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Friday 19 June 2026
Samsung Foundry to make Claros power-management chips for AI data centers

Samsung Electronics' foundry business has signed a strategic manufacturing collaboration with Claros, a US power-management startup,...

Friday 19 June 2026
Apple to work with Intel on US chip design and manufacturing, Trump says
US President Donald Trump said on June 18 that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the US, a claim he made in a post on his Truth Social platform...
Friday 19 June 2026
Kioxia keeps NAND capex in check as AI inference reshapes SSD demand

Kioxia, one of the world's major NAND flash memory suppliers, is prioritizing long-term agreements (LTAs), BiCS migration, and domestic...

Friday 19 June 2026
Df-OS targets traceability gap in India's electronics manufacturing
India's air-conditioner supply chain may be becoming an early test case for a broader electronics manufacturing challenge: how to trace products, components, process data, and defects...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Elon Musk aims for record maximum usable compute per wafer for AI6 chip
Following the announcement in April 2026 that the AI5 chip design had been finalized, Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced a new benchmark, stating that under yield considerations, the AI6...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Foxconn chairman maps out Taiwan's global AI and manufacturing expansion strategy

Taiwan's electronics industry is stepping up its global ambitions as AI, data center infrastructure, and advanced manufacturing reshape...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Darwin organ chip joins Nvidia AI medical push
Backlight module maker Darwin held its shareholders' meeting on June 17, 2026, and said it remains cautiously optimistic about 2026 revenue as its new businesses continue to gain traction...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Imec, Sony unveil backside interconnect method for 3D chip stacking

Imec and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) have jointly presented a new integration method for connecting the front and...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Japan lasers in on India's Assam state for chip and infrastructure corridor

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to visit Assam in northeastern India in early July 2026. According to Nikkei,...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix weigh first chip packaging plants in South Korea's Honam region

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are each reviewing locations in South Korea's Honam region for new semiconductor packaging plants,...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Taiwan chip makers signal durable upcycle as memory prices and AI demand align

Taiwan's listed semiconductor manufacturers reported strong May revenue figures, with a sweeping recovery in DRAM prices and rising...

Thursday 18 June 2026
FOPLP race heats up as Innolux reportedly teams with TSMC
As AI chip technology advances, larger chip sizes and heterogeneous integration packaging are driving bigger package dimensions, pushing semiconductor makers to adopt FOPLP over FOWLP...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Analysis: Chinese firms tap Singapore-Malaysia model to shed 'Made in China' label — but hurdles remain

The global semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing landscape continues to undergo structural realignment. An increasing number of...

Thursday 18 June 2026
SMIC narrows Intel's metal pitch gap, but Kirin 9030 teardown shows China's chip limits remain

A teardown of Huawei's latest Mate 80 Pro Max smartphone has put China's semiconductor progress back under scrutiny, after analysis...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung to offer 2nm prototype runs as South Korea pushes chip design

Samsung Electronics' foundry division plans to open its Multi-Project Wafer, or MPW, service to its 2nm process next year, giving South...