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Friday 31 July 2026
Shanghai rises as China's lithography hub, powered by SMEE, Huawei and rising DUV rivals

China's lithography equipment sector has returned to the global semiconductor spotlight following reports that a domestically developed...

Friday 31 July 2026
TSMC reportedly develops EMIB-like packaging to counter Intel

TSMC is reportedly developing a new advanced chip-packaging technology modeled on Intel's Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB),...

Friday 31 July 2026
Analysis: Samsung's HBM4 base die is the foundry weapon TSMC and Intel can't copy

The most revealing thing about Samsung Electronics' foundry commentary on its second quarter of 2026 earnings call was not any single...

Friday 31 July 2026
Unimicron says Intel's EMIB-T will not reach mass production until 2027, sharpening advanced packaging rivalry
TSMC's CoWoS capacity remains tight, and demand for a second supply route is strengthening, according to Unimicron, which said Intel's EMIB-T advanced packaging platform will not reach...
Friday 31 July 2026
SPIL AI packaging investment boosts CTSP Erlin Park as first standard factory opens in 2H26
The Central Taiwan Science Park's (CTSP) Erlin Park is set to reach a long-awaited milestone when its first standard factory building begins operations in the second half of 2026,...
Friday 31 July 2026
UMC raises capex to US$2B, eyes AI SiPh
UMC said on July 29 that it will raise 2026 capex from US$1.5 billion to US$2 billion, while unveiling expansion plans in Singapore and a new fab in STSP. The foundry also disclosed...
Thursday 30 July 2026
ASE sees full-year LEAP revenue topping US$3.5 billion amid tight packaging capacity
ASE Technology Holding said growing demand for advanced packaging and testing, combined with stronger momentum in its electronics manufacturing services (EMS) business, has tightened...
Thursday 30 July 2026
South Korean chip exports increasingly flow to Taiwan for TSMC packaging amid rising AI demand

Growing demand for AI chips is sending a larger share of South Korea's semiconductor exports to Taiwan, where Korean-made high-bandwidth...

Thursday 30 July 2026
China's DUV shock: the secretive Aishengna rattles ASML with US$1B state backing

China's immersion DUV lithography programme has brought a little-known state-backed company into focus. Shanghai Aishengna Electronic...

Thursday 30 July 2026
South Korean suppliers win HBM4 tester orders from SK Hynix
South Korean test-equipment suppliers Digital Frontier and UniTest have secured four orders for HBM4 wafer testers from SK Hynix worth a combined KRW247.84 billion (approx. US$172...
Thursday 30 July 2026
GlobalFoundries lands US$300M CHIPS backing for AI silicon photonics

GlobalFoundries has signed a letter of intent with the US Department of Commerce for a potential US$300 million award to accelerate...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Lam Research raises WFE outlook as AI drives NAND, DRAM, advanced packaging demand
Lam Research delivered record quarterly results and raised its outlook for global wafer fab equipment (WFE) spending, citing accelerating AI-driven demand across memory, advanced logic...
Thursday 30 July 2026
China's 28nm DUV lithography enters fab validation, reportedly guided by State Council-level experts
China's 28nm DUV lithography programme has entered a new phase after Shanghai Aishengna Electronic Technology delivered its first five immersion deep ultraviolet lithography system...
Thursday 30 July 2026
Samsung foundry to double 2nm design wins in 2026 on Broadcom talks; claims profit turnaround 'possible in near term'

Samsung Electronics' foundry business expects its 2nm project wins to more than double year-on-year in 2026, and the company is in...

Thursday 30 July 2026
Ennoconn deepens Singapore push with SMF pact and AI forum

Ennoconn Technologies held its 2026 Semiconductor x AI Applications Forum at Google's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore on July...