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Apple is preparing its biggest shift yet to the release strategy for its in-house Mac processors, opting to skip high-end M6 Pro and M6 Max chips and instead bring more powerful AI-focused M7 Pro and M7 Max processors to market in 2027, according to a Bloombergreport citing people familiar with the matter.
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SK Hynix is racing to complete the first cleanroom at its massive Yongin Semiconductor Cluster in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, by February 2027, ahead of rival capacity expansion timelines. The site's first fabrication facility will break from conventional flat-floor layouts, stacking production floors three levels high in a pioneering triple-deck fab design.
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Alibaba Group's semiconductor design arm T-Head has more than tripled its registered capital, underscoring the Chinese technology giant's growing focus on artificial intelligence infrastructure and domestic chip development.
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SK Hynix is pairing a potentially record-scale Nasdaq ADR offering with an aggressive push to expand chip production for artificial intelligence, as the South Korean memory maker prepares to nearly double DRAM wafer input capacity by 2030–2031, The Elecreported.
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Tai Asia Semiconductor's latest annual meeting highlighted a broader shift that could matter for investors and technology supply chains worldwide. The company said it is absorbing short-term losses to fund new businesses, while its subsidiaries advance in visual sensing, smart technology, silicon carbide, and gallium nitride.
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China's power semiconductor makers are lifting prices again as demand from artificial intelligence (AI) servers and new energy vehicles strengthens. The moves may signal a broader industry upcycle with global implications, as higher costs and tighter capacity could affect data centers, automotive suppliers, and power equipment buyers worldwide.
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US-based automated test equipment supplier Teradyne plans to expand its presence in India and has appointed Alpa Sood as India Manager, as the company seeks to deepen engagement in a semiconductor ecosystem moving toward manufacturing scale.
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As growth in the traditional consumer electronics market slows and industry competition intensifies, LCD optical film manufacturer Optivision Technology is accelerating its transition toward higher-value automotive applications. The company has reduced its production lines from 16 to 13 in response to changing demand dynamics in the display industry, aiming to optimize asset utilization and improv
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Samsung Group is expected to announce a domestic investment plan worth more than KRW1,000 trillion (approx. US$648 billion) on June 29, when South Korean President Lee Jae-myung chairs a public briefing at the presidential office in Seoul on what his administration is calling the country's "three mega-projects for a great leap forward," Maeil Business Newspaperreported.
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Academia Sinica has built a 20-qubit quantum chip from scratch, and the team now says the next phase is less about lab breakthroughs and more about engineering a scalable, reproducible manufacturing system. Chii-Dong Chen, executive director of Academia Sinica's Center for Quantum Computer, says Taiwan's quantum chip effort is moving into that engineering battleground.
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SK Siltron is preparing to bring a new silicon wafer manufacturing facility online in South Korea next month. The expansion comes as AI data center investment helps lift wafer shipments, while pricing remains under pressure as capacity added during the last expansion cycle continues to weigh on the market.
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Apple raised prices across its Mac and iPad lineup on June 25, and the timing wasn't a choice so much as a deadline.
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South Korea's plan to push semiconductor investment beyond the greater Seoul area is taking clearer shape, with Samsung Electronics reportedly moving closer to a new chip hub in Gwangju while SK Hynix continues to weigh a site in South Jeolla Province against overseas investment options.
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AI-driven hyperscale data center expansion is pushing the global AI race beyond raw GPU computing power into a broader contest over high-speed interconnects and electro-optical integration. As Nvidia's next-generation AI factory moves toward petabyte (PB)-scale data transfers, co-packaged optics (CPO) is heading toward commercialization, lifting the importance of key components such as fiber array
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The global memory market is facing a structural supply-demand imbalance that shows little sign of easing. Micron's stronger-than-expected quarterly results have drawn fresh attention from investors and the technology industry, while the broader supply picture remains tight.
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GlobalFoundries (GF) is positioning its Singapore operations as a core hub for the emerging era of physical AI, as the chipmaker expands investment in manufacturing capacity and next-generation semiconductor technologies aimed at robotics, autonomous systems, and AI-driven infrastructure.
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Corning is studying South Korea as a possible manufacturing base for semiconductor glass substrates, a sign that the US specialty glass and optical materials maker is looking to extend its AI exposure beyond data-center connectivity into advanced chip packaging.
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South Korea's Ministry of Employment and Labor has launched chemical safety inspections at 25 semiconductor manufacturers, including SK Hynix, after a series of fluorine gas leaks at chip plants raised fresh concerns over industrial accidents.
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As AI demand prolongs shortages in memory chip supply, global technology companies are increasingly turning to Chinese-made semiconductors. However, industry analysts believe that even if major tech firms are interested in adopting Chinese chips, translating that interest into actual supply agreements remains difficult due to several significant obstacles.
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