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Monday 27 July 2026
India's Paras Defense semiconductor unit to invest in Madhya Pradesh OSAT facility
Indian defense engineering company Paras Defense and Space Technologies said its semiconductor subsidiary, Paras Semiconductors, will invest INR62 billion (approx. US$643.79 million)...
Monday 27 July 2026
Samsung, Hyundai expand AI push from chips to robotics

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group used the San Francisco AI Summit to outline separate artificial intelligence (AI) expansion...

Monday 27 July 2026
Weekly news roundup: Samsung and SK Hynix favor DDR5, Intel accelerates 18A, Alibaba deepens CXMT ties
AI infrastructure, memory and advanced chipmaking led this week's tech agenda, with Intel, Samsung, SK Hynix, CXMT, Alibaba and Foxconn reshaping capacity and supply chains. Below...
Monday 27 July 2026
IDMs target AI margins, boosting Taiwan power suppliers
International IDMs such as Texas Instruments (TI) and STMicroelectronics are leaning into AI data-center demand, while the market's shift toward 400V and 800V power architectures is...
Monday 27 July 2026
Samsung bolsters energy team as chip projects test power supply
Samsung Group is recruiting current and former government energy officials for its in-house think tank as electricity infrastructure emerges as a key issue for its semiconductor expansion...
Monday 27 July 2026
Disco lifts first-half profit forecast on steady AI equipment demand
Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Disco expects net profit for the six months ending September 30, 2026, to rise 32% year over year to JPY73.8 billion (approx. US$461 million),...
Sunday 26 July 2026
Optical PD volume production lifts WIN Semiconductors' Q2 revenue 39% YoY
WIN Semiconductors, a gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry, reported consolidated revenue of NT$5.26 billion (US$178 million) for the second quarter of 2026, up 14.5% sequentially and 39%...
Sunday 26 July 2026
KKR plans gradual exit as LCY Group accelerates semiconductor materials expansion
TSMC supplier LCY Group President Bowei Lee said private equity firm KKR & Co. plans to gradually divest its holdings in businesses affiliated with the Taiwanese chemical group,...
Sunday 26 July 2026
Podcast: TSMC, SK Hynix, Intel face AI chip and cash flow inflection
This excerpt of DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin's podcast looks at two major themes: SK Hynix's openness to building in the US and the logic behind TSMC's extra US$100 billion investment...
Saturday 25 July 2026
89 fabs by 2030, 50 more by 2035: chip industry spreads risk through global collab

AI infrastructure investment is reaching unprecedented levels, with estimates showing it will lift global semiconductor output past...

Saturday 25 July 2026
Rapidus links 2nm chips, HBM and advanced packaging in AI foundry strategy
Rapidus is treating advanced packaging as a central part of its 2nm foundry strategy, not a downstream assembly service. The Japanese chipmaker aims to connect design enablement, front-end...
Saturday 25 July 2026
Taiwan's chip partnerships widen beyond fabs to AI, photonics and quantum
Taiwan's semiconductor industry is expanding overseas while deepening cooperation with the US, Europe, and Asia across advanced packaging, AI infrastructure, research, talent, cybersecurity,...
Saturday 25 July 2026
Huaqin's growing stake in Nexchip shows ODMs reaching upstream into chipmaking
Huaqin Technology, the world's largest consumer-electronics original design manufacturer, has again increased its stake in Chinese foundry Nexchip Semiconductor, underscoring how contract...
Saturday 25 July 2026
South Korea unveils AI cooperation agenda as Nvidia partnerships expand
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung launched an AI-focused visit to Silicon Valley by announcing a "San Francisco AI Declaration" aimed at promoting international cooperation in artificial...
Saturday 25 July 2026
South Korean leaders meet Nvidia as AI partnerships expand
South Korean President Jae Myung Lee, senior government officials, business executives, and researchers gathered in San Francisco this week for an AI summit with Nvidia and industry...