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Wednesday 22 July 2026
TSMC's Arizona capex draws Taiwanese capital, with J&V Energy staking US$88M on land for spillover gains

TSMC continues to expand its investment in Arizona, accelerating not only the relocation of semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Japan weighs new standards post to gain an edge in AI and chips
Japan is considering creating a senior government position to coordinate international standardization across ministries and industry, as Tokyo seeks to convert a sweeping investment...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
'Two companies, one business': how Zeiss and ASML are riding the AI boom to dominate EUV

Zeiss, the exclusive supplier of ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) optical systems, says the two companies operate as though they were...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Interview: Why agentic AI could be SiPearl's biggest break—and Europe's

Philippe Notton has spent nearly 20 years traveling to Taiwan roughly once a month. That rhythm—born from his time at MStar Semiconductor...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Academia Sinica quantum chip platform targets production by end of 2026
Academia Sinica said its quantum chip fabrication platform in Tainan is moving through equipment calibration and is expected to start producing quantum chips by the end of 2026. The...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Huawei Kirin 9030 shows SMIC's 7nm gains and ongoing efficiency gap
A teardown of Huawei's Kirin 9030 flagship processor — built on SMIC's 7nm-class N+3 process — reveals continued density progress from China's leading chipmaker, but a...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Trump offers tariff relief to aluminum producers investing in US smelters

US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation creating a new incentive program that would cut import tariffs on primary aluminum...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Power and water constraints cast doubt on South Korea's Honam memory cluster, experts say
South Korea's plan to develop a semiconductor cluster in the Honam region (Jeolla Province) is facing mounting scrutiny over whether the area can support the enormous energy and infrastructure...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
China's EUV gap keeps semiconductor catch-up in check
As the US continues to tighten export controls on advanced semiconductor equipment to China, questions are mounting over whether China can narrow the gap with leading-edge manufacturing...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
CMTX develops 590mm single-crystal silicon ground ring for chip etching

South Korean semiconductor materials and parts supplier CMTX has developed a roughly 590mm single-crystal silicon ground ring for chip-etching...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
TSMC weighs margin hit against long-term AI payoff in US push

TSMC has announced an additional US$100 billion investment in the US on top of its existing US$165 billion commitment, expanding its...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC employees in first China-linked national core tech espionage case

Taiwan prosecutors have indicted four former TSMC employees for allegedly stealing confidential semiconductor technology with the intent...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
AI reshapes semiconductor growth curve; Zeiss eyes US$2.5 trillion market
Generative AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and large AI models are rapidly reshaping the global semiconductor industry's growth curve. Thomas Stammler, chief technology officer...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
BOE expands into glass-core packaging, solar cells and optical interconnects
BOE Technology Group said on July 20 that it is pushing beyond display panels into glass-core substrate packaging, perovskite solar cells and Micro LED optical interconnects. The Chinese...
Tuesday 21 July 2026
Pat Gelsinger: Intel missed GPU boom, warns Taiwan energy risk

Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has criticized Intel's past strategy in a recent interview, revisiting the company's history with Nvidia...