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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
Tata's Assam OSAT plant nears production as India expands chip manufacturing ambitions
Tata Group's semiconductor facility in Assam is expected to begin production soon, marking a significant milestone in India's push to build a domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry...
Friday 22 May 2026
China's Wuhan optics hub bets big on AI with 12.8T module debut
The rapid adoption of generative AI, large language models, and AI agents is accelerating global data center construction and driving a new growth cycle in optical communications....
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
Lam Research launches PLP Center of Excellence, replacing wafers with panels
Advanced packaging designs are approaching the physical limitations of wafers as AI, HPC, and heterogeneous integration rapidly evolve. Subsequently, Panel Level Packaging (PLP) technology...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Nvidia's China hopes dim as Beijing doubles down on domestic AI chips
Nvidia's H200 was a major focus after the Trump-Xi meeting, but hopes for sales into China have faded after US President Donald Trump's latest remarks. Trump said Chinese President...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Nvidia targets long-term ACIE dominance as enterprise AI eclipses hyperscalers
Nvidia has detailed a significant structural shift in its data center revenue reporting, introducing a new market segmentation that separates traditional hyperscale cloud providers...
Thursday 21 May 2026
AI chip boom strains ABF substrate supply chain
AI is shifting the semiconductor supply chain's next bottleneck from wafer fabrication and HBM memory to ABF substrates — a lower-profile but critical packaging material used...
Thursday 21 May 2026
TSMC's cautious capex is averting an AI bubble, says investor
TSMC's restrained expansion strategy is helping the global market avoid an AI bubble, according to veteran semiconductor investor Gavin Baker, the chief investment officer at Atreides...
Thursday 21 May 2026
China memory supplier Biwin's AI photonics funding raises questions about strategy and risk
China's AI infrastructure race is entering a new phase, with industry focus shifting from raw computing power toward data transmission efficiency.
Wednesday 20 May 2026
ASML to deliver first High-NA chips within months despite cost concerns
ASML expects its first advanced semiconductors made using next-generation High-Numerical Aperture (High-NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to ship within months.
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Alibaba's T-Head doubles down on AI infrastructure with Zhenwu M890
Alibaba Cloud has unveiled the Zhenwu M890, a new proprietary AI training and inference chip developed by its semiconductor subsidiary T-Head Semiconductor, as the Chinese cloud group...
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Amazon's AI chip push gains ground as Nvidia remains central to AWS

Amazon's yearslong push to build a credible alternative to Nvidia's AI chips is beginning to gain traction, as software improvements,...

Wednesday 20 May 2026
South Korea's defense chips 99% import-dependent as photonic supply chain crisis looms
Photonic semiconductors have become indispensable to modern defense — prized for their ultra-high-speed data processing, high capacity, low power consumption, and exceptional...
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Commentary: China hardens AI self-reliance push after Trump-Xi talks
After the Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, China's senior leadership has stepped up inspections of artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing and computing infrastructure, offering a...