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Wednesday 4 March 2026
TSMC Alumni Network reportedly expands with million-dollar salary entry threshold
TSMC has seen frequent senior personnel changes in recent years, accelerating generational succession. Recently, the company announced promotions for four senior vice presidents and...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Intel names Craig Barratt as chair in shift from financial oversight to engineering-led turnaround
Intel has named Craig H. Barratt as its new independent board chair, marking what industry observers see as a decisive shift from financially driven oversight toward deeper engineering...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
uPI Semi warns of tight PMIC supply amid wafer price hikes and AI server demand
Power management IC (PMIC) designer uPI Semi has forecast a widespread shortage in power IC supply throughout 2026, driven by surging demand from AI servers requiring high-performance,...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Samsung reportedly moves up foundry break-even target to 2026
Samsung Electronics has reportedly brought forward the timeline for turning its foundry business profitable to 2026, accelerating an earlier target of 2027 and raising expectations...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
US Congress and industry clash over new semiconductor security mandates
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has advanced legislation that would grant Congress the authority to review and block advanced chip sales to adversarial nations, mirroring the...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Rohm outsources back-end processes to India's Suchi Semicon
Rohm and Suchi Semicon have announced a strategic manufacturing partnership intended to strengthen semiconductor production capacity in India and support both domestic and international...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Former TSMC executive under investigation for leaking core chip technology
Wei-Jen Lo, former senior vice president of corporate strategy development at TSMC, retired in 2025 and subsequently accepted an invitation from Intel to serve as executive vice president...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
US moves to bar federal purchases of China-linked chips

The US is moving to bar federal agencies from buying certain semiconductors tied to major China-based chipmakers, widening procurement...

Tuesday 3 March 2026
Rapidus to partner with Canon on 2nm image-processing chips, raising supply and investment implications
Rapidus will co-develop 2nm image-processing semiconductors with Canon for cameras and surveillance devices, Nikkei reported, and will trial-produce chips at Rapidus's Chitose,...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
TSMC to lead SiPh equipment and materials localization in Taiwan
Taiwan President Ching-te Lai stated on March 2 that one of the government's core policy goals for 2026 is to boost the economy by fully promoting the country's AI major infrastructure...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
MediaTek invests US$90M in SiPh startup Ayar Labs
MediaTek has announced that its holding company, Digimoc Holdings, will acquire 1,722,759 preferred shares of US-based silicon photonics (SiPh) startup Ayar Labs at US$52.24 per share,...
Tuesday 3 March 2026
Nvidia invests in Lumentum to advance AI optics technology
Nvidia has announced a strategic partnership with Lumentum Holdings, accompanied by a US$2 billion investment aimed at boosting US-based manufacturing and R&D for advanced optics...
Monday 2 March 2026
Renesas names new India president to accelerate growth amid fierce engineering talent competition
Renesas has named two senior executives to lead its businesses in India and China, moves the company says are intended to accelerate growth in those markets.
Monday 2 March 2026
Trade tensions deepen Nvidia and TSMC's strategic grip on AI infrastructure
As expected, Nvidia delivered another strong earnings beat for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2026, reinforcing the view that global demand for AI computing remains resilient despite...
Monday 2 March 2026
Google signs multibillion-dollar AI chip deal with Meta to escalate Nvidia rivalry
According to The Information, Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year agreement to rent artificial intelligence chips from Google, marking a significant shift in...