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Friday 22 May 2026

TSMC supply chain material maker AMC rides AI packaging yield boom

Alliance Material Co. (AMC), a Taiwan-based advanced semiconductor materials supplier, said its balance film anti-warpage material has...

Friday 22 May 2026

AMD deepens Taiwan supply chain ties with US$10B-plus push

AMD CEO Lisa Su arrived in Taiwan on May 20, 2026, on a private jet and largely followed the same itinerary as her April 2025 visit, including a meeting with TSMC, a technology forum...

Friday 22 May 2026

Intel's foundry reset: 14A, 10A and tougher engineering rules

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is reshaping the chipmaker's engineering culture and foundry strategy, confirming that 14A remains on track while revealing that early development has begun on...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Commentary: Trump's Taiwan chip claim tests TSMC's silence

US President Donald Trump, after recently concluding a visit to China, again publicly accused Taiwan of having "stolen our chip industry." This was not the first time he had made such...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Texas Instruments sues former exec over trade secret theft at GlobalFoundries

Bloomberg reports that Texas Instruments (TI) has sued former vice president Kannan Soundarapandian, alleging he joined GlobalFoundries without fully disclosing his new employer...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Tokyo Electron Taiwan drops appeal after court fines unit and jails ex-engineer in TSMC trade secrets case

Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit said on May 21 that it respected judicial proceedings and would not appeal following a ruling in a trade secrets case involving TSMC. The decision came...

Thursday 21 May 2026

Tech Forum 2026: How much longer can semiconductors sustain Taiwan?

During a keynote discussion session at Tech Forum 2026, DIGITIMES senior reporter Monica Chen and semiconductor analyst Andrew Lu shared their views on current AI server technology...

Thursday 21 May 2026

TSMC's cautious capex is averting an AI bubble, says investor

TSMC's restrained expansion strategy is helping the global market avoid an AI bubble, according to veteran semiconductor investor Gavin Baker, the chief investment officer at Atreides...

Thursday 21 May 2026

TSMC's COUPE push puts Samsung's silicon photonics ambitions under pressure

Samsung Electronics has launched silicon photonics foundry services and entered pilot production, signaling during its latest earnings call that optical communication modules will...

Wednesday 20 May 2026

ASML to deliver first High-NA chips within months despite cost concerns

ASML expects its first advanced semiconductors made using next-generation High-Numerical Aperture (High-NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to ship within months.

Wednesday 20 May 2026

How a cold call in 2013 led to TSMC's US$165 billion Arizona bet

Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, revealed at the Plug and Play May Summit in Sunnyvale on May 19 that the state's relationship with TSMC began with...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

MediaTek probe jolts Taiwan lawmakers as market shifts

As of May 18, 2026, TSMC's market value stood at NT$58 trillion (US$1.8 billion), MediaTek's at NT$5.45 trillion, and Delta Electronics' at NT$5.2 trillion — the three largest...

Tuesday 19 May 2026

Commentary: TSMC Arizona profit tops SMIC and UMC combined, fueled by three key drivers

TSMC's Arizona fab has turned profitable, surprising the market and supply chain after years of warnings from founder Morris Chang and others that overseas fabs could lose money. Supply-chain...

Monday 18 May 2026

TSMC's Japan fab signals a turning point for overseas manufacturing

TSMC's semiconductor venture in Japan has posted its first quarterly profit since entering mass production, marking an important milestone...

Monday 18 May 2026

Apple's chip recycling strategy deepens reliance on TSMC and pressures PC rivals

Apple has increasingly relied on "binned" chips — processors with disabled or defective cores — to expand into lower-priced devices, according to a recent report by The...

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