Mitsui Chemicals is planning to acquire semiconductor materials maker JSR from state-backed Japan Investment (JIC) in a deal potentially worth more than JPY1.3 trillion (US$8.2 billion),...
FPT has begun trial operations at a semiconductor testing and packaging plant in Vietnam's Bac Ninh province, initially focusing on chip testing as it prepares to expand into packaging...
GlobalFoundries' third quarter showed the contract chipmaker's revenue base shifting from smartphones to AI-related networking, and that shift is now boosting profitability. Revenue...
Taiwan and the Netherlands announced four joint research and development collaborations on November 4 under their bilateral Technology Bridge Program, targeting photonic packaging,...
HCLTech said AI chips will need about 1.5 years to move into mass adoption beyond cloud infrastructure, as the industry develops integrated semiconductor platforms to support large-scale...
ASML and TSMC announced plans in September 2026, ahead of the SPIE BACUS symposium, to advance high-numerical-aperture extreme ultraviolet (High NA EUV) lithography by replacing the...
AI expansion and rising household electricity demand are pushing Taiwan's power consumption higher, with Taipower forecasting that the Southern Taiwan Science Park's electricity load...
Onsemi has agreed to acquire Ferric, Inc., a developer of integrated voltage regulator (IVR) technology, for US$600 million in cash plus up to US$175 million in contingent consideration...
Worldwide semiconductor revenue reached US$517.7 billion in the third quarter of 2026, a 24.1% increase from the prior quarter, according to data released by the Semiconductor Industry...
Marvell Technology and optical communications laser maker Lumentum announced on November 2 that they had signed a definitive agreement for Marvell to acquire Lumentum in an all-stock...
Samsung Electronics plans to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) base dies for AMD at its second foundry plant in Taylor, Texas, with the US chipmaker accounting for most of the facility's...
Samsung Electronics' and SK Hynix's dependence on sustained AI infrastructure spending is bringing customer financing risk into focus. As demand for high-bandwidth memory and server...
Onsemi is pitching its AI data center business as a play on the entire power path inside an AI rack, and for now it is prioritizing that business and industrial customers over automotive...
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is seeking US$2 billion in damages from its Chinese owner Wingtech and three other defendants, alleging they established a competing supply chain in China...
