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Wednesday 14 October 2026
300mm fab equipment spending to hit US$227 billion by 2029, SEMI says
Global spending on 300mm front-end fab equipment is projected to reach US$149 billion in 2026, up 31% from a year earlier. Spending is expected to keep growing at double-digit rates...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Tata's flagship chip fab faces pressure from its own shareholders
Tata Group's semiconductor fab in Gujarat, held up as the foundation of India's chipmaking ambitions, now faces scrutiny from within, as the group's controlling shareholder presses...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Podcast highlights: Is Elon Musk using TSMC talks as leverage against Intel and Samsung?
Elon Musk's recent confirmation that his "TeraFab" initiative is in talks with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) signals that a project originally framed as a challenge...
Monday 12 October 2026
Booked before launch, Tata's Dholera fab faces test of turning commitments into wafer volume
Tata Electronics has six customers at different stages of engagement with its Dholera semiconductor fab, including three with what a person familiar with the project described as binding...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Musk limits TSMC to possible Terafab sublease; Intel says it will stay involved
Intel will keep working with Elon Musk on Terafab, according to Bloomberg. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that the company will stay involved in Musk's plan to make cutting-edge...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Canon courts India's chip projects as toolmakers jostle for an early foothold
India's young chip industry is becoming a contest among the world's largest semiconductor equipment makers, with Canon the latest to declare its interest. The race remains at an early,...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
TSMC Texas-Terafab buzz drives Taiwan contractors to move fast
TSMC has not officially announced anything, but Taiwan's semiconductor facility engineering supply chain is already rushing to Texas after reports that the company is discussing a...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Solidigm expands Taiwan SSD production base to tap AI server supply chain
Solidigm, SK Hynix's NAND subsidiary, is expanding its Taiwan production base for data center solid-state drives (SSDs), underscoring the island's growing role in the global AI server...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
TSMC expansion pushes Da Yi Cheng Technology's orders over NT$10 billion, visibility through 2028
Da Yi Cheng Technology (DYC) has rapidly expanded in recent years, benefiting from the global semiconductor capacity expansion wave, which has driven demand for second-phase electrical...
Monday 5 October 2026
TSMC, Intel named as Musk's Terafab ambitions face reality check
As Elon Musk's Terafab ambitions advance, the realities of modern silicon manufacturing become increasingly apparent, prompting Musk to enter talks with industry mainstays like Intel...
Monday 5 October 2026
TSMC emerges as potential Terafab partner as suppliers see over 80% chance of Musk deal
Days after reports emerged that TSMC was reassessing plans for a wafer fab in Texas, Tim Culpan, a former Bloomberg columnist and founder of independent media outlet Culpium,...
Monday 5 October 2026
Podcast highlights: TSMC Texas plant talk is premature, Intel 18A hits backfiring criticism
This excerpt from DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin's podcast looks at TSMC's rumored Texas expansion, Intel's 14A and 18A process debate, and Qualcomm's high bandwidth compute (HBC) push...
Friday 2 October 2026
Micron ramps up HBM capacity at Taiwan's four major sites
Micron Technology's revenue and profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 both beat expectations, and the company expects capacity supply to be even tighter in 2027 and 2028 than...
Friday 2 October 2026
Micron expands global fabs, calls on Taiwanese suppliers to go overseas
AI-driven memory demand is surging, and Micron has recently accelerated capacity expansion across multiple regions worldwide, including Taiwan, the US, Japan, Singapore, and India...
Thursday 1 October 2026
DB HiTek raises foundry prices by up to 30% as Chinese demand strains 200mm capacity
DB HiTek has raised foundry prices by as much as 30%, with Chinese customers facing the steepest increases as rising orders push the South Korean foundry's 8-inch capacity close to...