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Tuesday 16 June 2026

ByteDance in talks for Iluvatar, Baidu Kunlunxin AI chips as Doubao demand grows

ByteDance is in talks to buy AI chips from Shanghai-based Iluvatar CoreX and is also considering using Baidu's Kunlunxin chips, as...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

TSMC reportedly teams with Ibiden, Innolux to push CoPoS, glass substrates

TSMC is accelerating its advanced packaging roadmap for AI chips, expanding CoWoS capacity while publicly disclosing new progress in...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Kioxia surpasses Toyota, eyes M&A push in face of AI boom

NAND flash memory supplier Kioxia Holdings has surpassed Toyota Motor in market capitalisation, becoming Japan's most valuable company. The development highlights how the global artificial...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Samsung reportedly deepens foundry ties with Elon Musk's companies as turnaround timeline pushes toward 2028

Samsung Electronics' foundry business is reportedly expanding its strategic relationship with companies led by Elon Musk, with cooperation now spanning electric vehicles and emerging...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

South Korea launches ultra-innovation economy push with major investment in next-generation power semiconductors

South Korea has begun planning a large-scale research and development program for next-generation power semiconductors as part of its broader "Ultra-Innovation Economy Project," according...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

TSMC PLP timeline faces skepticism from Taiwan industry sources

A South Korean media report claiming TSMC is preparing to launch panel-level packaging at mass-production scale as early as 2027 has...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Commentary: AI memory boom turns WF6 squeeze into an opening for CXMT

The semiconductor supply chain is facing another raw material shock — this time from tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6, a specialty...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

AI chip race sends WF6 prices soaring after Japan supply shock

Global expansion in AI chips, advanced logic processes, and multilayer 3D NAND flash memory is driving demand for tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), a critical electronic specialty gas used...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

SK Hynix reportedly readies HBM4E samples for Nvidia as Samsung pulls ahead

SK Hynix moved closer to shipping seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4E, to key customers as timing emerged as a critical competitive factor in the global memory market....

Tuesday 16 June 2026

China's Starlink rival warns SpaceX is taking prime orbital slots

SpaceX's reported valuation crossing US$1 trillion has renewed global attention on low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and the broader space economy. As Starlink continues to expand its...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Yaskawa eyes physical AI boom with JPY25 billion capex

Yaskawa Electric is betting heavily on physical AI, the field that enables robots to operate autonomously, as it positions itself for a boom in AI robots. Since starting work with...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Rapidus signs UK chip pact in push for 2nm customers

Japan's Rapidus has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK Semiconductor Centre, a government-backed body established in 2025...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Interview: From language to motion— Japanese startup APTO builds the data backbone for physical AI

Physical AI is emerging as a new frontier of model development. Any model, however, is only as good as the data used to train it. Because...

Monday 15 June 2026

Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount

Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business...

Monday 15 June 2026

South Korea's chip equipment players ride the HBM4 wave

South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain saw a material pickup in orders in the first half of 2026 as Samsung Electronics...