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Wednesday 21 October 2026
AI infrastructure faces four hurdles: Power, construction, technology, funding
At last week's SEMICON West 2026 industry outlook forum, research firms said investment in US AI data centers continues to accelerate, but the industry still faces multiple hurdles...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Unimicron chairman sees substrate sizes reaching 14x current scale by 2030
TPCA Show 2026 officially opened, with Unimicron Chairman Shan-Chieh Chien saying in his opening address that solving the three major challenges facing AI accelerators in high-performance...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Hygon's revenue jumps 58% on AI chip demand, but growth slows amid 51% stock slump
China's Hygon Information Technology reported a 57.58% increase in revenue for the first nine months of 2026, reflecting sustained demand for domestic high-performance processors and...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
DeepSeek-Huawei chip co-design could shift AI training away from Nvidia
DeepSeek is reportedly working closely with Huawei to influence the design of its future AI chips, a link reportedly closer than typical supplier-customer relationships. The collaboration...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
LGD continues microLED development despite Apple's exit
LG Display (LGD) has reportedly continued developing microLED technology despite Apple Inc. ending its microLED project, though it has put large-scale mass-production investment on...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Yale develops fluidic memory chip using water flow, microfibers
A research team at Yale University in the US has found that flowing networks made of water or other fluids can store memory like computer chips, leading to the development of a fluidic...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Analysis: China's proposed AI export controls reach beyond chips to design IP, computing infrastructure
China is proposing to extend AI technology export controls to chip design, memory technologies, and large-scale computing clusters, introducing specific technical thresholds for ea...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
OCP 2026 shifts AI competition from chips to rack-scale systems
The 2026 OCP Global Summit, held from October 12 to 15 in San Jose, California, highlighted a shift from open server hardware to open AI infrastructure. Rack-scale standardization...
Monday 19 October 2026
Samsung targets Exynos 2700 expansion as Huawei advances Kirin chips
Samsung Electronics is developing the Exynos 2700 for broader use across its Galaxy S27 lineup in 2027, while Huawei has moved its next-generation Kirin chips into testing. The competing...
Monday 19 October 2026
Terafab exposes Tesla's growing tensions with Samsung and TSMC
Tesla's dealings with Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) are highlighting tensions between chip designers and foundries as demand for AI processors accelerates...
Monday 19 October 2026
Malaysia unveils six locally designed chips, but commercial adoption is the real test
Malaysia's push to move from assembling chips to owning the designs behind them has reached the point where it must find buyers. On October 16, the government unveiled six semiconductor...
Saturday 17 October 2026
TSMC's 3nm Kumamoto plan wins Japan's approval, qualifying for up to US$4.1 billion in aid
On October 16, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) approved a revised plan from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) to build 3nm logic chips at its second...
Friday 16 October 2026
Samsung to break ground on second Texas chip fab in November
Samsung Electronics plans to begin construction of its second semiconductor fabrication plant in Taylor, Texas, in November 2026, moving ahead with its US foundry expansion as its...
Friday 16 October 2026
Chinese chip toolmakers buy into hybrid bonding as Huawei looks beyond transistor shrinking
China's largest chip equipment makers are buying their way into hybrid bonding, the advanced packaging step that global players from Besi to ASML are also chasing. For Chinese firms,...
Friday 16 October 2026
Intel silent on Israeli Fab 28 output after deadly blast, leaving CPU supply outlook unclear
Two workers have died, and a third remains in serious condition after an explosion at Intel's Kiryat Gat chip plant in southern Israel on October 14. Intel has not yet said whether...