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Thursday 16 July 2026
C.C. Wei on EMIB, memory envy, and why TSMC won't squeeze its customers
TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei used the company's second-quarter 2026 earnings call to push back on two narratives gaining traction among analysts: that rival packaging technologies...
Thursday 16 July 2026
TSMC says 2nm has four times as many tape-outs as 3nm at the same stage
Customer tape-outs for TSMC's N2 process have reached four times the number recorded by its 3nm technology at the same stage, showing faster design activity as the foundry ramps production...
Thursday 16 July 2026
AI chips are running hotter — and Niching is betting its future on keeping them cool
As AI chips and HPC chips continue to draw more power, major advanced packaging orders at ASE, Powertech Technology, and Amkor remain strong, lifting demand for heat spreaders. Semi-conductor...
Thursday 16 July 2026
Taiwan OSATs expand non-China capacity with US and SEA push
As the global AI boom drives up demand for semiconductor packaging and testing, Taiwan's OSAT players are accelerating overseas capacity expansion beyond their home market and China...
Thursday 16 July 2026
TSMC boosts US investment by US$100B as C.C. Wei outlines long-term capacity planning with customers

To address structural long-term growth in semiconductor demand, TSMC chairman C.C. Wei said the company works closely with customers...

Thursday 16 July 2026
TSMC eyes record quarter: 2nm ramp drives 3Q26 guidance above US$44B

TSMC is projecting its strongest quarter ever, guiding third-quarter 2026 revenue to between US$44.6 billion and US$45.8 billion on...

Thursday 16 July 2026
TSMC lifts 2026 revenue growth above 40% on strong AI demand from cloud giants

TSMC expressed strong confidence during its July 16 earnings conference that demand for its advanced process technologies remains robust,...

Thursday 16 July 2026
TSMC 2Q26 profit surges 77% to a record on AI demand, first 2nm revenue

TSMC reported record second-quarter 2026 results on July 16, with revenue, profit, and earnings per share all surpassing market expectations,...

Thursday 16 July 2026
InP substrates emerge as strategic asset as optical engine supply chain heads for reshuffle
As AI server interconnects advance toward 1.6T and co-packaged optics (CPO), high-power continuous-wave (CW) lasers are becoming a strategic battleground for global technology companies...
Thursday 16 July 2026
India trims chip subsidies but widens their reach as it courts electronics supply chain away from China
India approved two large incentive packages on July 15 that together recast how New Delhi subsidizes electronics manufacturing: learner-per-project chip subsidies spread across a much...
Thursday 16 July 2026
Samsung weighs outsourcing Google TPU back-end design as 2nm demand grows

Samsung Electronics is considering outsourcing some or all of the back-end design work for an input/output die in Google's reported...

Thursday 16 July 2026
Commentary: Chip lead times extend as cloud AI squeezes capacity
Reports of longer chip lead times have been mounting. ADI has notified customers that, as recovering demand tightens supply, lead times for some analog chip products have stretched...
Thursday 16 July 2026
ASML's rumored move to raise lithography prices sets up rare clash with TSMC as AI hands toolmakers pricing power
An AI-fueled earnings beat has emboldened ASML to do something it rarely does: raise prices on the lithography machines that are essential to making advanced chips. That plan is now...
Thursday 16 July 2026
Samsung, SK hynix race to make Gwangju memory hub operational within four years
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are set to anchor a KRW800 trillion (US$532.4 billion) semiconductor cluster at the former Gwangju military airport site in South Korea. Industry experts...
Thursday 16 July 2026
ASML signals pricing power and a two-year capacity sprint as AI tightens the lithography bottleneck
During the question-and-answer session of ASML's second-quarter 2026 earnings call on July 15, executives at the world's only maker of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems...