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Friday 22 May 2026

AMD's Lisa Su says memory is becoming another pressure point for AI chips

AMD CEO Lisa Su said the company is satisfied with its current CoWoS supply from TSMC, while noting that memory has become another pressure...

Friday 22 May 2026

AMD's Lisa Su says AI demand is 'absolutely real' as CPUs return to focus

AMD CEO Lisa Su pushed back against concerns of an AI bubble on May 22, saying demand is "absolutely real" and that the industry remains...

Friday 22 May 2026

Anthropic reportedly eyes Microsoft Maia chips to cut Nvidia reliance

Microsoft is in early discussions to provide AI servers powered by its in-house Maia chips to Anthropic, deepening ties between the two...

Friday 22 May 2026

EverDisplay appoints former Hua Hong executive as chairman in board overhaul

China AMOLED panel maker EverDisplay Optronics completed a board reshuffle and senior management overhaul after a board meeting on May 20, appointing a former Hua Hong Semiconductor...

Friday 22 May 2026

AIC expands analog ICs into fiber optics; orders reach 1Q27

AIC's expansion from analog ICs into fiber-optic components and other products, and its inclusion in a major US cloud service provider's supply chain, extend order visibility to the...

Friday 22 May 2026

Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta, and Synopsys back US$125M UCLA Semiconductor Hub

Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta, and Synopsys are partnering with UCLA Samueli to create a US$125 million Semiconductor Hub to accelerate research and workforce...

Friday 22 May 2026

Forcelead Technology bets on stable 2026 as it expands into TDDI and new automotive displays

Forcelead Technology said it expects stable operations through 2026 as it rolls out a touch-TDDI product and pursues new automotive display opportunities, a development with implications...

Friday 22 May 2026

Xiaomi expands YU7 lineup with new GT model and entry-level variant

On May 21 in Beijing, Xiaomi held its "Human–Car–Home" ecosystem product launch event, where founder, chairman, and CEO Lei Jun unveiled the updated Xiaomi YU7 family,...

Friday 22 May 2026

AP Memory IPD enters Intel's EMIB supply chain, shipments set for 2Q26

Specialty memory design company AP Memory is positioning itself to capture growth momentum from stack silicon capacitors (S-SiCap). The company said its discrete S-SiCap products,...

Friday 22 May 2026

Memory shortage reaches smartphone OLED market as shipments fall 12%

A global memory shortage is spreading into the smartphone OLED market, cutting handset production and adding pressure on display makers...

Friday 22 May 2026

Samsung's quiet Taiwan play: Pairing memory with foundry to chip away at TSMC

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong quietly visited Taiwan on May 21 and met with MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai, according to semiconductor supply chain sources, in a move aimed at...

Friday 22 May 2026

Analysis: Samsung deal prevents walkout but deepens internal rifts over compensation

Samsung Electronics and its union signed a provisional agreement late at night, about an hour before a scheduled May 21 strike, averting an industry estimate of more than KRW100 trillion...

Friday 22 May 2026

South Korea aims for 50% domestic defense semiconductor supply by 2029

South Korea announced a national plan to raise domestic production of defense semiconductors to 50% by 2029, targeting heavy reliance on US and Taiwan supply chains to bolster national...

Friday 22 May 2026

InPsytech taps former Altera and Intel executive as senior strategy adviser to drive global expansion

InPsytech, the intellectual property unit of Egis Technology Group, announced on May 21 that it hired a former Altera CEO and ex-Intel executive as a senior strategy adviser to support...

Friday 22 May 2026

Lam Research's Salzburg PLP center signals push toward panel production, but hurdles remain for large-scale adoption

Lam Research has opened a Panel-Level Packaging (PLP) Innovation Excellence Center in Salzburg, Austria, underscoring the company's move deeper into advanced packaging as customers...

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