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Thursday 12 February 2026

Applied Materials settles with BIS for US$252.5 million over SMIC shipments

Applied Materials, a Santa Clara-based semiconductor equipment maker, has reached a US$252.5 million settlement with the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Winsemi revenue falls 5% in 2025, speeds pivot to AI optical and LEO satellite markets

Win Semiconductors (Winsemi), a GaAs wafer foundry, held its earnings conference on February 11. Its fourth-quarter 2025 consolidated revenue...

Thursday 12 February 2026

TSMC's advanced process drives AI profits; SMIC, UMC, VIS face growth pressure

Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are set to sharply increase AI capital expenditure in 2026, with total investments reaching US$670 billion. This surge has sparked market concerns...

Thursday 12 February 2026

SMIC warns AI pull-forward is rewriting chip cycle, lifts mature-node pricing

The global foundry industry is undergoing a structural shift, and it is emerging first in mature process nodes once widely considered oversupplied. SMIC stated on February 11 that...

Thursday 12 February 2026

China claims five places in 2025 global OSAT top 10

The latest global ranking of the top 10 outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers points to a shift in competitive balance. In 2025, five Chinese companies entered...

Thursday 12 February 2026

SEMI: AI and HBM lift 2025 silicon wafer shipments, revenue still dips

Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 5.8% in 2025 to 12,973 million square inches (MSI), while wafer revenue declined 1.2% to US$11.4 billion, according to the year-end analysis...

Thursday 12 February 2026

The Netherlands draws a harder line on Nexperia’s Chinese parent

The Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal in the Netherlands has ordered a formal investigation into Dutch chipmaker Nexperia BV, deepening a legal dispute that has curtailed...

Thursday 12 February 2026

Samsung weighs Europe chip expansion after Intel retreat opens German window

Samsung is reportedly evaluating a potential European semiconductor expansion alongside its South Korea and US manufacturing base, as the...

Thursday 12 February 2026

TSMC spillover lifts Xintec testing orders, 2026 growth in sight

Xintec, the packaging and testing subsidiary of TSMC, held an investor conference in which Chairman CH Chen said full-year 2025 revenue maintained modest growth, driven primarily by...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Rapidus aims for 2nm ramp in FY2027 with fourfold capacity boost

Rapidus is expected to begin full-scale production in fiscal 2028. Mass production of 2nm-class chips is scheduled to commence in the second half of fiscal 2027, according to Kyoto...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

The Arizona Fixer and the R&D Architect: TSMC’s new SVP duo step into spotlight

TSMC's board held its first meeting in Kumamoto, Japan, where it approved the promotion of Y.L. Wang and T.S. Chang to senior vice presidents (SVPs), marking a significant leadership...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

GPTC management shakeup raises concerns over TSMC, ASE, Micron orders

Grand Process Technology Corporation (GPTC), a key wet process equipment supplier in the supply chains of TSMC, ASE, and Micron, posted record consolidated revenue of NT$6.514 billion...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

ByteDance reportedly in talks with Samsung on chip development amid US Nvidia curbs

China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture it, Reuters...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

TSMC supplier AblePrint sees January 2026 revenue jump 142% on AI chips packaging boom

Taiwan-based AblePrint Technology, a key supplier of advanced packaging defoaming equipment for major clients including TSMC, reported record-breaking performance despite earlier regulatory...

Wednesday 11 February 2026

Netherlands' China-hawk cabinet signals tighter grip on chip tech

Europe's technology security posture toward China is tightening. The Netherlands is emerging as an early indicator. A new Dutch cabinet dominated by China hawks signals tighter export...

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