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Thursday 22 October 2026
Lam Research builds India supplier base to capitalize on Semicon 2.0 localization push
Lam Research is grooming Indian companies to become its suppliers rather than relying only on its global vendor base, a senior executive said, as the US chip equipment maker deepens...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Sibelco to build quartz plant in North Carolina, extending US chip onshoring to raw materials
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has announced a new investment by industrial minerals company Sibelco to expand semiconductor-related manufacturing in North Carolina, as the Trump...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Elon Musk expands South Korean supplier network for Terafab
Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor production initiative is expanding its supplier outreach in South Korea, with Tesla and SpaceX approaching materials, components, and equipment suppliers...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Texas Instruments' analog recovery broadens as 12-inch investment turns into margin
Texas Instruments' third quarter suggested the analog chip upturn has moved beyond restocking into a broad-based recovery, and that the company's multi-year build-out of 12-inch wafer...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Nvidia pitches factory-built AI data centers and hardware-enforced agent controls at GTC Berlin
Nvidia used its GTC Berlin keynote on October 21 to argue that AI's bottlenecks now lie in deployment speed, power, and security rather than silicon, unveiling reference designs and...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Unimicron, STATS ChipPAC, Wistron address advanced packaging bottlenecks in AI system integration
The Global Electronics Association hosted a panel titled "Component to System Integration Advances" during the IMPACT 2026 symposium, bringing together industry leaders from Unimicron,...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Taiwan tech supply chain eyes Texas for first US industrial cluster
As Taiwan and the US deepen supply chain localization efforts, concrete plans for Taiwan's electrical and electronics industries to establish US industrial parks are rapidly taking...
Thursday 22 October 2026
Samsung's Nvidia HBM bid raises four strategic concerns
Samsung Electronics is reportedly turning to TSMC's 3nm process to produce base dies for Nvidia's custom high-bandwidth memory (NVHBM), abandoning its long-standing turnkey integration...
Thursday 22 October 2026
ESMT sees memory price momentum extending through 4Q26, 2027
Persistent supply shortages have kept the niche memory market hot, with Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) estimating that the structural supply gap exceeds 30%...
Thursday 22 October 2026
2nm and CoWoS expansion lifts Chi Yi Hsin Technology backlog to NT$4.5B
The expansion of advanced semiconductor processes and packaging is driving demand for facility engineering, with Chi Yi Hsin Technology securing NT$4.5 billion (US$138.9 million) in...
Thursday 22 October 2026
High-end ASIC demand drives TGV adoption as TPK weighs further Taiwan expansion
As advanced packaging technology evolves, traditional copper-clad laminates (CCL) are increasingly running up against signal transmission and thickness limitations. Through-glass via...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Micron reaches deal with Taiwan union to introduce quarterly profit bonuses in FY27
Micron Technology's labor dispute in Taiwan appears set for resolution after its Taichung union signed a labor-management agreement with the company and withdrew from the mediation...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Infineon, Wolfspeed pivot to 8-inch SiC to cut costs and meet rising AI power demand
Infineon Technologies and US-based silicon carbide (SiC) leader Wolfspeed announced on October 15 a new multi-year supply agreement for 8-inch SiC wafers. This deal transitions their...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Sony keeps chip unit as imaging sensors, TSMC partnership drive strategy
Sony Group will not spin off its semiconductor business, which focuses on image sensors, president and CEO Hiroki Totoki said recently. The group is retaining the unit because its...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
AMEC seeks South Korean foothold through MOCVD trials with SK Keyfoundry, Magnachip
AMEC is seeking an entry into South Korea's power semiconductor market through MOCVD equipment trials with SK Keyfoundry and Magnachip. The Chinese equipment supplier holds a large...