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Tuesday 3 November 2026
South Korea urged to link chip fab support to local suppliers
South Korea should tie government support for new semiconductor fabs to commitments that benefit domestic chip designers, equipment makers, and packaging suppliers, a state-funded...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Memory price surge hits smartphones, cutting 2026 mobile SoC shipments nearly 20%
The AI infrastructure boom has driven up memory prices across consumer electronics, dampening sales of smartphones and notebooks while hitting upstream system-on-chip (SoC) developers...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Apple says 2nm transition is easing its advanced-node chip constraints
Apple said the main supply constraint in its fiscal fourth quarter 2026, ended September 26, was the availability of leading-edge process capacity for its in-house chips. It said the...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Intel's retreat from low-margin industrial chips opens edge AI market to AMD and Arm rivals
As edge AI applications and AI agents move toward real-world deployment, industrial control and embedded processors are undergoing a structural upgrade in computing capabilities.
Monday 2 November 2026
Taiwan aims to train 60,000 IC specialists by 2030
Taiwan is aggressively pursuing a core strategy of "Team Taiwan to Team Global," according to Cheng-Wen Wu, Minister of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Wu noted...
Monday 2 November 2026
Seoul Viosys begins mass production of rare earth-free white micro LEDs
A South Korean company says it has begun mass-producing white-light micro LED chips without rare earth materials, potentially reducing costs and environmental concerns in a market...
Sunday 1 November 2026
The 20% problem: why Taiwan's imported equipment parts still carry 70% of the cost
Taiwan can manufacture some of the world's most advanced chips, package them into increasingly complex AI systems, and connect much of the surrounding electronics supply chain within...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Marvell-Lumentum talks put optical supply chain in focus
Marvell is reportedly in talks to acquire Lumentum, drawing attention across the optical communications supply chain. The deal would offer strong strategic synergies, particularly...
Saturday 31 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Arm extends from IP licensing to server CPU products, with strong growth potential in China
Arm is expanding its business model from licensing Neoverse core IP and compute subsystem (CSS) technologies to selling finished server CPUs for artificial general intelligence (AGI)...
Friday 30 October 2026
Google, Foxconn aims to cut AI infrastructure deployment to six months
Google is deepening its strategic partnership with Foxconn to accelerate AI infrastructure deployment, aiming to cut the time from chip supply to data-center deployment from the traditional...
Friday 30 October 2026
Nvidia dominates AI robot chips with 69% market share
The rapid development of AI robotics applications is driving a sharp increase in semiconductor computing requirements. According to DIGITIMES Intelligence, Nvidia is set to dominate...
Friday 30 October 2026
Analysis: Oracle backs Cerebras as AI cloud shifts to multi-architecture compute
Oracle will offer cloud services powered by Cerebras' AI computing systems in its cloud data centers starting in 2027, giving the wafer-scale chipmaker another major cloud customer...
Friday 30 October 2026
Amazon 3Q26 earnings call: TSMC capacity behind AWS's choice to start selling its own AI chips
Amazon Web Services (AWS) saw its revenue grow 39.3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026. That was the cloud unit's fastest pace in nearly five years and its sixth straight...
Friday 30 October 2026
Taiwan manufacturing demand rises as bank property loans decline
Strong demand for AI applications and cloud services is driving investment in high-performance computing chips and AI servers, prompting Taiwan manufacturers to expand capacity and...
Friday 30 October 2026
Texas Instruments, NXP point to data centers and robots as industrial chips rebound
Texas Instruments (TI) and NXP Semiconductors both reported 40% to 50% year-over-year growth in their industrial businesses during their latest earnings calls for the third quarter...