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Tuesday 7 July 2026
US ruling confirms Innoscience infringed Infineon's GaN patents, imposes import ban

The US International Trade Commission's final determination against Innoscience has been upheld following the conclusion of the Presidential...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exclusive: Geckos bets on AI materials beyond nano copper powders and CPO waveguides
As generative AI drives rapid growth in high-performance computing (HPC) demand, the semiconductor industry is shifting from process-node competition to materials competition. Geckos...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Japanese startup completes AI chip validation with Oppstar and UMC support, moves toward mass production

Tokyo Artisan Intelligence said it has finished validating its Sting Ray test chip, a step that could broaden access to lower-power...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Solstice Advanced Materials to buy Element Solutions in US$14.5 billion deal

The planned acquisition of Element Solutions by Solstice Advanced Materials would create a larger supplier serving electronics, data...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Analog IC supply squeeze intensifies, ADI extends lead times

Analog Devices (ADI) has reportedly notified customers of extended delivery lead times for certain products, with lead times now reaching...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Taiwam showcases quantum computing breakthrough at biennial academician gathering, govt urges interdisciplinary collab

Academia Sinica, Taiwan's premier national academic research institution, convened its 36th Convocation of Academicians from July 6...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly seek China-free chip tool buffer against US controls
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly accelerating efforts to reduce China's role in their semiconductor supply chains in preparation for the possibility of tighter US export...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
TSMC's AI bottleneck spills demand across the semiconductor supply chain

Nvidia and other artificial intelligence chipmakers are still facing shortages as TSMC's advanced-node and CoWoS packaging capacity...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Samsung's Q2 operating profit rockets 1,810% YoY, overtakes NVIDIA as tech's most profitable company for the quarter
Samsung Electronics' preliminary second-quarter results show operating profit of KRW89.4 trillion (about US$58.4 billion) — a record high that not only dwarfs the company's own...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Texas emerges as frontrunner for Taiwan firms racing to pick an overseas science park

Amid ever-shifting geopolitical concerns and a US$50 billion injection from the CHIPS and Science Act to revitalize domestic semiconductor...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Ingenic says DRAM foundry capacity strain won't ease until 2H27
China memory makers are diverging in their outlook as AI demand keeps the global memory market tight. After GigaDevice recently issued an unusual risk warning, Beijing-based special...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
6G base stations to become AI computing nodes, boosting advanced packaging demand
While there are still years to go for the commercialization of 6G adoption, the next-generation mobile network architecture is increasingly poised to take shape.
Monday 6 July 2026
UMC posts record first-half revenue and plans selective price hikes in second half
United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) reported its strongest quarterly run in years as mature-process demand and factory utilization improved. June consolidated revenue reached NT$23.12...
Monday 6 July 2026
Samsung Foundry eyes comeback after Tesla chip win
Samsung Electronics is trying to turn its foundry business into a bigger supplier of custom chips after securing a Tesla order, as the company looks to rebuild a contract chipmaking...
Monday 6 July 2026
Jim Keller startup Fab2 targets small-fab mass production

Atomic Semi, the semiconductor equipment startup founded by chip architect Jim Keller, has rebranded as Fab2 and moved its headquarters...