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Tuesday 30 June 2026
Samsung commits KRW2,655 trillion to future industries, anchoring new Gwangju fab
Samsung said on June 29 it will invest a combined KRW2,655 trillion (approx. US$1.72 trillion as of June 30, 2026) across its domestic operations, splitting the figure between continued...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Apple faces iPhone 18 Pro price pressure as memory crunch tests AI upgrade strategy

Apple's next iPhone Pro lineup could be heading toward one of its sharpest pricing tests in years, as surging memory costs threaten...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
AI hands foundries pricing power: TSMC leads, but the boom spreads industry-wide

AI demand in 2026 is no longer confined to GPUs, but is broadening into ASICs, networking, PMICs, and a wide range of peripheral ICs,...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
SK Hynix accelerates Yongin fab timeline by 12 years as HBM strains memory capacity
SK Hynix said on June 29 it will spend KRW1,100 trillion (approx. US$710 ​billion) across three sites in South Korea over the coming decades, accelerating its Yongin cluster...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
AI super cycle lifts semiconductors, but China chip group warns of a distorted boom

AI has pushed the global semiconductor industry into a new "super cycle," but the AI boom is also creating distorted demand, tighter...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
DRAM price surge tests South Korean memory makers' HBM4 push

Reports in South Korea that SK Hynix is slowing the pace of converting production lines to sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory,...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Nvidia, Firmus partner on Indonesia AI infrastructure project

A new partnership between Nvidia and Firmus aims to expand access to advanced AI computing for customers worldwide, including AI-native...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Expected MCU price hike drives early 1H26 pull-ins

Microcontroller customers are accelerating shipments into the first half of 2026 as higher production costs ripple through the supply...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Honda, GM, and Ford redirect capacity to energy storage as EV demand slows

Honda Motor has begun producing data-center batteries at an Ohio factory originally built to supply electric vehicles, as automakers...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Hyundai says one year of output beats Tesla's 10-year sales; manufacturing capacity crucial in physical AI race
Amid the ongoing AI race between the US and China, industry players in South Korea are now focusing on physical AI as a competitive factor, with manufacturing momentum as a core advantage,...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Intel-UMC tie-up talk runs into hard realities of process gaps and cash needs

Rumors in Taiwan's capital markets that United Microelectronics Corp. may deepen cooperation with Intel from 12nm to Intel 3 are drawing...

Monday 29 June 2026
China memory makers fuel local chip equipment push as CXMT lands Tencent deal

ChangXin Memory Technologies has signed a long-term DRAM supply agreement with Tencent Holdings valued at more than CNY20 billion (approx...

Monday 29 June 2026
AI demand drives Foundry 2.0 market revenue up 23% in 1Q26, says Counterpoint
Global revenue for the semiconductor industry's "Foundry 2.0" market reached US$86 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 23% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for AI accelerators...
Monday 29 June 2026
Samsung could become HBM market share leader in 2027
Samsung Electronics could overtake SK Hynix in the global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market in 2027, driven by the competitive edge of HBM4, the sixth generation of HBM. Market watchers...
Monday 29 June 2026
Apple reportedly seeks CXMT approval to secure DRAM supply amid memory crunch

DRAM and NAND Flash supplies are tightening as global AI data centers continue to expand. Apple is actively lobbying the Trump administration...