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Friday 6 March 2026
China chip leaders call for national effort to build 'Chinese ASML'

China's semiconductor industry leaders are calling for a nationwide effort to develop a domestic equivalent of ASML within five years,...

Friday 6 March 2026
Tesla to reportedly double AI6 chip orders, boosting Samsung Texas plant utilization

The semiconductor industry had widely expected Samsung's Taylor fab to begin large-scale production before the end of 2026. However, the...

Friday 6 March 2026
U.S. considers global licensing regime for AI chips, tying exports to investment pledges
The Trump administration is currently drafting stringent new regulations that would require U.S. approval for virtually all global exports of artificial intelligence accelerators from...
Friday 6 March 2026
Former TSMC SVP leads V5 Technologies' AI inspection push in semiconductor packaging
V5 Technologies, a leading maker of advanced semiconductor inspection equipment centered on AI algorithms, is capitalizing on the explosive growth in advanced process and packaging...
Friday 6 March 2026
China's mature process chip investments alarm Taiwan; government urged to audit local firms' China production
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan has yet to review the 2026 central government budget amid political deadlock, but lawmakers have raised concerns over China's massive subsidies and capacity...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Keysight sees rising AI infrastructure test demand, order-to-ship ratio above 1
Keysight Technologies forecasts rapid growth in AI infrastructure testing and verification through 2026 as deployments expand from chip-level to cluster-scale, Taiwan chairman and...
Thursday 5 March 2026
TSMC's 20-year advanced packaging strategy secures Apple and Nvidia ties
TSMC has solidified its critical role in the global semiconductor supply chain through nearly two decades of strategic investment in advanced packaging, positioning itself at the forefront...
Thursday 5 March 2026
UMC honorary vice chairman warns US-Iran war unlikely to end quickly, urges tech sector to build Taiwan value
With military conflicts escalating in the Middle East, United Microelectronics (UMC) honorary vice chairman John Hsuan warned that global supply chains will be disrupted by war. He...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Commentary: HBM hybrid bonding race heats up, but memory makers slow to adopt
Competition in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market is intensifying, prompting equipment makers such as Hanwha Semitech and Semes to accelerate...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Apple builds US chip supply chain with TSMC and Foxconn
Semiconductors are a core technology of the digital economy. While most chip design still takes place in the US, manufacturing has long been concentrated in Asia, particularly Taiwan...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Singapore's small-state strategy offers new insights for Taiwan's tech industry
Often dubbed the "Little Red Dot," Singapore is a city-state that lacks natural resources, and previously even had to turn to neighboring countries for drinking water. Yet in a span...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Intel reportedly reconsidering 18A strategy as CEO signals openness to external foundry customers

Intel appears to be recalibrating a cornerstone of its advanced manufacturing strategy as CEO Lip‑Bu Tan signals that the company's...

Thursday 5 March 2026
Broadcom-TSMC 3.5D AI chips give ASIC leader an early edge over Nvidia

In the AI era, technological competition among leading chip design companies continues to intensify. Broadcom announced in 2024 that it...

Thursday 5 March 2026
WT Microelectronics sees 2026 growth despite memory price hikes
The semiconductor market in 2026 is expected to be driven by strong AI demand but faces challenges from rising prices of memory and passive components. WT Microelectronics said the...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech posts record February revenue despite seasonal dip
Semiconductor test interface supplier Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) said that continued demand from the high-performance computing (HPC) and mobile application processor (AP)...