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Friday 24 July 2026
Samsung to break ground on Onyang HBM expansion in October, targets 2029 production
Samsung Electronics plans to break ground in October 2026 on a KRW 1.3 trillion (approx. US$884 million) expansion of its Onyang semiconductor packaging site in South Korea, targeting...
Friday 24 July 2026
Apple prepares sweeping Mac refresh, betting on AI-driven demand
Apple is gearing up for a broad update to its entire Mac lineup, aiming to ride the wave of demand for high-performance computers driven by AI. New versions of nearly every Mac model...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung weighs Besi's Korean rivals for 50-bonder hybrid bonding line as pricing talks drag on

Samsung Electronics is preparing a die-to-wafer hybrid bonding production line with about 50 bonders at its Pyeongtaek campus for next-generation...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Apple and Klarna target sticker shock with Apple Upgrade device leasing plan
Apple plans to introduce a new device leasing program, marking a significant departure from how it has previously sold its products. The new payments scheme may help convince customers...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Samsung reportedly in talks to invest about EUR1 billion in Mistral AI

Samsung is in talks to invest about EUR1 billion (approx. US$1.14 billion) in French AI startup Mistral as part of a wider fundraising...

Thursday 23 July 2026
SK Hynix speeds P&T7 cleanroom rollout, keeps overall budget at KRW19 trillion
SK Hynix's board approved approximately KRW 7.09 trillion (approx. US$4.83 billion) in facility investment on July 22 to accelerate construction of its P&T7 advanced packaging...
Thursday 23 July 2026
In-depth: Alibaba builds three-layer AI empire across chips, memory and models
Competition in China's AI industry is moving beyond large language models into chips, memory and computing infrastructure. CXMT's planned IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market has put renewed...
Thursday 23 July 2026
ITRI, tech execs tackle AI power and thermal bottlenecks at forum as chip demand soars
As AI computing drives surging electricity demand and heat generation, Taiwan's government-funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) brought together government officials...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung sounds out suppliers on four new fabs by 2030, report says
Samsung Electronics is sounding out major suppliers about whether they can support four proposed new semiconductor fabrication plants through 2030, as South Korea's chipmakers prepare...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Nvidia's Huang to meet Samsung, SK and Naver chiefs in Silicon Valley, reports say
Samsung Electronics executive chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won and Naver founder and board chairman Lee Hae-jin are reportedly preparing to meet Nvidia CEO Jensen...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
GigaDevice injects another CNY500M into DRAM subsidiary as memory market boom lifts performance

Chinese chip designer GigaDevice is investing another CNY500 million (approx. US$73.9 million) into its wholly owned subsidiary to support...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
SK Hynix denies report it is pursuing deal for Intel's Ohio fab

SK Hynix said in a July 22 disclosure that it had neither pursued nor decided on an acquisition of Intel's under-construction semiconductor...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Memory price surge may soften 2026 smartphone shipment declines

Rising memory prices and higher costs for other key upstream components are forcing smartphone brands to reduce mid- and low-end models...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Xiaomi raises 2026 phone target as memory prices strain brands
China's smartphone market is seeing a shift in demand trends. Xiaomi has reportedly raised its full-year 2026 smartphone shipment target from about 90 million units to 110 million,...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Samsung disputes report of V10 NAND shipments to Nvidia
Samsung Electronics has disputed a report that it had begun supplying its 10th-generation V-NAND to Nvidia and was preparing to expand production ahead of the US chipmaker's CMX storage...