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Thursday 15 October 2026
UMC declines expedited Samsung order for Galaxy Z Fold8; GF eyed as backup DDI foundry
Following stronger-than-expected demand for its Galaxy Z Fold8, Samsung Electronics submitted an expedited wafer production request to United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) that...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
GlobalFoundries revives 7nm-class ambitions with an EUV-free FD-SOI bet on physical AI
GlobalFoundries' plan to build a 7nm-class chip process in Dresden without extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tests how a second-tier foundry can stay relevant while TSMC holds...
Friday 9 October 2026
GlobalFoundries wins US$2 billion TSMC interposer deal, closing a US packaging gap
GF said on October 8, 2026, that it has signed a multi-year, US$2 billion manufacturing agreement with TSMC to produce silicon interposers for TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem at its Malta,...
Saturday 19 September 2026
Charts: Taiwan's memory makers are outgrowing TSMC by a factor of eight

Taiwan's chipmakers are having their best year in a decade, and the headline number belongs to TSMC. The more interesting one does n...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Intel may lack a price edge over TSMC on SK Hynix HBM base dies

SK Hynix is reportedly considering Intel as an additional manufacturing source for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) base dies beginning with...

Monday 14 September 2026
AI demand lifts UMC, VIS, PSMC revenue

After mature-node price competition from 2023 to 2025, AI demand has spread from GPUs and HBM to power management ICs (PMICs), power...

Wednesday 2 September 2026
UMC targets 12-inch TFLN to break 400G SiPh bottleneck
As interconnect traffic in AI hyperscale data centers climbs, optical modules are moving toward the 1.6T and 3.2T generations. United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Taiwan's second-largest...
Monday 31 August 2026
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 demand surges, straining UMC 22nm DDI supply
Samsung Electronics' first passport-style foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold8, is reportedly facing tight display driver IC (DDI) supply as demand exceeds expectations. Samsung has continued...
Tuesday 11 August 2026
UMC revenue climbs to a 45-month high as wafer prices rise
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reported July 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$23.84 billion, up 1.8% from June and 18.98% from a year earlier, marking the highest level in...
Saturday 8 August 2026
TSMC vs. UMC and beyond: the hostile bids that forged Taiwan's chip dominance

Powerchip chairman Frank Huang, who spent much of his career mirroring the trajectory of Taiwan's memory and foundry industries and...

Wednesday 5 August 2026
PSMC open to US, Singapore, Malaysia joint ventures as Intel packaging partnership enters mass production

Market interest in whether Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) would deepen cooperation with Intel or potentially...

Friday 31 July 2026
UMC raises capex to US$2B, eyes AI SiPh
UMC said on July 29 that it will raise 2026 capex from US$1.5 billion to US$2 billion, while unveiling expansion plans in Singapore and a new fab in STSP. The foundry also disclosed...
Thursday 30 July 2026
UMC, Intel advance 12nm process collab with no next-gen plans at this time
United Microelectronics (UMC) stated that its collaboration with Intel to develop a 12nm process is progressing smoothly. The process design kit (PDK) is expected to be completed by...
Thursday 30 July 2026
UMC posts NT$42.26B profit on non-operating investment gains in 2Q26
United Microelectronics (UMC) reported consolidated second-quarter 2026 revenue of NT$68.73 billion (approx. US$2.12 billion) during its earnings call on July 29. The figure is up...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
TSMC and Vanguard drive Taiwan's silicon foundry revenue up 54% YoY in June

Taiwan's silicon foundry industry posted a strong performance in June 2026, with aggregate revenue reaching US$15,131.2 million, up...