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Monday 8 June 2026
NTT taps Korean, Taiwanese partners for JPY70 billion-plus IOWN fund

NTT plans to establish an investment fund of more than JPY70 billion (approx. US$440 million), with major South Korean and Taiwanese...

Friday 5 June 2026
Global semiconductor market to hit US$1.5 trillion in 2026 as memory surges 250%, WSTS forecasts
The global semiconductor market is on track to nearly double in 2026, reaching US$1.51 trillion — a 90% year-over-year increase — driven overwhelmingly by an extraordinary...
Friday 5 June 2026
TSMC says AI demand is straining entire supply chain, not just chipmakers
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei said on Wednesday that AI demand is rising so quickly that the whole supply chain is struggling to keep up, with bottlenecks spanning power, chip capacity, equipment,...
Friday 5 June 2026
South Korea's only SRAM-CIM IP firm Articron targets edge AI
South Korean semiconductor IP startup Articron is challenging the traditional AI chip design bottleneck by using a memory-centric architecture, with its self-developed SRAM-CIM compute...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Foxconn, SK Group eye deeper AI infrastructure ties in Asia

Foxconn chairman Young Liu met SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won on June 3, as the two companies explore broader cooperation in AI servers,...

Thursday 4 June 2026
Nvidia's Jensen Huang courts Korean giants in robotics expansion

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is visiting South Korea this week as the company seeks to expand its partnerships with major Korean conglomerates...

Thursday 4 June 2026
Southern Taiwan Science Park January-April 2026 revenue tops NT$1 trillion on AI boom
Driven by the booming semiconductor industry, the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) posted revenue of nearly NT$1.1 trillion (approx. US$35.04 billion) for January to April 2026,...
Thursday 4 June 2026
EU launches Technology Sovereignty Package to strengthen chips, AI, and cloud infrastructure
The European Commission has unveiled a comprehensive Technology Sovereignty Package aimed at strengthening Europe's capabilities in semiconductors, AI, cloud infrastructure, open-source...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Chip test equipment makers hit by FPGA, CPU supply crunch

Semiconductor test equipment makers are facing severe shortages of key components, with lead times for FPGAs, CPUs, GPUs, and driver ICs...

Thursday 4 June 2026
Interview: Andhra Pradesh moves to become India's semiconductor packaging hub
Andhra Pradesh is making its most concrete move yet in semiconductors, zeroing in on packaging as the immediate entry point into the chip supply chain. Speaking on the sidelines of...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Huawei's Tau Law exposes China's EDA gap; Empyrean advances memory chip design tools
Huawei's recently proposed Tau Law has drawn attention across the semiconductor industry, with the company arguing that chip performance can be improved by reducing the internal signal...
Wednesday 3 June 2026
SK Group weighs pausing SK Siltron sale as AI chip demand lifts wafer strategy
SK Group is reportedly placing AI and semiconductors at the center of its next round of business restructuring, prompting a fresh internal review of the strategic value of SK Siltron,...
Wednesday 3 June 2026
Analysis: New AI race is redefining semiconductor industry at Computex
Computex 2026 showcased the industry's latest innovations with its usual fanfare. Yet beneath the spectacle, the event revealed something far more consequential: artificial intelligence...
Monday 1 June 2026
Formosa Plastics Group shifts to AI, semiconductors, and grid opportunities
Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) is stepping up its transformation into higher-value businesses, with AI, semiconductors, and power grid opportunities emerging as key new growth engines...
Monday 1 June 2026
Taiwan gains partial US Section 232 relief, seeks tariff-free semiconductor quotas
Taiwan has secured preferential treatment under US Section 232 tariffs for most exports other than semiconductors after months of negotiations with Washington, but uncertainty remains...