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Thursday 15 October 2026
Analysis: GlobalFoundries' calculus behind US$2 billion entry into TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem
GlobalFoundries (GF) has reached a multiyear manufacturing agreement with TSMC to expand silicon interposer capacity at its Malta fab in New York, supplying TSMC's Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate...
Thursday 15 October 2026
LX Semicon puts SiC patents up for sale as Novatek gains ground
South Korea's LX Semicon is seeking buyers for more than 60 silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor patents, winding down a business it entered five years ago to reduce its reliance...
Thursday 15 October 2026
SEMI sees glass substrates entering market by 2028
The rapid expansion of AI and data center chip package sizes is accelerating the adoption of glass substrates, with SEMI's Beth Keser now forecasting market entry around 2028, two...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Broadcom executive says chipmakers must tackle packaging, power limits together
Broadcom's Frank Ostojic said semiconductor firms need joint innovation across equipment, materials, and design to overcome bottlenecks that affect AI chips worldwide. He warned that...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC-GF interposer deal reshapes US AI supply chain, from CoWoS to HBM
GlobalFoundries (GF) and TSMC have reached a manufacturing agreement to establish a US-based supply source for silicon interposers supporting TSMC's CoWoS advanced packaging ecosystem...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Amazon's Decart talks point to a broader push from custom silicon to world models
As custom AI silicon proliferates alongside growing demand for heterogeneous compute, the ability to move and optimize workloads across different accelerators is becoming an increasingly...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Terafab and beyond: Musk's push to fuse silicon, robotics, space into one AI system
As plans for the Terafab project begin to take shape, the emergence of a scaled chipmaking initiative increasingly reflects Elon Musk's broader ambition to push vertical AI integration...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Interview: Microsoft's Maia GM on Maia 300, Taiwan and HBM supply
Microsoft's in-house Azure Maia chips will become the main platform for its own AI services, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry. However, the company...
Monday 12 October 2026
AI racks approach megawatt power levels as SiC, GaN, silicon divide power delivery roles
The rapid expansion of AI infrastructure is driving demand for higher power and voltage levels, pushing power semiconductor development toward greater efficiency, higher power density,...
Monday 12 October 2026
Sigurd, Winstek align optical testing push as AI demand shifts toward connectivity
Optical communications is becoming a key global bottleneck as AI workloads expand, and Sigurd is positioning itself to benefit. The IC test and packaging company said demand is rising...
Monday 12 October 2026
Episil chairman says SiC is not yet shifting from 6-inch to 8-inch
Episil held an earnings call on October 7, saying silicon carbide (SiC) capacity utilization has rebounded quickly from 30% at a low point to nearly 90% now. If 6-inch order demand...
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,...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Wolfspeed secures conditional US$1.5B US defense loan for SiC, GaN expansion
Wolfspeed has received a conditional commitment for up to US$1.5 billion in long-term financing from the US Department of War to expand domestic production of silicon carbide (SiC)...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Sigurd raises prices, signs long AI capacity contracts, eyes higher 2026 capex
Taiwanese OSAT provider Sigurd Microelectronics and its subsidiary Winstek Semiconductor held a joint investor briefing on October 6. President Charles Yeh reported that surging demand...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Low-cost terahertz SoC takes shape as Taiwan advances next-generation communications
As the global communications industry moves toward the 6G era around 2030, front-end modules supporting frequency ranges such as D-band at 130-150GHz and W-band at 77-95GHz have become...