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Thursday 2 April 2026

TSMC says COUPE platform set for production as Samsung outlines SiPh push

TSMC said its COUPE silicon photonics platform is set to enter volume production this year, as rising demand for high-speed interconnects...

Wednesday 1 April 2026

TSMC eyes SiPh breakthrough as industry consensus forms

TSMC is advancing its silicon photonics (SiPh) advanced packaging platform, Compact Universal Photonic Engine (COUPE), shifting from development to commercial mass production. TSMC...

Wednesday 1 April 2026

China's AI chip demand drives advanced foundry growth amid geopolitical split

Under a push to localize capacity, China's leading domestic foundries are well-positioned to leverage their home market and policy advantages to replicate TSMC's growth trajectory...

Tuesday 31 March 2026

Global Foundry 2.0 market climbs to record US$320 billion in 2025 revenue

The semiconductor industry has formally entered the Foundry 2.0 era, a phase defined by the deep integration of manufacturing, assembly, and testing, profitably driven by the global...

Tuesday 31 March 2026

Samsung targets 1nm production by 2030, challenges TSMC with new chiplet technology

Samsung Electronics is aiming to launch its 1nm semiconductor process by 2030 as part of a direct technological competition with rival TSMC. The move seeks to secure leadership in...

Tuesday 31 March 2026

Jensen Huang unpacks what's behind TSMC's staying power

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang recently appeared on the popular Lex Fridman Podcast for a deep, over two-hour discussion covering AI scaling laws, compute and power bottlenecks,...

Monday 30 March 2026

Samsung reportedly aims to begin silicon photonics mass production in 2028

Samsung Electronics plans to mass-produce silicon photonics starting from 2028, a move that could reshape global data-center networking, AI hardware integration, and foundry competition...

Saturday 28 March 2026

Can Tesla's Terafab revive US semiconductor manufacturing?

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced in mid-March that he would launch the Terafab megafab project within seven days, and on March 21 confirmed that the facility will be built in Austin,...

Friday 27 March 2026

Taiwan reviews National Security Act, targets hybrid threats; no link to TSMC's Wei-jen Lo case

Taiwan's Legislative Yuan Internal Administration Committee held its second public hearing on proposed amendments to the National Security...

Friday 27 March 2026

TSMC prioritises AI, core clients; 3nm capacity remains constrained

Cloud AI demand is tightening advanced-node supply, with TSMC's 3nm capacity emerging as the most constrained segment at the end of the first quarter of 2026, according to IC design...

Thursday 26 March 2026

Commentary: TSMC chairman exposes three realities behind China's robot FOMO

When TSMC chairman C.C. Wei recently dismissed the hype around Chinese robots as "just for show," it sparked heated debate across the tech sectors on both sides of the Taiwan Strait...

Thursday 26 March 2026

SK Hynix reportedly weighing TSMC 3nm for HBM4E logic die

SK Hynix is actively evaluating whether to adopt TSMC's 3nm process for the logic die of its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4E), aiming to close Samsung Electronics'...

Thursday 26 March 2026

Taiwan's robotics alliance mobilizes cross-domain resources to tackle aging society needs and compete globally

Taiwan is accelerating its robotics strategy to address a rapidly aging population and capture emerging global demand, with the Robotics Innovation Alliance (RIA) mobilizing cross-industry...

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Beyond TSMC: Colley Hwang reveals Taiwan's massive US$3 trillion tech ecosystem at AI Expo

While the world's attention often fixates solely on TSMC as the singular pulse of global technology, Colley Hwang, Chairman and founder of DIGITIMES,...

Wednesday 25 March 2026

Taiwan plans national security law revisions after TSMC data breach involving former SVP

Following the case of former TSMC senior vice president Wei-Jen Lo taking sensitive company data, Taiwan's Ministry of Justice has proposed amendments to strengthen the National Security...

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