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Tuesday 26 May 2026
GlobalWafers rolls out phased GaN capacity expansion to ease supply crunch
Following GlobalWafers' shareholders' meeting on May 25, Chairperson Doris Hsu stated that the company's core compound semiconductor business, gallium nitride (GaN), is addressing...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
ASML expands Taiwan hiring and operations to meet advanced chip demand
Grace Wang, vice president and general manager of ASML in Taiwan, said that ASML plans to deploy extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and next-generation high numerical aperture (high-NA) EUV...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
GlobalWafers to increase prices, targets 4Q26 shipments for square wafers, Asia capacity fully booked
GlobalWafers held its shareholders' meeting on May 25, where CEO Doris Hsu stated that the semiconductor market in 2026 has gradually moved beyond 2025's two extremes, when only AI...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Taiwan-bound for closed-door meetings ahead of Computex
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to arrive in Taiwan this weekend, joining AMD CEO Lisa Su and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in a high-stakes push by the world's top chip leaders to deepen ties...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Wingtech sues Nexperia for US$1.2B as it fights delisting risk
Wingtech Technology, the Chinese tech company that owns Dutch semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia, has filed a civil lawsuit against Nexperia and five defendants for alleged damages...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Lightmatter joins TSMC on COUPE for 3D optical engines
AI computing's massive demand for infrastructure is making interconnect and laser technologies key to overcoming power and bandwidth limits, prompting silicon photonics unicorn Lightmatter...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Powerchip unveils 3D AI Foundry with 3D WoW DRAM stacking at COMPUTEX 2026
Powerchip announced it will present a "3D AI Foundry" showcase at COMPUTEX 2026 to demonstrate 3D wafer-on-wafer (WoW) DRAM stacking, interposers, and Si-cap integrated passive devices...
Tuesday 26 May 2026
Samsung's silicon photonics push adds new layer to Korea-Dutch chip ties

South Korea and the Netherlands are looking to broaden their semiconductor partnership beyond ASML's EUV lithography machines, as silicon...

Tuesday 26 May 2026
TSMC promises faster bonus growth in 2026 after employees threaten Samsung-style strike
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) will reportedly cut employee bonuses by 15%, prompting some employees to voice dissatisfaction on social media. They argued that while...
Monday 25 May 2026
Beyond Silicon Valley: Lam Capital's startup contest goes global
Lam Research's Lam Capital recently held its fourth startup competition, drawing teams from the US, South Korea, Singapore, India, and Taiwan to vie for a sizeable prize pool. US startup...
Monday 25 May 2026
Huawei reveals post-Moore semiconductor roadmap targeting 1.4nm-equivalent chip performance
As the global semiconductor industry confronts the limits of Moore's Law, Huawei has unveiled a new roadmap aimed at extending chip performance growth through architecture, interconnect,...
Monday 25 May 2026
Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war
Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments...
Monday 25 May 2026
Lam Research CEO: New fabs alone will not solve chip bottlenecks
Lam Research CEO Tim Archer said artificial intelligence and robotics can help chipmakers improve fab productivity as the semiconductor industry faces memory capacity constraints,...
Monday 25 May 2026
AI servers drive order growth; Weltrend's fan motor driver IC visibility strong
At its earnings conference, Weltrend Semiconductor described the first quarter of 2026 as an exceptional one. Despite the period being historically slow, the company posted year-over-year...
Monday 25 May 2026
Nan Pao joint venture nears full capacity as semiconductor demand rises

Nan Pao Resins Chemical is accelerating its push into the high-end semiconductor materials market through a joint venture with Advanced...