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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...
Saturday 23 May 2026
IBM and US DoC announce America's first purpose-built quantum foundry, supported by proposed US$1 billion CHIPS award
IBM and the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced a Letter of Intent (LOI) to build an American quantum chip foundry, securing the nation's global quantum leadership and fueling...
Thursday 21 May 2026
AI chip boom strains ABF substrate supply chain
AI is shifting the semiconductor supply chain's next bottleneck from wafer fabrication and HBM memory to ABF substrates — a lower-profile but critical packaging material used...
Thursday 21 May 2026
SK Hynix reportedly shifts Cheongju mask fab toward HBM yield push
SK Hynix is reportedly moving to reshape part of its Cheongju campus around wafer testing, a shift that underscores how high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is putting new pressure on the...
Thursday 21 May 2026
US targets Hua Hong's 7nm nodes while China targets South Korean partners to evade sanctions

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has reportedly issued "is-informed" letters to several major wafer fab equipment (WFE) manufacturers, ordering...

Monday 18 May 2026
South Korean court bars factory occupations and orders safety work during planned Samsung strike
A South Korean court granted Samsung Electronics an injunction on May 18, 2026, limiting union dispute actions and ordering that safety protection systems and wafer anti-deterioration...
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
SMIC beats margin guidance even as operating profit slides
On May 14, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) released its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2026, reporting a modest quarterly revenue...
Thursday 14 May 2026
GlobalWafers gains SBTi approval for 1.5°C-aligned emissions cuts and net-zero plan
GlobalWafers announced that its greenhouse gas reduction targets passed review by the Science Based Targets initiative, signaling the wafer maker has aligned its decarbonization pathway...
Wednesday 13 May 2026
SEMI says global semiconductor materials market hit record US$73.2 billion in 2025

The global semiconductor materials market reached a record high of US$73.2 billion in 2025, up 6.8% year-over-year, according to the latest...

Wednesday 13 May 2026
SMIC lands nearly US$6bn mega deal to deepen China AI push
China's top foundry SMIC is entering a new growth phase after regulators approved a record CNY40.6 billion (US$5.98 billion) asset acquisition that strengthens its grip over one of...
Sunday 10 May 2026
AI demand fills Vanguard's Singapore fab ahead of schedule
Vanguard International Semiconductor said AI-driven demand has largely offset geopolitical and macroeconomic headwinds and will be the dominant force shaping semiconductor industry...
Saturday 9 May 2026
What's driving the TSMC-Sony AI sensor JV?
TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding on May 8 to establish a joint venture developing and manufacturing next-generation AI image sensors,...