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Thursday 6 August 2026

Elite Semiconductor rides niche DRAM price hikes

Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) has benefited from a severe supply shortage in the niche memory market. July...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Exclusive: Musk pushes US solar supply chain upstream as polysilicon ambitions emerge

Elon Musk is accelerating plans to establish a fully integrated US solar manufacturing ecosystem through Tesla and SpaceX, with a combined long-term capacity target of 200 GW. His...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Chunghwa Precision Test posts record July revenue on AI chip demand

Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. reported record monthly revenue in July 2026, as demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) testing products rose across data center and cloud...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Nanya Technology raises 2026 capex 34% to accelerate Fab 5A build-out

Nanya Technology's board of directors approved several resolutions on August 5, including a plan to accelerate capacity build-out at its new Fab 5A by raising its 2026 capital expenditure...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Apple's CXMT play reportedly backfires on DUV limits, giving Samsung and SK Hynix more DRAM leverage

Apple's attempt to use China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) as leverage against Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has backfired...

Thursday 6 August 2026

GlobalWafers says AI demand is lifting utilization and new LTA talks are underway

GlobalWafers said semiconductor demand has rebounded as AI and high-performance computing applications expanded, keeping its factories highly utilized and prompting a new round of...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Samsung previews zHBM stacked-on-logic concept, 400-layer bonded NAND at FMS 2026

Samsung Electronics used the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) 2026 conference to lay out an AI memory roadmap built around 3D architecture, previewing two concept models —...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Nvidia RTX 50 graphics card prices climb as TSMC and memory costs rise

Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card prices in South Korea were set to rise by as much as 30% starting in August 2026 as higher wafer costs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

China's chip output jumps nearly 350% in a decade as semiconductor supply chain expands

China's industrial enterprises above the designated size produced 484.28 billion integrated circuits in 2025, up nearly 350% from 108.72 billion in 2015, as the country expanded manufacturing...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Interview: Rising material costs and FOUP shortages threaten semiconductor supply chains

AI-driven demand, new fab construction, and conflict-led raw material inflation are combining to squeeze semiconductor suppliers in 2026, according to Topco Scientific Co. senior CEO...

Monday 3 August 2026

Doosan's SK Siltron acquisition reshapes semiconductor supply chain, accelerates AI-focused portfolio shift

Doosan Group's agreement to acquire a controlling stake in SK Siltron for KRW2.3 trillion (US$1.6 billion) will expand its semiconductor footprint from materials and testing into wafer...

Monday 3 August 2026

Holtek raises MCU prices by up to 20% as wafer and OSAT costs continue climbing

Microcontroller unit (MCU) supplier Holtek Semiconductor has confirmed a broad price increase across its entire microcontroller portfolio, marking its first company-wide adjustment...

Friday 31 July 2026

Powerchip founder Frank Huang dies at 76; vice chair steps in as acting chief

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC, TWSE: 6770) said in a material-information filing on July 31 that its chairman,...

Friday 31 July 2026

Samsung boosts Hwaseong DRAM capacity as it converts older NAND lines

Samsung Electronics completed the shutdown and equipment transfer of an older NAND flash wafer fab at its Hwaseong campus in South Korea and is expanding DRAM production at the site...

Thursday 30 July 2026

South Korean suppliers win HBM4 tester orders from SK Hynix

South Korean test-equipment suppliers Digital Frontier and UniTest have secured four orders for HBM4 wafer testers from SK Hynix worth a combined KRW247.84 billion (approx. US$172...

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