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Wednesday 14 October 2026
Nvidia's share of China's AI chips falls by a third while Huawei gains
Nvidia's share of AI chips in China's data center market has fallen by 34% in the first half of this year, according to a new report. The drop follows months of US restrictions on...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC and MediaTek alumni lead Taiwan's new wave of deep tech startups
At Plug and Play Taiwan's Batch 4 Selection Day, 21 startups made the case that Taiwan's next wave of innovation is being built by chip-industry veterans who are tackling problems...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Hua Hong forges strategic alliances with four Chinese chip equipment giants
Hua Hong Group signed strategic agreements with four Chinese semiconductor equipment suppliers at the inaugural 2026 China Integrated Circuit Exhibition (China Chip Exhibition) in...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Taiwan's export boom shifts toward AI servers, raising concentration risks
Taiwan's export surge is increasingly tied to high-value AI servers and pricier memory chips, a shift with implications far beyond the island. As exports climb, the outlook underscores...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
CXMT targets 4F² DRAM production two years ahead of Samsung, but can China close technology gap?
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) plans to mass-produce next-generation 4F² DRAM by the end of 2026, potentially ahead of South Korean rivals Samsung Electronics and...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC, Intel, Samsung seek to break AI chipmaking's next barrier through early technology integration
Senior executives from TSMC, Intel, and Samsung Electronics outlined the growing challenges of AI chip development, spanning advanced semiconductor processes, 3D integration, and research...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
SEMICON West makes three-year commitment to Phoenix, home to over US$200B in chip investment
SEMI announced at a media event during SEMICON West 2026 that the exhibition will move to Phoenix, Arizona, in 2027 and shift to a spring schedule. SEMI Americas President Joe Stockunas...
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...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC-GF interposer deal reshapes US AI supply chain, from CoWoS to HBM
GlobalFoundries (GF) and TSMC have reached a manufacturing agreement to establish a US-based supply source for silicon interposers supporting TSMC's CoWoS advanced packaging ecosystem...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Samsung sends yield engineers to Texas ahead of 2nm production ramp
Samsung Electronics has begun dispatching advanced-process yield engineers from South Korea to its Taylor, Texas, foundry ahead of planned 2nm chip volume production in 2027, South...
Monday 12 October 2026
EU caps annual HEV imports at 350,000 to curb trade deficit with China
The European Union plans to cap imports of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) at 350,000 units per year, with safeguard measures potentially taking effect as early as December 1, 2026...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Malaysia's chip push: a new island and pressure from Washington and Beijing
Malaysia's plan to climb the semiconductor value chain is colliding with two constraints: a shortage of land in Penang, the heart of its chip industry, and mounting pressure to pick...
Thursday 8 October 2026
27 Samsung, SK Hynix veterans joined China's CXMT, study shows
An investigation by a South Korean lawmaker's office revealed that former Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix personnel who transitioned to Chinese DRAM maker ChangXin Memory Technologies...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Navigating the global AI regulatory divide: American safety debates, China's rapid deployment, Mistral's European push
The global artificial intelligence landscape is witnessing an accelerating divide. While Silicon Valley grapples with escalating safety debates and regulatory friction, Chinese tech...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Analysis: China automakers' US entry paths remain open
The recent summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded without progress on automotive issues—namely, whether Chinese automakers might...