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Tuesday 28 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix race to secure chipmaking tools before equipment lead times hit one year
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are considering placing semiconductor equipment orders earlier as a global wave of fab investment stretches delivery times for key chipmaking tools...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Zeiss races to break ASML's EUV optics bottleneck for the AI chip boom
Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology is expanding production capacity in Germany to relieve a critical constraint on ASML's lithography output, with AI data center investment...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Apple, Micron's clash over CXMT puts White House in the middle
Apple and Micron are fighting over whether the smartphone maker can buy memory chips from Chinese manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for non-US devices, a move opposed...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
EYEQ Lab completes 200mm SiC line validation with yield above 90%

South Korean power semiconductor maker EYEQ Lab has completed mass-production validation of its dedicated 8-inch, or 200mm, silicon carbide...

Tuesday 28 July 2026
China's Yunnan Germanium wins long-term InP wafer order as AI optical demand rises
Yunnan Germanium has secured a major supply deal for indium phosphide (InP) wafers, underscoring how AI data center buildouts are reshaping global demand for high-speed optical parts...
Monday 27 July 2026
CXMT tops A-share market cap on IPO debut
Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) listed on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 27, with its market capitalization briefly topping CNY3.6 trillion...
Monday 27 July 2026
WIN Semiconductors sees optical communications ramp accelerate AI revenue contribution

Gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry WIN Semiconductors (WIN) expects infrastructure revenue to continue growing in the third quarter of...

Monday 27 July 2026
India's Paras Defense semiconductor unit to invest in Madhya Pradesh OSAT facility
Indian defense engineering company Paras Defense and Space Technologies said its semiconductor subsidiary, Paras Semiconductors, will invest INR62 billion (approx. US$643.79 million)...
Monday 27 July 2026
Samsung’s Broadcom AI chip pact expected to top US$200 billion as Hyundai expands robotics push

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group used the San Francisco AI Summit to outline separate artificial intelligence (AI) expansion...

Monday 27 July 2026
Weekly news roundup: Samsung and SK Hynix favor DDR5, Intel accelerates 18A, Alibaba deepens CXMT ties
AI infrastructure, memory and advanced chipmaking led this week's tech agenda, with Intel, Samsung, SK Hynix, CXMT, Alibaba and Foxconn reshaping capacity and supply chains. Below...
Monday 27 July 2026
IDMs target AI margins, boosting Taiwan power suppliers
International IDMs such as Texas Instruments (TI) and STMicroelectronics are leaning into AI data-center demand, while the market's shift toward 400V and 800V power architectures is...
Monday 27 July 2026
Samsung bolsters energy team as chip projects test power supply
Samsung Group is recruiting current and former government energy officials for its in-house think tank as electricity infrastructure emerges as a key issue for its semiconductor expansion...
Monday 27 July 2026
Disco lifts first-half profit forecast on steady AI equipment demand
Japanese semiconductor equipment maker Disco expects net profit for the six months ending September 30, 2026, to rise 32% year over year to JPY73.8 billion (approx. US$461 million),...
Sunday 26 July 2026
Optical PD volume production lifts WIN Semiconductors' Q2 revenue 39% YoY
WIN Semiconductors, a gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry, reported consolidated revenue of NT$5.26 billion (US$178 million) for the second quarter of 2026, up 14.5% sequentially and 39%...
Sunday 26 July 2026
KKR plans gradual exit as LCY Group accelerates semiconductor materials expansion
TSMC supplier LCY Group President Bowei Lee said private equity firm KKR & Co. plans to gradually divest its holdings in businesses affiliated with the Taiwanese chemical group,...