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Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC bars capacity resale, aims to leave no AI money on the table
TSMC will not let customers sublease or auction off their wafer capacity allocations, chairman C.C. Wei said during the company's October 15 earnings call. With AI chip demand still...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC investor conference: TSMC lifts 2026 revenue growth forecast to 44%, 2nm expansion, new 3nm fab
TSMC Chairman and CEO C.C. Wei announced that, driven by relentless AI momentum and strong demand for advanced process technologies, the company has raised its full-year 2026 US dollar...
Thursday 15 October 2026
EU seeks China deal to lift ASML supplier sanctions amid rare-earth crisis
The European Union (EU) is negotiating with China to lift sanctions on Sindlhauser Materials GmbH, a small German business that is part of ASML's supply chain, according to people...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC CEO says profitability has no ceiling, plans High-NA EUV adoption in 2030
TSMC chairman and CEO C.C. Wei said on October 15 that the chipmaker sees no ceiling on its profitability as demand for AI accelerators continues to outpace supply. Wei also said AI-related...
Thursday 15 October 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwanese ODM/EMS players post NT$2.18T in September 2026, up 56% YoY
Six Taiwanese server and networking contract manufacturers booked combined revenue of NT$2.18 trillion (US$67.3 billion) in September 2026, up 55.9% year-over-year and 4.9% month-over-month,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
India's RRP Electronics opens advanced wafer-level packaging facility in Navi Mumbai
India's RRP Electronics has inaugurated an Advanced Wafer-Level Packaging (AWLP) facility at its semiconductor unit in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, adding SIM and eSIM module production...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC breaks silence on Musk's Terafab: Talks underway, but fab control non-negotiable
TSMC has confirmed that it is in discussions with Elon Musk's Terafab initiative over potential semiconductor manufacturing cooperation, marking the first public acknowledgment of...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC eyes US$54.3bn in 4Q26 revenue, but 2nm ramp and overseas fabs pressure margins

TSMC expects fourth-quarter 2026 revenue to reach US$52.3 billion to US$54.3 billion, potentially rising as much as 61% year-over-year, with sustained...

Thursday 15 October 2026
China's AMEC targets 60% of high-end chip equipment market with US$1.94 billion R&D plan
Chinese semiconductor equipment maker AMEC plans to develop 102 new equipment models over the next three to five years, backed by nearly CNY13 billion (≈ US$1.94 billion) in...
Thursday 15 October 2026
TSMC's AI-fuelled profit streak hits sixth straight record in 3Q26, but 2nm expansion weighs on margins
On October 15, 2026, TSMC reported its sixth consecutive quarter of record net profit, with third-quarter earnings rising 68.7% year-over-year to NT$763.06 billion (approx. US$23.6...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Commentary: Huawei's 2027 Kirin roadmap — can LogicFolding overcome chipmaking constraints?
On October 13, Huawei unveiled the detailed architecture of its Kirin 9050 Pro chip for the first time at its Lianqiu Lake research center in Shanghai, outlining advances in LogicFolding...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Delta Electronics targets SOFC pilot production by year-end, partners with Great Taipei Gas on 550kW installation
Delta Electronics showcased its on-site solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power generation solution at Energy Taiwan 2026, alongside its first physical solid-state transformer (SST) pro...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Samsung, Applied Materials back startup targeting chip packaging warpage
Samsung Ventures and Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, have invested in US-based Flexcompute, backing simulation technology designed to predict semiconductor...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Intel says AI 'gold rush' is over, pushes prompt routing across open hardware
Intel used the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit in San Jose to argue that AI is moving away from giant models in centralized data centers.
Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: GlobalFoundries' calculus behind US$2 billion entry into TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem
GlobalFoundries (GF) has reached a multiyear manufacturing agreement with TSMC to expand silicon interposer capacity at its Malta fab in New York, supplying TSMC's Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate...