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Tuesday 31 March 2026
Jensen Huang unpacks what's behind TSMC's staying power
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently appeared on the popular Lex Fridman Podcast for a deep, over two-hour discussion covering AI scaling laws, compute and power bottlenecks,...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
China's analog chip price surge spreads, benefiting mature AI process assets
As global semiconductor supply chain prices continue to rise, China's analog chip industry is undergoing a structural shift. Several domestic players have recently raised product prices,...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
Custom chips demand spike draws Taiwan firms into ASIC arena
While the barriers to entry in cloud AI ASICs remain out of reach for many chip designers, demand for specialized chips at the edge is rising sharply. Across a widening range of applications,...
Monday 30 March 2026
China's chip equipment and supply chain scale up on AI demand, look overseas
SEMICON China 2026 opened in Shanghai, highlighting how AI demand is reshaping the global semiconductor industry and accelerating China's domestic supply chain.
Monday 30 March 2026
Kioxia outlines supply strategy, stresses new 2027 capacity won't disrupt NAND market balance
As generative AI (GenAI) shifts from large-model training to large-scale inference, Japanese NAND giant Kioxia forecasts continued price increases for NAND and SSD products. Despite...
Monday 30 March 2026
Samsung reportedly aims to begin silicon photonics mass production in 2028
Samsung Electronics plans to mass-produce silicon photonics starting from 2028, a move that could reshape global data-center networking, AI hardware integration, and foundry competition...
Monday 30 March 2026
Commentary: US chip security act ends China's special AI chip supply
The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed the Chip Security Act, signaling a decisive move to restrict high-performance computing exports amid rising tech tensions with China...
Monday 30 March 2026
Toshiba, Rohm, Mitsubishi Electric, and partners begin talks on integrating Japanese power device and semiconductor businesses
Toshiba, Rohm, Mitsubishi Electric, and partners begin talks on integrating Japanese power device and semiconductor businesses
Monday 30 March 2026
China's semiconductor capacity share to reach 32% by 2030
The global semiconductor industry is undergoing a structural transformation. SEMI estimates that in 2025, capital expenditures (CapEx) by the four largest US cloud service providers...
Monday 30 March 2026
Arm pushes beyond licensing with a new AI CPU platform
Since Arm formally launched its Arm AGI CPU platform and upended its long-standing business model, industry observers have been eager to understand both the mechanics behind the move...
Monday 30 March 2026
Taiwan broadens strategic industry list to include AI, quantum, and SiPh
Taiwan's premier Cho Jung-tai has unveiled a new list of 13 strategic industries. The lineup includes silicon photonics (SiPh), quantum technology, and unmanned vehicles. Quantum technology...
Monday 30 March 2026
Sumco shifts wafer strategy to equipment upgrades over new plant
Sumco has revised its semiconductor wafer supply plan to prioritize upgrading existing fabrication equipment over building new capacity, following approval from Japan's Ministry of...
Monday 30 March 2026
Analysis: Terafab's scale raises market doubts; is Elon Musk aiming to dominate chip supply chain?
Elon Musk recently announced the launch of the "Terafab" project, aiming to expand compute production capacity to 1 TW per year, which is about 50 times the current global compute...
Monday 30 March 2026
SEMICON China 2026: JCET CEO makes the case for atomic-level packaging to carry Moore's Law forward
Advanced wafer manufacturing is approaching physical limits near the 1nm node, according to Zheng Li, director and CEO of JCET Group.
Monday 30 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI, supply chains, new entrants intensify global chip race
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 23-27, 2026: