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Monday 14 September 2026

Fujitsu's Monaka targets 2027 mass production with TSMC 2nm boost

Fujitsu is preparing to take its advanced AI CPU overseas, with sales set to begin as early as 2027 in Japan, the US, and Asia. The company is betting on Monaka, a high-efficiency,...

Monday 14 September 2026

Samsung, Qualcomm deepen 2nm talks as pricing and yield hurdles persist

Samsung Electronics and Qualcomm are expanding discussions over 2nm foundry cooperation, with pricing, yield, and process optimization still unresolved as Samsung seeks to regain a...

Monday 14 September 2026

Weekly news roundup: HBM4 strain, Intel price hikes and the next AI infrastructure buildout

AI demand remained the dominant force across semiconductors, memory, foundry and data-center infrastructure this week. Intel raised CPU prices while Qualcomm and MediaTek targeted...

Thursday 10 September 2026

AUO matching glass substrate size stokes TSMC collab speculation

AUO is accelerating its transformation by extending its established large-format panel manufacturing capabilities into advanced semiconductor packaging.

Thursday 10 September 2026

TSMC August 2026 revenue jumps 53.3% as AI chip demand drives record growth

TSMC reported strong revenue growth in August, underscoring continued momentum in AI-related semiconductor demand. TSMC said consolidated...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Spirox TGV inspection capable of scanning entire substrate in 20 minutes

As advanced packaging moves toward higher-density stacking, demand is rising for glass through-glass via (TGV) and through-silicon via (TSV) inspection, while glass core substrates...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics' glass-substrate rollout slows as TSMC evaluation drags on

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) is facing a slower glass-substrate rollout as a reliability evaluation of through-glass via (TGV) modules...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Analysis: China chases EUV as chipmakers move to High-NA

The extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography race is splitting into two tracks. Intel has moved High-NA EUV into production, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are targeting DRAM production...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Commentary: Huawei's Kirin comeback, Xiaomi's Xring entry widen China's chipmaking race

In September 2020, Huawei's smartphone business suffered a severe blow.

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Taiwan's chip research agencies overlap on two new 300mm fabs

To receive 12-inch (300mm) advanced-process R&D and pilot-line equipment donated by TSMC, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and the National Development Council (NDC) are...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Realtek expands Wi-Fi 8, optical communications, ASICs, keeps Nvidia partnership low-profile

ITRI held its 15th Laureate Ceremony on September 7, honoring three new laureates in 2026: TSMC executive vice president and co-COO Y.P. Chyn, Realtek chairman Sun-Chien Chiu, and...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

ASML lines up Intel, TSMC and Samsung behind 12-inch masks — TSMC alone sets a timeline

ASML issued joint statements with Intel Foundry, TSMC and Samsung Electronics on September 8, converging the three leading-edge chipmakers on a transition from the semiconductor industry's...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

TSMC's co-COO left ITRI in 1987 for a startup foundry — ITRI just named him a laureate

TSMC Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer Y.P. Chin was named an Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Laureate on September 7, marking another milestone...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Infineon COO leaves a US fab open, says GlobalFoundries, ESMC already cover it

Infineon COO Alexander Gorski said the company is balancing in-house production, outsourcing, and global expansion as supply-chain resilience becomes a key customer requirement. In...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Nvidia underwrites its own demand; that may be harder to copy than its chips

Venture capital firm a16z recently hosted investor Gavin Baker and a16z partner David George for a discussion on Nvidia's competitive position. Baker argued that CEO Jensen Huang has...

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