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Monday 20 July 2026
Beyond Taipower: AI, semiconductors, and overseas grids reshape Taiwan's electromechanical supply chain
Taiwan's heavy-electrical and electromechanical industry is entering a new growth phase as demand expands beyond its long-standing reliance on Taiwan Power (Taipower). While Taipower's...
Monday 20 July 2026
Micron's 10-year deal with GlobalWafers signals tighter 12-inch supply

Rising demand for AI data centers and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is pushing semiconductor competition further upstream into silicon...

Monday 20 July 2026
Huahsu expands capacity to tap AI and advanced packaging demand
Huahsu, a semiconductor materials supplier established in 1997 through a joint investment by Japan's Asahi Kasei and Wah Lee, has launched a new capacity expansion plan as demand for...
Monday 20 July 2026
India roundup: India deepens semiconductor and AI ambitions as local ecosystem expands beyond fabs and assembly
India is broadening its technology strategy from attracting chip factories to building semiconductor equipment, materials, AI capabilities, supply chains and trade partnerships as...
Sunday 19 July 2026
Interview: Merck's origins trace back to 358-year-old Engel Pharmacy
Merck did not begin in a laboratory, but in a neighborhood pharmacy that still opens every day to fill prescriptions for local residents. The Engel Pharmacy in central Darmstadt, Germany,...
Sunday 19 July 2026
SmartSens forecasts stronger first-half 2026 results on AI-related demand
SmartSens is signaling stronger first-half 2026 growth, a development that may matter to investors tracking global demand for image sensors used in security cameras, smartphones, and...
Sunday 19 July 2026
Memory must adopt foundry model to fix AI inference bottleneck, says Korean scholar

AI development is driving larger data transfers and higher GPU efficiency demands, pushing memory toward customization and prompting...

Sunday 19 July 2026
ASML supplier Trumpf says South Korea EUV demand is growing faster than Taiwan's
High-NA EUV lithography is becoming the semiconductor equipment industry's next major battleground as demand rises for more advanced chips used in artificial intelligence, high-performance...
Saturday 18 July 2026
Commentary: Samsung, SK Hynix in Washington's crosshairs over memory fabs
On a recent podcast, DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin reviewed two major updates in the chip industry: Intel's Ireland fab expansion and rising US scrutiny of Samsung Electronics and SK...
Saturday 18 July 2026
EU clears €659 million in German subsidies for four chip plants
The European Commission has approved EUR659 million in German state aid for four semiconductor facilities, a move that could affect supply chains used in cars, industrial equipment,...
Saturday 18 July 2026
Column: South Korea's semiconductor strategy faces foresight and structural gaps
South Korea's technology policies—including the two semiconductor strategies discussed previously and the broader K-Moonshot initiative introduced more recently—have been...
Saturday 18 July 2026
As AI expands nanotech, Samsung fortifies ecosystem and LG pivots to chip equipment
Nanotechnology is increasingly seen as a key enabler in the AI era, with competition broadening from semiconductors, manufacturing to home appliances. At Nano Korea 2026 held in Goyang,...
Saturday 18 July 2026
Dutch report frames Chinese interference in chips, ports and aerospace as a systemic threat
Chinese foreign interference in the Netherlands' strategic industries should be treated as a systemic, long-term threat rather than a series of isolated incidents, according to "Beyond...
Saturday 18 July 2026
JNTC-TOPPAN glass substrate push signals AI packaging supply-chain shift
As AI accelerators and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packages grow larger and more complex, substrate technology is becoming a new constraint in advanced packaging. Organic substrates...
Saturday 18 July 2026
SK Siltron begins liquidating US SiC unit amid Doosan sale talks
SK Siltron has reportedly started liquidating its US silicon carbide wafer subsidiary, SK Siltron CSS, as part of a restructuring plan discussed during earlier sale negotiations with...