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Thursday 5 November 2026
Micron has paused a Taiwan cleanroom since October amid labor dispute, but keeps EUV plans
Micron has paused construction of a new cleanroom at its Fab 11E site in Taoyuan, Taiwan, since mid-October 2026, according to semiconductor supply chain sources. The company recently...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Chipmakers rush to secure equipment for 2029 as lead times top two years
Chipmakers are moving to secure production equipment for delivery as far ahead as 2029, as AI-driven fab expansion pushes some equipment lead times beyond two years and forces manufacturers...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Samsung reportedly plans 2nm fab to boost HBM base-die output
Samsung Electronics is preparing to build a 2nm- and 4nm-class foundry fab at its Giheung campus in Yongin, South Korea, to expand production of logic base dies used in high-bandwidth...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Winbond approves US$2.2 billion fab expansion, seeks long-term deals with 10 customers
Winbond's board has approved approximately NT$73.1 billion (approx. US$2.23 billion) in capital spending to expand its Kaohsiung wafer fab, as the Taiwanese memory chipmaker prepares...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Samsung to reportedly make AMD, Nvidia HBM base dies at second Texas fab
Samsung Electronics plans to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) base dies for AMD at its second foundry plant in Taylor, Texas, with the US chipmaker accounting for most of the facility's...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
TSMC's acquisition of AUO plant reshapes panel supply chain
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is acquiring AUO Corp.'s second Taichung plant for NT$38.8 billion (approximately US$1.2 billion) pre-tax, a move that is triggering a...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
South Korea urged to link chip fab support to local suppliers
South Korea should tie government support for new semiconductor fabs to commitments that benefit domestic chip designers, equipment makers, and packaging suppliers, a state-funded...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
South Korea aims to speed up chip fab openings by two years
South Korea plans to bring new semiconductor fabs into operation at least two years ahead of schedule by speeding up construction approvals and infrastructure development, as the government...
Monday 2 November 2026
Musk may let TSMC run his Texas chip fab as his do-it-alone plan stalls
Elon Musk is reportedly reconsidering his approach to collaborating with TSMC on the Terafab project, signaling a potential shift from his original ambition to independently build...
Friday 30 October 2026
Micron says 700-plus Taiwan fab workers earned five years' salary in a single year
Micron Technology paid its fiscal 2026 bonuses to Taiwan employees on October 30. The company said more than 700 production-line workers earned at least five years' worth of monthly...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Phison wins Micron supplier awards for third straight year
Taiwan-based Phison Electronics received two awards at Micron Supplier Day 2026, marking the third consecutive year the company has earned recognition from the US memory chipmaker.
Wednesday 28 October 2026
India-based Spintronics AI weighs GaN chip fab in Madhya Pradesh
Hyderabad-based Spintronics AI Semiconductors said on October 27 that it is evaluating the feasibility of establishing a gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor fabrication facility at...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
SK Hynix's Solidigm ties US$45B US NAND fab to Washington nod on China tool upgrade
Solidigm, the US-based subsidiary of SK Hynix, is in talks with the US Department of Commerce over a potential US$45 billion investment in a new NAND flash memory fabrication plant,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Vietnam's first fab reportedly faces doubts over 2027 target
Vietnam's first wafer fab may miss its 2027 trial-production target, Reuters reported on October 26, citing concerns about project execution and equipment procurement. Developer...
Monday 26 October 2026
Podcast highlights: TSMC's 3nm demand story, Samsung HBM shift, and A14 ramp
Following TSMC's third-quarter 2026 earnings call, DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin provided in a podcast additional analysis of several details that received limited attention in market...