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Friday 13 November 2026

Samsung reportedly moves up 8-inch foundry exit to 2029, outsources some production to UMC

Samsung Electronics is targeting an exit from its 8-inch foundry business by the end of 2029, a year earlier than previously reported, and has been outsourcing some production to Taiwan's...

Thursday 12 November 2026

AP Memory sees IPD silicon capacitor orders booked through 2H27, pursues dual-track strategy with UMC

AP Memory Technology reported record-breaking third-quarter 2026 revenue and net profit, driven by surging demand for its integrated passive device (IPD) silicon capacitors under the...

Wednesday 11 November 2026

Wave Photonics eyes Singapore as Asian quantum hub

UK photonic integrated circuit (PIC) startup Wave Photonics is expanding in Asia and, despite partnerships with the Hon Hai Research Institute (HHRI) and Taiwan-based EDA companies,...

Thursday 29 October 2026

UMC targets 10% ASP growth in 2027 as AI revenue share heads toward 25% within three years

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) expects wafer foundry pricing to continue rising in 2027, with CEO Jason Wang projecting approximately 10% year-over-year growth in the company's...

Wednesday 28 October 2026

UMC utilization tops 90% in 2H26 as AI demand drives expansion

United Microelectronics (UMC) saw operating momentum strengthen in the third quarter of 2026, as demand for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), communications,...

Friday 23 October 2026

UMC, AP Memory advance AI chip power delivery with validated DTC silicon capacitors for advanced packaging

UMC and AP Memory announced a technology and manufacturing partnership on October 22 to develop next-generation power delivery solutions for AI data centers, combining UMC's deep trench...

Thursday 15 October 2026

UMC declines expedited Samsung order for Galaxy Z Fold8; GF eyed as backup DDI foundry

Following stronger-than-expected demand for its Galaxy Z Fold8, Samsung Electronics submitted an expedited wafer production request to United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) that...

Wednesday 14 October 2026

GlobalFoundries revives 7nm-class ambitions with an EUV-free FD-SOI bet on physical AI

GlobalFoundries' plan to build a 7nm-class chip process in Dresden without extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tests how a second-tier foundry can stay relevant while TSMC holds...

Friday 9 October 2026

GlobalFoundries wins US$2 billion TSMC interposer deal, closing a US packaging gap

GF said on October 8, 2026, that it has signed a multi-year, US$2 billion manufacturing agreement with TSMC to produce silicon interposers for TSMC's CoWoS ecosystem at its Malta,...

Saturday 19 September 2026

Charts: Taiwan's memory makers are outgrowing TSMC by a factor of eight

Taiwan's chipmakers are having their best year in a decade, and the headline number belongs to TSMC. The more interesting one does n...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

DIGITIMES Insight: Intel may lack a price edge over TSMC on SK Hynix HBM base dies

SK Hynix is reportedly considering Intel as an additional manufacturing source for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) base dies beginning with...

Monday 14 September 2026

AI demand lifts UMC, VIS, PSMC revenue

After mature-node price competition from 2023 to 2025, AI demand has spread from GPUs and HBM to power management ICs (PMICs), power...

Wednesday 2 September 2026

UMC targets 12-inch TFLN to break 400G SiPh bottleneck

As interconnect traffic in AI hyperscale data centers climbs, optical modules are moving toward the 1.6T and 3.2T generations. United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), Taiwan's second-largest...

Monday 31 August 2026

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 demand surges, straining UMC 22nm DDI supply

Samsung Electronics' first passport-style foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold8, is reportedly facing tight display driver IC (DDI) supply as demand exceeds expectations. Samsung has continued...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

UMC revenue climbs to a 45-month high as wafer prices rise

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reported July 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$23.84 billion, up 1.8% from June and 18.98% from a year earlier, marking the highest level in...

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