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Friday 24 July 2026
Arizona lures chip boom with three key advantages
As TSMC expands its investment in Arizona to US$265 billion, the global semiconductor supply chain is accelerating its move into the state, transforming the long-known "Sunshine State"...
Friday 24 July 2026
Mitsubishi Electric seeks September deal on power-chip merger with Toshiba, ROHM

Mitsubishi Electric is seeking an agreement with Toshiba and ROHM by September on combining semiconductor operations centered on power...

Friday 24 July 2026
AMD goes all-in on ecosystem strategy to challenge Nvidia
AMD used its Advancing AI 2026 conference in San Francisco this week to do more than launch new hardware — it put its entire AI ecosystem strategy on display in a direct challenge...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Moonshot AI model challenges EDA moat with 2-day chip design
China AI startup Moonshot AI has drawn intense attention from the semiconductor industry after unveiling its new large language model Kimi K3, which delivered strong results across...
Thursday 23 July 2026
STMicroelectronics raises AI data center ambition as second-quarter revenue rebounds 26%
STMicroelectronics (ST) has raised its revenue ambition for AI data centers to above US$1 billion in 2026 and well above US$2 billion in 2027, staking a larger claim on the AI infrastructure...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung weighs Besi's Korean rivals for 50-bonder hybrid bonding line as pricing talks drag on

Samsung Electronics is preparing a die-to-wafer hybrid bonding production line with about 50 bonders at its Pyeongtaek campus for next-generation...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Intel 18A adopts High-NA EUV in dual-certification push
Intel Foundry has moved high numerical aperture (High-NA) EUV lithography into production on its Intel 18A process, with ASML confirming in a recent press release that Intel is using...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Texas Instruments sees China EV surge and rising analog prices as upcycle broadens

Texas Instruments' second quarter of 2026 results landed Wednesday with two signals worth parsing beyond the headline numbers: an automotive...

Thursday 23 July 2026
SEMICON Taiwan 2026 sees record global participation as AI investment accelerates

Participation in the Global Pavilion at the upcoming SEMICON Taiwan 2026 has reached a new high, with the number of participating countries...

Thursday 23 July 2026
China's research ties weaken as UK, Germany and the US expand cross-border papers

China's research and academic community appears to be drifting away from international collaboration, even as the UK, Germany, and...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Kyushu chip output jumps 60% amid TSMC expansion, but local suppliers see limited gains

Kyushu's semiconductor production, investment and hiring have risen sharply since TSMC announced its Kumamoto expansion, but local companies...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Merck makes 'AI for AI' its new semiconductor materials strategy

As the global AI race intensifies, Germany's Merck is extending its reach into semiconductor materials research with an "AI for AI"...

Thursday 23 July 2026
GlobalWafers Italy 8-inch plant fire disrupts output, 12-inch line stays online
GlobalWafers said its Novara plant in Italy caught fire on July 21, forcing a shutdown of the site's 8-inch production line. The silicon wafer maker said all personnel evacuated safely...
Thursday 23 July 2026
SK Hynix speeds P&T7 cleanroom rollout, keeps overall budget at KRW19 trillion
SK Hynix's board approved approximately KRW 7.09 trillion (approx. US$4.83 billion) in facility investment on July 22 to accelerate construction of its P&T7 advanced packaging...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Ainos passes 613 million odor data points as it expands Physical AI
Ainos said its AI Nose platform has collected more than 613 million industrial odor data points, with most of the readings coming from semiconductor manufacturing sites. The AI odor-sensing...