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Tuesday 28 July 2026
AI memory demand lifts WF6 prices as PERIC Special Gases adopts market-based pricing
Surging demand for AI servers and advanced memory devices is tightening the global supply of tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), drawing increased attention to one of the semiconductor industry's...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
China reportedly starts making homegrown DUV chipmaking tools; threatens ASML's stranglehold on semiconductor equipment
China has begun manufacturing domestically developed immersion deep ultraviolet lithography machines, a potential turning point in its effort to build a self-sufficient semiconductor...
Saturday 25 July 2026
89 fabs by 2030, 50 more by 2035: chip industry spreads risk through global collab

AI infrastructure investment is reaching unprecedented levels, with estimates showing it will lift global semiconductor output past...

Saturday 25 July 2026
Taiwan's chip partnerships widen beyond fabs to AI, photonics and quantum
Taiwan's semiconductor industry is expanding overseas while deepening cooperation with the US, Europe, and Asia across advanced packaging, AI infrastructure, research, talent, cybersecurity,...
Friday 24 July 2026
German chip suppliers deepen ties with Samsung, SK Hynix

Germany's Merck KGaA, TRUMPF and ZEISS are deepening their ties with South Korea's semiconductor industry amid large-scale investment...

Friday 24 July 2026
Trumpf builds EUV moat with 40 years of chip tech
AI demand is continuing to drive global semiconductor investment, lifting the importance of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography once again. Trumpf, the German laser maker and key...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Moonshot AI model challenges EDA moat with 2-day chip design
China AI startup Moonshot AI has drawn intense attention from the semiconductor industry after unveiling its new large language model Kimi K3, which delivered strong results across...
Tuesday 14 July 2026
C Sun sees advanced packaging and PCB demand driving 2026 revenue
C Sun said its 2026 revenue growth will be led by advanced packaging and advanced printed circuit board equipment as AI infrastructure spending continues to support industrial investment...
Monday 13 July 2026
SK Hynix reportedly starts Nvidia HBM4 shipments ahead of September ramp

SK Hynix began mass-production shipments of 12-layer HBM4 to Nvidia at the end of June and is increasing output ahead of a broader...

Saturday 11 July 2026
Interview: Why Geckos bets materials, not chips, will decide the next AI performance leap

As generative AI fuels rapid growth in demand for high-performance computing (HPC), the semiconductor industry is shifting from a process...

Friday 10 July 2026
CHPT chief: AI demand is set to strain capacity and reshape Taiwan's industrial priorities

Chunghwa Precision Test Tech president Scott Huang said on July 7 that the company's biggest challenge over the next five years will...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exclusive: Geckos bets on AI materials beyond nano copper powders and CPO waveguides
As generative AI drives rapid growth in high-performance computing (HPC) demand, the semiconductor industry is shifting from process-node competition to materials competition. Geckos...
Thursday 2 July 2026
IBM's 0.7nm chip claim revives debate over semiconductor node naming

As semiconductor manufacturing enters the 2nm era, conventional transistor scaling is approaching its physical limits. On June 25,...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI fuels OSAT pricing power as chip packaging orders fill through 2027
Cloud AI demand is reshaping the seasonal cycle of the semiconductor industry, with capacity tightness spreading from front-end manufacturing to back-end packaging and testing. Since...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI chip complexity stretches electronic materials order windows to six months, DuPont spinoff warns

As the AI wave drives rapid growth across the global semiconductor industry, the upstream electronic materials supply chain has become...