Concerns over an overheating AI market have resurfaced, fueled by delays in data center construction, power and permitting bottlenecks, and the potential deferral of hundreds of billions...

Surging demand for advanced packaging driven by artificial intelligence (AI) has turned chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) from an "interesting" technology into a headache, making...

This week's coverage highlights accelerating competition across AI infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing and advanced memory. Sweden launched the NVIDIA-based Sferical One supercomputer...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has pushed back on a report that it is weighing a move into advanced memory chip manufacturing, saying it remains focused on its contract...

Debt held by Taiwan's science park operating funds reached NT$163.54 billion (approx. US$4.97 billion) as of the end of September 2026, while the National Science and Technology Council...

ASML and TSMC announced plans in September 2026, ahead of the SPIE BACUS symposium, to advance high-numerical-aperture extreme ultraviolet (High NA EUV) lithography by replacing the...

MediaTek announced that Navid Shahriari will join the company on November 9 as Senior Vice President, reporting to the General Manager and Chief Operating Officer.

Pegatron Corp. Chairman Tung Tzu-hsien said on November 4 that claims AI is in crisis because the Democratic Party won the US election are somewhat overblown, adding that the narrative...

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...

Sherman, a city north of Dallas, has emerged as a possible site for TSMC's next US chip plant, with Texas development documents describing a proposed US$45 billion investment in two...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding global semiconductor demand, prompting Taiwan and South Korea to shift from straightforward competition toward cooperation as the...

The ambition to repatriate advanced manufacturing to the United States has reached a critical turning point. Central to this national push is the massive expansion of Taiwan Semiconductor...

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...

In 2008, I accompanied a graduate student delegation sponsored by Applied Materials to visit the University of California, Berkeley. The trip was arranged with hopes of meeting Dr...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) saw its revenue grow 39.3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026. That was the cloud unit's fastest pace in nearly five years and its sixth straight...