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Friday 24 April 2026
Chipmakers face higher cost pressure as packaging outpaces foundry price hikes
In recent weeks, chip companies ranging from major players to small and medium-sized firms have issued price increase notices or begun renegotiating product prices with select customers...
Friday 24 April 2026
M31 and TSMC complete eUSB2V2 tapeout on N2P process
IP provider M31 has announced that its eUSB2V2 interface IP has completed tapeout on TSMC's N2P 2nm process. M31 CEO Scott Chang emphasized that 2nm interface IP must align closely...
Friday 24 April 2026
Strait of Hormuz disruption puts semiconductor supply chains at risk as photoresist shortages grow

Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz since early March 2026 are beginning to ripple through...

Friday 24 April 2026
TSMC CoPoS equipment orders face reshuffle with legal turmoil at Taiwanese equipment maker
The semiconductor packaging equipment sector is experiencing order shifts linked to significant executive changes at a key Taiwanese supplier, raising concerns over TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate...
Friday 24 April 2026
SK Hynix deepens TSMC ties with HBM4, advances memory-logic integration

SK Hynix showcased its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technologies at TSMC's North America Technology Symposium 2026, highlighting...

Friday 24 April 2026
Texas Instruments eyes further price hikes amid strong data center, industrial chip demand
Texas Instruments (TI) reported robust results for the first quarter of 2026 on April 23, driven by surging AI data center demand and a notable rebound in industrial control applications...
Friday 24 April 2026
Texas Instruments says edge AI opportunities extend beyond robots
In an April 23 interview, Amichai Ron of Texas Instruments (TI) warned that edge AI will reshape devices worldwide, extending far beyond robotics and driving greater semiconductor...
Friday 24 April 2026
SMIC returns to advanced packaging, scales team to boost AI chip strategy

China's leading foundry, SMIC, is quietly recalibrating its strategy, moving beyond its long-standing focus on front-end wafer manufacturing...

Friday 24 April 2026
Intel keeps capex steady as it shifts spending toward capacity expansion
Intel is holding its 2026 capex broadly flat year over year, not because of reduced ambition, but because of a strategic reallocation of spending toward equipment that directly boosts...
Friday 24 April 2026
CPUs regain central role in AI as Intel highlights growing importance alongside rising ASIC demand
Intel executives are placing renewed emphasis on the central role of CPUs in artificial intelligence (AI), arguing that shifting workloads are elevating their importance even as specialized...
Friday 24 April 2026
Samsung labor unions rally 40,000 workers, prepares for 18-day strike in May
Three major labor unions at Samsung Electronics held a large-scale protest on the afternoon of April 23 in front of the Pyeongtaek semiconductor campus in South Korea. An estimated...
Friday 24 April 2026
Intel bets on CPUs as backbone of AI growth
Intel executives are expressing growing confidence in the company's long-term outlook, arguing that a fundamental shift in artificial intelligence toward real-world deployment aligns...
Friday 24 April 2026
Intel flags price increases and supply shortages as CPU demand strengthens
Intel signaled that industry-wide supply shortages and selective price increases are helping offset weaker PC demand, even as the company works to expand supply capacity across its...
Friday 24 April 2026
Intel's AI-driven CPU rebound signals early-stage revival
Intel's first-quarter 2026 results point to a company in the midst of a credible revival, as improving execution and rising demand for AI-related computing begin to reshape its tra...
Friday 24 April 2026
Intel says 18A yield improves as 14A advances to early customer engagement stage
Intel reported steady progress on its most advanced manufacturing technologies, saying its 18A process node is seeing meaningful yield improvements, while the next-generation 14A node...