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Tuesday 15 September 2026
China's Guoxin Micro buys its way into power-chip manufacturing

Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics plans to acquire WeEn Semiconductors for CNY1.9 billion (≈ US$283 million), giving the Chinese...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Global semiconductor revenue hits record US$425B in 2Q26
Global semiconductor revenue reached a record US$425 billion in the second quarter of 2026, surging 31.4% quarter-over-quarter, as AI demand and strong memory pricing continued to...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix diverge on cell design for sub-10nm DRAM in 2028

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to move DRAM below the 10nm threshold in 2028, with the two memory makers pursuing different...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
GlobalWafers partially resumes Italy plant, restarts EPI production
GlobalWafers announced on September 14 that recovery work is continuing at its Novara plant in Italy following a fire that broke out on the facility's 8-inch line on July 20, 2026,...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Sivers Semiconductors positions laser arrays as solution to copper's limits

At this year's China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE), Sivers Semiconductor brought two products to its booth that trace the...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
TSMC 3nm, 2nm, and CoWoS stay tight as AWS, MediaTek, TPU shift capacity
TSMC's 3nm, 2nm, and CoWoS advanced packaging capacity remained in short supply in late 2026's third quarter, as changes in major customer orders and front-end and back-end supply...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Chinese chip tools reach 35% of equipment installed at local fabs
Chinese-made semiconductor equipment accounted for roughly 35% of tools installed at fabs in China in 2025, up from about 25% a year earlier, as domestic suppliers gain ground in key...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Inside CIOE: takeaways from China's biggest optoelectronics show
Last week, from September 9 to 11, thousands of vendors gathered for an enormous trade show in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen. At the China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE),...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
2nm capacity crunch may keep smartphone SoC makers on split-node strategy through 2027

In 2026, major smartphone system-on-chip (SoC) vendors began moving selected flagship processors to 2nm technology, seeking not only...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Phoenix Pioneer Technology AI power substrate order visibility extends to 1Q27

IC substrate manufacturer Phoenix Pioneer Technology (PPt) turned profitable in the first half of 2026, driven by strong momentum in...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Nvidia, MediaTek deepen 20-year chip ties

Nvidia and MediaTek have recently drawn market attention after Nvidia invested US$3.5 billion in MediaTek convertible bonds, expanding...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Global data center capex could reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050 as AI demand surges
PwC and Oxford Economics jointly released their Global Data Centre Outlook 2026–50 in early September, projecting cumulative global...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Sigmaintell: Memory shortage to ease in 2027 before chip growth hits 2029 wall

After months of tight supply and sharp price increases in 2026, the global memory market is expected to see its supply-demand gap narrow...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
The 1,000-watt problem: a TSMC veteran on the brute force forging Nvidia's AI chips
"He practically created a new era—the age of AI," Mou-Shiung Lin said of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Yet, the early TSMC executive describes the methodology behind that success...
Monday 14 September 2026
Kokusai Electric gains from Hitachi split as AI memory demand surges
Kokusai Electric, the semiconductor equipment maker spun off from Hitachi and later acquired by KKR, has emerged as one of the clearest winners from Hitachi's restructuring. According...