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Foundry house TSMC plays a crucial role in the semiconductor sector, and the world economy in general.

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Tuesday 16 June 2026

ASML, TSMC, and imec move 2D transistors closer to manufacturing reality

ASML, TSMC, and imec have demonstrated a major advance in the effort to bring two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials from research laboratories into high-volume semiconductor...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

Samsung reportedly moves closer to 5nm-class MRAM as TSMC advances its roadmap

Samsung Electronics has secured key technology for a 5nm-class magnetoresistive random-access memory cell, according to Korean financial...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

TSMC A16 takes center stage at VLSI 2026 as mass production targets 4Q26 ramp

Researchers and chipmakers presented new logic, memory, and device architectures at the 2026 IEEE/JSAP VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposium in Honolulu, with several results pointing...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

TSMC reportedly teams with Ibiden, Innolux to push CoPoS, glass substrates

TSMC is accelerating its advanced packaging roadmap for AI chips, expanding CoWoS capacity while publicly disclosing new progress in...

Tuesday 16 June 2026

TSMC PLP timeline faces skepticism from Taiwan industry sources

A South Korean media report claiming TSMC is preparing to launch panel-level packaging at mass-production scale as early as 2027 has...

Monday 15 June 2026

CoPoS and FOPLP accelerate as Manz delivers its first 310mm electrochemical deposition equipment

Equipment maker Manz recently announced the successful delivery of the world's first 310mm x 310mm panel-level packaging (PLP) electrochemical...

Monday 15 June 2026

Google's TPU diversification challenges MediaTek and other ASIC partners

Google's push to diversify its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) supply chain is increasingly reaching into the foundry side, adding pressure on ASIC makers such as MediaTek. Recent reports...

Saturday 13 June 2026

Commentary: The cost of over-concentration—How TSMC's liquidity dominance is reshaping Taiwan's banking system

TSMC's financial dominance has reached unprecedented heights, with the world's leading foundry posting first-quarter 2026 profit of over NT$570 billion (approx. US$18.04 billion) and...

Friday 12 June 2026

Samsung's packaging gap clouds chip comeback as TSMC, Intel push ahead

Samsung Electronics is regaining ground in high-bandwidth memory and foundry services, but advanced packaging remains a weak point...

Friday 12 June 2026

Google weighs Samsung's role in next AI chip as TSMC capacity tightens

Google is considering using Samsung Electronics to manufacture part of a future artificial intelligence (AI) chip, a move that would mark a notable shift in the US tech group's supply...

Friday 12 June 2026

TSMC hit by US patent suit, Taiwan ministry pledges support

TSMC has been drawn into a patent infringement complaint in the US by Ireland-based patent licensing firms Longitude Licensing and Marlin Semiconductor. The companies have claimed...

Thursday 11 June 2026

Amkor Korea weighs KRW1 trillion Gwangju expansion amid reported TSMC order growth

Amkor Technology Korea is considering investing about KRW1 trillion (approx. US$650 million) to expand its chip packaging and testing...

Thursday 11 June 2026

Commentary: TSMC's pricing power stays intact as AI demand keeps fabs full

Market chatter about TSMC has intensified, with reports that its advanced process and packaging prices will rise again in the second half of 2026 and 2027, while some Google TPU production...

Thursday 11 June 2026

AI boom drives capital inflows, but Taiwan sees low systemic risk

Taiwan's export growth has accelerated to its strongest pace in nearly 16 years on the back of AI and higher prices for electronic components, drawing large amounts of capital into...

Thursday 11 June 2026

US lawmakers push ITC to enforce patent case involving TSMC

Congressional Republicans are urging stronger exclusion orders in the ongoing Section 337 investigation tied to TSMC's advanced-node...

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