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Friday 13 November 2026
DEEPX tapes out AI chip on Samsung's 2nm process
South Korean AI chip developer DEEPX has completed the tape-out of its next-generation DX-M2 processor using Samsung Electronics' second-generation 2nm process, advancing plans to...
Friday 13 November 2026
Mars Semiconductor posts slight revenue growth, expects eBMC orders in 2H27
Mars Semiconductor's cumulative revenue for the first three quarters of 2026 edged up from the same period in 2025, while quarterly results rose steadily and EPS growth was significant,...
Friday 13 November 2026
DIGITIMES Chairman urges Taiwan to become sovereign AI partner
Digitimes Chairman and CEO Colley Hwang said Taiwan should leverage its strengths in chip manufacturing, advanced packaging, and ICT hardware production to pursue sovereign AI opportunities...
Friday 13 November 2026
Korean labor minister hears chipmakers on 52-hour cap amid dragging special-zone talks
South Korea's labor minister met semiconductor companies on November 13 to hear how the 52-hour workweek cap affects their research and development staff, as unions, employers, and...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly wins more AI chip orders from US cloud firms
Samsung Electronics has reportedly secured new AI chip manufacturing orders from major US cloud service providers for a second consecutive quarter, with commercial shipments expected...
Friday 13 November 2026
Intel forms 23-company Korean AI alliance as it pitches HBM-free inference GPU
Intel is courting South Korea's AI ecosystem on two fronts: a 23-company alliance built around Korean-made servers and an inference GPU that swaps costly high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Friday 13 November 2026
Dutch court further curbs Wingtech's control of Nexperia, widening China chip supply chain split
The battle for control of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is intensifying after a Dutch court further restricted Chinese parent Wingtech Technology and related parties from interfering with...
Friday 13 November 2026
Sheffield, Taiwan firms target aerospace, defense semiconductor opportunities
Special Melted Products, a UK subsidiary of Taiwan-based wire, cable, and stainless steel manufacturer Walsin Lihwa, is partnering with National Taiwan University (NTU) and the University...
Friday 13 November 2026
Analysis: The overlooked industry behind the Steel City — and the struggle to scale innovation
For generations, Sheffield's industrial identity has been forged in steel. Yet behind that familiar legacy, a less visible technological transformation has been unfolding for decad...
Friday 13 November 2026
Exclusive: Made in Britain, enabled by Taiwan — the hidden dependencies behind critical chips
Imagine a maintenance robot operating inside a fusion reactor, exposed to temperatures reaching 600 degrees Celsius and intense radiation, with an expected service life of 25 years...
Friday 13 November 2026
Exclusive: Can quantum computers escape the laboratory? Aegiq reimagines computing's industrial future
Inside a refurbished industrial building in Sheffield, a quantum computing laboratory is preparing for a future that could transform how the world develops medicines, advanced materials,...
Friday 13 November 2026
Analysis: Beyond silicon, North East England's semiconductor revival confronts an old industrial dilemma
In a business incubator at County Durham's NETPark, the future of Britain's semiconductor industry was being discussed by people whose technologies rarely feature in global chipmaking...
Friday 13 November 2026
AI memory may balance after mid-2028 while compute and supporting chips stay short, SMIC says
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) expects artificial intelligence (AI) demand to keep chip supply tight through mid-2028, even as equipment lead times of up to...
Friday 13 November 2026
Applied Materials posts record fourth-quarter revenue as AI-driven chip equipment demand accelerates
Applied Materials' record fourth-quarter revenue and operating income highlight how investment in AI infrastructure is translating into demand for wafer-fabrication equipment. Growth...
Friday 13 November 2026
Lutnick's clash with Treasury over Nvidia chip curbs deepens as White House weighs his future
A dispute between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over how hard to police Nvidia chip shipments to China has moved to the center of Washington's...