under the spotlight. Veteran...