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Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix weigh first chip packaging plants in South Korea's Honam region

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are each reviewing locations in South Korea's Honam region for new semiconductor packaging plants,...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Taiwan chip makers signal durable upcycle as memory prices and AI demand align

Taiwan's listed semiconductor manufacturers reported strong May revenue figures, with a sweeping recovery in DRAM prices and rising...

Thursday 18 June 2026
FOPLP race heats up as Innolux reportedly teams with TSMC
As AI chip technology advances, larger chip sizes and heterogeneous integration packaging are driving bigger package dimensions, pushing semiconductor makers to adopt FOPLP over FOWLP...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Analysis: Chinese firms tap Singapore-Malaysia model to shed 'Made in China' label — but hurdles remain

The global semiconductor and high-tech manufacturing landscape continues to undergo structural realignment. An increasing number of...

Thursday 18 June 2026
SMIC narrows Intel's metal pitch gap, but Kirin 9030 teardown shows China's chip limits remain

A teardown of Huawei's latest Mate 80 Pro Max smartphone has put China's semiconductor progress back under scrutiny, after analysis...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung to offer 2nm prototype runs as South Korea pushes chip design

Samsung Electronics' foundry division plans to open its Multi-Project Wafer, or MPW, service to its 2nm process next year, giving South...

Thursday 18 June 2026
TSMC, ASML and Imec push 2D transistors toward manufacturing

Imec, ASML and TSMC have demonstrated a 300mm integration route for 2D-material n-type and p-type field-effect transistors, marking a...

Thursday 18 June 2026
SK Hynix ships HBM4E samples to customers
SK Hynix has begun shipping samples of HBM4E, its next-generation high-bandwidth memory, to major customers. The South Korean chipmaker said the 12-layer product was delivered on s...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung pushes vertical transistor design as chip scaling hits limits

Samsung Electronics has demonstrated a 3D stacked transistor structure with a 42-nanometer gate pitch, a research milestone that extends...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Samsung said to open fab data to suppliers in AI factory push

Samsung Electronics is developing and operating a data-sharing platform with semiconductor materials, components and equipment suppliers,...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Taiwan 2026 GDP could top 10%, says Minister of Economic Affairs
Taiwan's 2026 GDP growth is on track to exceed 10% as AI demand powers the island's economy, Minister of Economic Affairs Ming-hsin Kung said, adding that this level of growth may...
Thursday 18 June 2026
SK Group tops KRW2,000 trillion as AI memory demand and Nvidia visit lift valuation

SK Group's combined market capitalization on the South Korean stock market surpassed KRW2,000 trillion (US$1.32 trillion) for the first...

Thursday 18 June 2026
WUS and its subsidiary keep complementary AI partnership
A recent open letter from the UK-based fund Palliser Capital called Taiwanese printed circuit board (PCB) maker WUS Printed Circuit one of the most undervalued AI PCB companies in...
Thursday 18 June 2026
Interview: MicroLED and SiPh eye 3.2T AI data race
The AI wave is rapidly reshaping the global semiconductor supply chain, and that upheaval is opening a new growth chapter for Taiwan's LED industry. As Taiwan's LED makers move away...
Wednesday 17 June 2026
Chip supply chains shift: TSMC's capacity crunch reportedly pushes Google, Tesla, BYD toward Samsung

Global chip buyers, including BYD, Google, AMD, and Tesla, are turning to Samsung Electronics as TSMC's advanced production lines remain...