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Saturday 27 June 2026
JCET's US$1.1bn expansion shows where China's AI chip crunch is moving

China's AI chip race is pushing the semiconductor bottleneck into advanced packaging and testing, where HPC, HBM, Chiplets and domestic...

Saturday 27 June 2026
Apple's reported 1.4nm roadmap signals prolonged race for advanced-node capacity
Apple is reportedly considering adopting 1.4nm process technology for its flagship smartphone SoCs as early as 2028, implying that flagship chips built on the 2nm generation could...
Saturday 27 June 2026
Hanmi targets advanced packaging market with FC Bonder 3.5

Hanmi Semiconductor has launched FC Bonder 3.5, a new flip-chip bonding tool for AI system semiconductor packaging, as the South Korean...

Saturday 27 June 2026
US backs I-Pulse's $250M plan to use pulsed power for geothermal drilling
A US$250 million award for I-Pulse's semiconductor and pulsed power research could have implications far beyond the US, potentially affecting energy, mining, defense, and chip supply...
Saturday 27 June 2026
ShunSin sees CPO potential, adds TSMC veterans as independents
ShunSin, a Foxconn-affiliated packaging and testing company, held its 2026 annual general meeting, with chairman Shang-Yi Chiang presiding. Chiang said ShunSin will leverage its packaging,...
Friday 26 June 2026
SK Hynix fluorine leaks trigger safety inspections at 25 South Korean chip plants
South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor has launched chemical safety inspections at 25 semiconductor manufacturers, including SK Hynix, after a series of fluorine gas leaks...
Friday 26 June 2026
Samsung eyes Gwangju chip site as SK Hynix weighs regional and overseas options

South Korea's plan to push semiconductor investment beyond the greater Seoul area is taking clearer shape, with Samsung Electronics reportedly...

Friday 26 June 2026
AuthenX targets AI data center interconnects with plug-and-play FAU for CPO
AI-driven hyperscale data center expansion is pushing the global AI race beyond raw GPU computing power into a broader contest over high-speed interconnects and electro-optical integration...
Friday 26 June 2026
Samsung's reported US$648 billion plan shifts focus to South Korea's chip belt

Samsung Group is expected to announce a domestic investment plan worth more than KRW1,000 trillion (approx. US$648 billion) on June 29,...

Friday 26 June 2026
Teradyne expands India focus with new country manager
US-based automated test equipment supplier Teradyne plans to expand its presence in India and has appointed Alpa Sood as India Manager, as the company seeks to deepen engagement in...
Friday 26 June 2026
Academia Sinica readies Taiwan-made quantum chip for engineering push
Academia Sinica has built a 20-qubit quantum chip from scratch, and the team now says the next phase is less about lab breakthroughs and more about engineering a scalable, reproducible...
Friday 26 June 2026
Honyi International rebrands as Tianyi Water and Energy Solutions to seize water-power integration opportunities
Following its rebranding from Honyi International to Tianyi Water and Energy Solutions, president Ching-chi Li said the company will leverage the resources of its parent group Lealea...
Friday 26 June 2026
Apple reportedly revamps Mac chip roadmap to accelerate AI push
Apple is preparing its biggest shift yet to the release strategy for its in-house Mac processors, opting to skip high-end M6 Pro and M6 Max chips and instead bring more powerful AI-focused...
Friday 26 June 2026
Academia Sinica targets quantum chip manufacturing scale with Taiwan's semiconductor tool base
Academia Sinica's Center for Quantum Computer is focusing only on hardware, not algorithms or applications, and executive director Chii-Dong Chen said that approach is similar to the...
Friday 26 June 2026
Japan puts JPY101.6 trillion AI chip push at heart of JPY370 trillion growth roadmap
Japan is moving to anchor its long-term growth strategy around AI, semiconductors, and strategic infrastructure, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks to use state-backed investment...