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Tuesday 25 August 2026
Tesla senior chip engineer joins DensityAI as in-house plans face more strain
Tesla's senior director of AI hardware design, Shishuang Sun, joined DensityAI in July 2026, taking charge of packaging and system hardware development. The move came as Tesla continued...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Anthropic bets on in-house chips, reshaping ASIC orders
Anthropic confirmed on August 5 that it is building an internal silicon team to design custom chips for its Claude models, signaling a sharper push into self-developed AI hardware...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
China foundry Nexchip breaks beyond display chips: CIS reaches 25% of revenue
Nexchip Semiconductor reported higher first-half 2026 revenue as broadening demand for CMOS image sensors, power management chips and display drivers diversified its product mix, even...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Commentary: Nvidia's 15% hike piles pressure on the AI supply chain, lifts ASIC prospects
Nvidia has reportedly notified major customers that server systems using its AI chips will rise by more than 15%, with the new pricing set to apply to models shipping from early 2027,...
Monday 24 August 2026
Xiaomi taps TSMC to make chips for foldables, AI and autonomous driving
Xiaomi is expanding its in-house semiconductor push from smartphones into AI acceleration and autonomous driving, unveiling three Xring processors that deepen its reliance on TSMC...
Monday 24 August 2026
Nvidia reportedly weighs Perplexity investment as AI strategy expands beyond chips
Nvidia is reportedly in discussions to invest in artificial intelligence startup Perplexity as part of a funding round that would value the company at more than US$30 billion, underscoring...
Monday 24 August 2026
Rapidus 2nm ramp stays on track as Japan readies JPY150 billion investment

Rapidus' plan to begin volume production of 2nm chips in the second half of FY2027 remains on schedule, with rising demand from AI chips...

Monday 24 August 2026
MediaTek, GUC, Alchip escalate funding war as global ASIC race demands deep capital
Custom Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chips backed by hyperscalers are set for a mass-production boom starting late 2026, with next-generation projects already in full...
Monday 24 August 2026
Jeilin shifts upmarket as high-end image SoCs drive margins higher
Jeilin's move into higher-end image-processing chips is reshaping its revenue mix and boosting profitability, with implications for cameras, security devices, and drones used by customers...
Monday 24 August 2026
Weekly news roundup: Google diversifies custom chips, TSMC share falls, SK Hynix deepens HBM co-design
Semiconductor supply chains, custom silicon, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), robotics, and India's chip buildout shaped this week's technology agenda, with major moves from Google, Marvell,...
Monday 24 August 2026
iCometrue to Showcase Glass-Based AI Multichip Packaging Solutions at SEMICON Taiwan 2026

Interested in solving microcrack issues in through-glass via (TGV) fabrication? Want to learn how to supply 1,000 Watts, 1 Volt and 1,000 Amperes electricity to semiconductor...

Monday 24 August 2026
AI compute race heads toward space as MediaTek executive says 1 million H100s will be mid-tier by 2030
Speaking at DIGITIMES' "AI on Chips: Semiconductor Industry Outlook Forum," MediaTek senior director Bor-Sung Liang said AI development is shifting from individual large language models...
Monday 24 August 2026
CPO hurdles linger as 800G and 1.6T SiPh surge, says analyst
Challenges around co-packaged optics (CPO) remain unresolved, but they have not slowed the rapid rise of 800G and 1.6T silicon photonics, DIGITIMES analyst Kiwi Hsu said on August...
Saturday 22 August 2026
Manz Asia says yield is key to glass core mass production
As AI chips continue to grow in size, the shift in advanced packaging from 300 mm wafers to square panels is becoming clearer, driving parallel development of new packaging technologies...
Friday 21 August 2026
Broadcom reportedly eyes up to US$100B debt financing to expand AI chip push
Broadcom is in talks with asset managers to raise more than US$60 billion in debt financing, with the potential package reaching as much as US$100 billion, as the chipmaker moves to...