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Friday 23 January 2026
Compal chair predicts memory shortage, price surge to last until 2027
A global shortage of memory chips and rising prices are creating challenges in the electronics supply chain. Ray Chen, chairman of leading original design manufacturer (ODM) Compal...
Friday 23 January 2026
Alibaba's T-Head Semiconductor reportedly eyes IPO amid China chip boom
Alibaba is reportedly planning to spin off its chip unit, T-Head Semiconductor, and pursue an initial public offering (IPO) to capitalize on the current surge in Chinese chipmaker...
Friday 23 January 2026
Samsung foundry ramps up utilization as Tesla orders near
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is expected to increase factory utilization to the 60%–70% range this year as the company focuses on improving profitability ahead of large-scale...
Friday 23 January 2026
Analysis: How Howard Lutnick is redrawing the memory-chip map

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is driving a fundamental reordering of the global semiconductor supply chain. According to exclusive...

Thursday 22 January 2026
Google's TPU strategy said to give Inventec larger role in AI server manufacturing

Servers built around custom AI chips, known as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), have emerged as a focal point of the...

Wednesday 21 January 2026
TSMC capacity crunch signals opportunity for Samsung's advanced nodes

The explosive demand for AI chips has created a rare production bottleneck for TSMC's advanced 3nm process, with capacity fully booked...

Wednesday 21 January 2026
Weekly research roundup: EV market splits and edge AI foundry war
While the global EV market shifts gears into a phase of slower, regionally fragmented growth (15.2%) as subsidies fade, the edge AI chip sector is aggressively evolving. DIGITIMES...
Wednesday 21 January 2026
2nm mobile SoC era begins with Xiaomi 18 flagship launch
The year 2026 is set to mark the commercial debut of 2nm mobile SoCs, with Qualcomm, Apple, and MediaTek among the first to release 2nm process chips for smartphones. The market expects...
Wednesday 21 January 2026
Bravo iDeas enters AI toy market with emotional AI companion integrating LLMs
AI technology company Bravo iDeas announced on January 20 that it is entering the AI toy market with an emotional AI toy that combines AI chips with large language models (LLMs). The...
Wednesday 21 January 2026
Nvidia challenges Apple's longtime TSMC priority

Apple is losing the preferential access it held for more than a decade at TSMC as surging demand for AI chips shifts the balance of power...

Wednesday 21 January 2026
South Korea plans US talks as chip tariffs heighten risks for Samsung, SK Hynix
South Korea said it will seek negotiations with the US after Washington imposed a 25% tariff on selected semiconductor products, a move that has placed the country's leading chipmakers,...
Tuesday 20 January 2026
Strategies and deployment of edge AI chip startups

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Tuesday 20 January 2026
Advantest faces three standardization challenges in shift-left testing
The silicon photonics (SiPh) and common packaged optics (CPO) solutions supply chains are emerging this year. Japanese testing equipment maker Advantest says that although optical...
Tuesday 20 January 2026
Samsung reportedly to test EUV tools at Taylor fab in March
Samsung Electronics will reportedly begin test operations of extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment at its Taylor, Texas, fabrication plant in March, ahead of full operations planned...
Tuesday 20 January 2026
TSMC builds 'virtual IDM' for Apple chips
TSMC and Apple have maintained a close partnership over the years, working like one team to push Moore's Law forward. According to SemiAnalysis, Apple employs hundreds of engineers...