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Tuesday 19 May 2026
Foundry, test costs push PMIC price hikes toward 12-inch wafers
Rising manufacturing costs at upstream foundries and back-end packaging and testing are pushing power management IC (PMIC) makers toward price increases, with global implications for...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
India inaugurates Rajasthan's first semiconductor plant as local chip push expands
India inaugurated Rajasthan's first semiconductor plant on May 15, marking a significant step in the country's push to expand domestic electronics and chip manufacturing under its...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
AEM targets semiconductor and AI markets, begins sampling anti-warpage film and PTFE materials
Flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) manufacturer Asia Electric Material (AEM) said that its long-term investment in new product development has begun to yield results, with the company's...
Monday 18 May 2026
Swancor and RobiChip partner to bring advanced packaging into robots and drones
Swancor Holding and RobiChip Technology announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of advanced packaging materials and heterogeneous chip system integration in robots,...
Monday 18 May 2026
As AI redraws chip industry, TSMC faces its first real rivals
The global map of semiconductor manufacturing is beginning to shift. For years, the market for advanced chip production was dominated almost entirely by TSMC. But the rise of artificial...
Sunday 17 May 2026
Taiwan chipmakers quietly fill gaps left by Korea's HBM push
Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem is getting an unexpected lift from the AI server investment boom. Supply pressure that began in high-bandwidth memory and leading-edge process technology...
Sunday 17 May 2026
Galatek targets advanced packaging market, eyes Taiwan foundries
Singapore-based AI automation startup Galatek said it is tackling yield bottlenecks in micron-level packaging with AI-embedded equipment as demand for AI and high-performance computing...
Saturday 16 May 2026
Taiwan semiconductor materials, April 2026— One sector, two races
Among the 19 Taiwan-listed semiconductor materials companies tracked by Digitimes, 10 (53%) grew month-on-month in April, 12 (63%) posted positive year-on-year growth, and...
Friday 15 May 2026
Commentary: The Thucydides trap and TSMC's COUPE
On May 14, Xi Jinping opened his summit with Donald Trump in Beijing by invoking the Thucydides Trap — the idea that a rising power and an established hegemon are structurally...
Friday 15 May 2026
TSMC's Vanguard stake sale signals AI-era capital pivot
TSMC's decision to sell down its stake in Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is the second significant portfolio move the company has made in as many weeks — and together,...
Friday 15 May 2026
Memory maker Biwin reapplies for listing on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Biwin Storage Technology recently resubmitted its listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange again, with Huatai Financial Holdings acting as the sole sponsor. The Chinese...
Friday 15 May 2026
Applied Materials scales manufacturing and innovation to meet AI demand
Following record second-quarter 2026 financial results, Applied Materials has detailed an extensive strategy to scale its global manufacturing capacity and accelerate technology commercialization...
Friday 15 May 2026
Hua Hong Semiconductor strategy focuses on AI demand and specialty tech expansion
Hua Hong Semiconductor is positioning itself to capitalize on the accelerating transformation of the global semiconductor industry, driven primarily by the "unmistakably positive impact...
Friday 15 May 2026
Malaysia's Arm-backed chip push lifts Oppstar, SkyeChip as startup ambitions expand beyond packaging
Malaysia is accelerating efforts to expand beyond semiconductor assembly and testing into chip design, following a government-backed initiative tied to access to Arm technology.
Friday 15 May 2026
Applied Materials posts 25-year margin high as agentic AI drives equipment boom
Applied Materials delivered record revenue and earnings in its second fiscal quarter of fiscal 2026, signaling a robust expansion in the semiconductor equipment market driven by the...