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Thursday 17 September 2026

Charts: Taiwan's chip packaging growth runs deeper than ASE

Taiwan's back-end semiconductor sector is growing well beyond its largest player. The 24 listed packaging and testing firms tracked...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Samsung looks to outside suppliers as HBM boom shifts priorities

Samsung Electronics has long benefited from a level of vertical integration few technology companies can match, spanning smartphones, memory, chip design, foundry manufacturing and...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Charts: Memory chip designers carry Taiwan's IC design rebound

Taiwan's IC design sector is growing fast, but the gains are concentrated in memory. Combined January–August 2026 revenue at the 105 listed chip designers tracked by DIGITIMES...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Analysis: Jensen Huang is in Trump's ear; what it means for Taiwan's chip supply chain

"The narrative is much more practical," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said of China's approach to artificial intelligence (AI) at the All-In Summit 2026, contrasting it with US warnings...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Taiwan, South Korea should stop comparing, says DIGITIMES chairman

As global AI investment continues to expand and US-China geopolitical pressure intensifies, how Taiwan and South Korea can preserve...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

DIGITIMES Insight: Google outlines AI compute expansion, speeds TPU cycle to 6 months

DIGITIMES Intelligence said Google used SEMICON Taiwan 2026 to outline the direction of its AI infrastructure strategy, focusing not...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

SK Hynix union approves revised pay deal after 25-vote rejection

SK Hynix's production workers' union has approved a revised pay agreement that raises the cash share of employee profit-sharing bonuses,...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

TSMC's overseas expansion faces talent management gap, says co-COO Y.J. Mii

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman C.C. Wei and co-chief operating officer (co-COO) Y.J. Mii participated in the "Cross-Generational Dialogue: Questions and...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

SK Hynix, Intel in talks on US production to ease memory crunch

SK Hynix is in talks with Intel about a potential deal that could give the South Korean company its first memory chip manufacturing operation in the US, as tight supply pushes customers...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Taiwan CCL makers ride Nvidia's M9 shift as AI servers move to 52-layer PCBs

Global cloud service providers are continuing to expand AI infrastructure, driving a surge in demand for high-frequency, high-speed...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Geopolitical shocks add business pressure as CBAM free carbon quotas extend to 2038

International conflicts, shifting trade rules, and rising carbon costs are forcing companies worldwide to rethink investment plans and...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Meta globally rolls out Meta One subscription, tops 15 million sign-ups

Meta on Sept. 15 announced the global rollout of Meta One, a new subscription service combining premium features across its social media platforms with expanded access to AI tools,...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Apple reportedly accepts Samsung's 1Q27 memory hike, raising the 2027 smartphone cost floor

Apple's acceptance of sharply higher Samsung Electronics memory prices for early 2027 is putting a number on the cost of the AI boom for smartphones. The reported agreement comes just...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Samsung backs Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd in US$230M funding round

Samsung Electronics is investing in Dutch AI chip startup Euclyd as part of a more than EUR200 million (about US$230.9 million) Series A funding round, highlighting growing efforts...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Hanmi Semiconductor reportedly lands first back-end foothold at Terafab

Hanmi Semiconductor has reportedly secured an order to supply advanced packaging equipment to Elon Musk's Terafab, marking the first known entry by a South Korean back-end equipment...

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