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Wednesday 14 October 2026
SEMICON West makes three-year commitment to Phoenix, home to over US$200B in chip investment
SEMI announced at a media event during SEMICON West 2026 that the exhibition will move to Phoenix, Arizona, in 2027 and shift to a spring schedule. SEMI Americas President Joe Stockunas...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
GlobalFoundries revives 7nm-class ambitions with an EUV-free FD-SOI bet on physical AI
GlobalFoundries' plan to build a 7nm-class chip process in Dresden without extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tests how a second-tier foundry can stay relevant while TSMC holds...
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...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Samsung sends yield engineers to Texas ahead of 2nm production ramp
Samsung Electronics has begun dispatching advanced-process yield engineers from South Korea to its Taylor, Texas, foundry ahead of planned 2nm chip volume production in 2027, South...
Monday 12 October 2026
EU caps annual HEV imports at 350,000 to curb trade deficit with China
The European Union plans to cap imports of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) at 350,000 units per year, with safeguard measures potentially taking effect as early as December 1, 2026...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Malaysia's chip push: a new island and pressure from Washington and Beijing
Malaysia's plan to climb the semiconductor value chain is colliding with two constraints: a shortage of land in Penang, the heart of its chip industry, and mounting pressure to pick...
Thursday 8 October 2026
27 Samsung, SK Hynix veterans joined China's CXMT, study shows
An investigation by a South Korean lawmaker's office revealed that former Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix personnel who transitioned to Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Navigating the global AI regulatory divide: American safety debates, China's rapid deployment, Mistral's European push
The global artificial intelligence landscape is witnessing an accelerating divide. While Silicon Valley grapples with escalating safety debates and regulatory friction, Chinese tech...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Analysis: China automakers' US entry paths remain open
The recent summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded without progress on automotive issues—namely, whether Chinese automakers might...
Monday 5 October 2026
China's ASML DUV stockpile spurs calls to close export-control loophole
Chinese semiconductor manufacturers have stockpiled hundreds of immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems worth billions of dollars in recent years, prompting a Washington...
Monday 5 October 2026
Bessent expects US-China AI incident channel as Washington leans on voluntary oversight
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington and Beijing are likely to agree on a way to alert each other when artificial intelligence goes wrong, signaling that AI safety is...
Monday 5 October 2026
US-China truce extension lifts 4Q freight rates, tightens capacity
After US President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping, the two sides agreed to extend their trade truce, a move the market read positively. Industry participants expect...
Friday 2 October 2026
China financing chain linked to Nvidia Blackwell chips, 32 Asus servers exposed
A China-backed leasing firm appears to have helped Chinese companies buy restricted Nvidia Blackwell platform chips through financial leasing, according to a recent report. The transactions...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Trump-Xi talks leave chip policies unchanged; US guards AI advantage while China pursues self-reliance
Following the summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, market observers broadly agreed that the talks yielded few surprises. The meeting produced...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
US-China trade truce extension draws orders back to China, threatening Taiwanese booking volumes
Following US President Donald Trump's visit to China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 13 to 15, 2026, President Xi accepted an invitation to make a state visit...