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Tuesday 3 November 2026

Samsung to exit 8-inch foundry business by 2030, report says

Samsung Electronics plans to shut down its remaining 8-inch foundry lines by the end of 2030, forcing South Korean chip designers to seek alternative manufacturing capacity as competing...

Thursday 22 October 2026

Texas Instruments' analog recovery broadens as 12-inch investment turns into margin

Texas Instruments' third quarter suggested the analog chip upturn has moved beyond restocking into a broad-based recovery, and that the company's multi-year build-out of 12-inch wafer...

Tuesday 20 October 2026

Exclusive: Apple's MacBook Neo pressures Microsoft to cut specs for low-cost 12-inch Surface

Apple's MacBook Neo is intensifying competition in the global low-cost notebook market as rising supply-chain costs push Microsoft and other notebook makers to reassess their product...

Tuesday 20 October 2026

Intel says it is the only high-volume fab for 12-inch InP silicon photonics as co-packaged optics nears deployment

Intel is pitching its foundry as the industry's supplier of light sources for AI data center optics, claiming at the 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit that it is the only...

Monday 19 October 2026

Semiconductor equipment demand rises as risks curb AI bubble

SEMI's latest 12-inch fab outlook projects double-digit annual growth in equipment spending from 2026 through 2029, with forecasts revised upward from its previous edition. However,...

Monday 12 October 2026

TSMC, ASML eye 12-inch photomasks to unlock High-NA EUV's full-field potential

Advanced semiconductor manufacturing is progressing toward 2nm and angstrom-era nodes (Å; where 1 nm equals 10 Å), bringing high-numerical-aperture extreme ultraviolet...

Tuesday 6 October 2026

Column: How semiconductors' evolution foretells the rise of AI data centers

Semiconductors and AI data centers share a striking number of similarities.

Thursday 1 October 2026

China ramps up Micro OLED capacity ahead of proven smart glasses demand

As smart glasses draw growing market attention, Chinese suppliers including BOE, SeeYA Technology and Sidtek are expanding Micro OLED production. Display industry sources caution,...

Wednesday 30 September 2026

NSIG chair exit brings leadership succession into focus

National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) chairman Haitao Jiang has resigned from all positions at the company, prompting the Shanghai-listed semiconductor materials supplier to begin...

Wednesday 30 September 2026

VSMC bets on value over cost as Singapore fab builds next-generation R&D and IP capabilities

VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC), the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors, opened its 12-inch wafer fab in...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

VSMC Singapore fab fully booked as VIS weighs Fab 2

Capacity at VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (VSMC) first 12-inch wafer fab in Singapore is fully booked as the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

TSMC helps VSMC build first Singapore fab in 22 months at lower cost than US

VSMC, the joint venture between Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors, officially opened its first 12-inch wafer fab in Singapore on September 28, completing...

Tuesday 29 September 2026

Vanguard chairman says AI slowdown won't free up chip capacity

Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) and NXP Semiconductors' joint venture, VisionPower Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (VSMC),...

Monday 28 September 2026

NXP says Singapore fab with Vanguard is its biggest investment since Freescale

NXP Semiconductors CEO Rafael Sotomayor said the Singapore fab NXP built with Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) is NXP's largest investment since it acquired Freescale in...

Wednesday 23 September 2026

China, Japan dominate over 90% of OLEDoS market, threatening South Korea's panel leadership in the AI era

South Korean display makers, long dominant in the global smartphone OLED market, remain hesitant to commit to mass production of OLED-on-silicon...

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