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2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
The Indian government plans to disburse INR71 billion in semiconductor incentives in fiscal year 2027 to expand its local chip supply chain, according to anonymous government officials cited by Mint.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
SK Hynix's semiconductor production base in Cheongju, South Korea, has seen a string of accidents since 2026, prompting questions over whether its safety management system has gaps. The incidents have drawn scrutiny because many occurred after the M15X fab began operation, as the company ramped up production to meet surging high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Demand for high-end fiberglass cloth is surging on the AI boom, and orders from copper-clad laminate (CCL) customers are leaving the world's two largest suppliers, Nittobo and Taiwan Glass, short of capacity. In particular, low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and low Dk2 products remain the tightest, with supply-demand gaps now expected to last through 2027.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Dutch semiconductor metrology specialist Nearfield Instruments has secured US$380 million in Series D funding, marking the largest fundraising round ever completed by a deep-tech company in the Netherlands.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
China's DRAM supply chain is becoming a new variable in the global memory market. CXMT, China's largest DRAM manufacturer, is accelerating its DDR5 expansion. Recent reports stated that US memory brand Corsair Gaming has adopted CXMT-made chips in some of its DDR5 products, a development that has drawn industry attention.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Demand in the passive component market has rebounded alongside the rapid buildout of AI data centers. While Japanese suppliers continue to lead in technology, their capacity expansion has struggled to keep pace with AI-related demand, driving order spillover to Taiwan-based manufacturers.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Google released a 30,000-word AI roadmap on June 14 that, for the first time, clearly defines AI having the capability of 100 million humans as a key milestone on the path to artificial superintelligence (ASI). The plan outlines a three-stage evolution from today's large models to artificial general intelligence (AGI) and then ASI, reinforcing expectations that AI capabilities will keep expanding
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Japan is preparing a sweeping public-private investment strategy totaling more than JPY370 trillion (US$2.3 trillion) by fiscal 2040, spanning 17 strategic sectors including AI, semiconductors, aerospace, and energy-related industries.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Taiwan's semiconductor packaging and testing (OSAT) industry delivered strong year-over-year revenue growth in May 2026, with 21 of 24 tracked companies posting positive year-over-year gains, according to monthly revenue filings compiled for the period. The results underscore continued downstream demand driven by AI-related chip shipments and a broader recovery in consumer electronics.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Taiwanese IC design leader MediaTek has sent a price hike letter to customers, signaling that the current wave of chip price increases is sweeping across the semiconductor market and that the era of chip inflation has arrived.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Samsung Electro-Mechanics has begun mass production of advanced package substrates for Qualcomm's first data center AI accelerator, extending the companies' supply relationship from mobile and PC chips into server-class semiconductors, ZDNet Koreareported.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Market sentiment toward the smartphone industry remains subdued. On the demand side, global smartphone sales have declined for several consecutive weeks during the second quarter of 2026, with only Apple and Huawei showing relative resilience thanks to their strong brand appeal. On the supply side, chip shortages continue to intensify, expanding beyond memory products to include both advanced-node
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Intel is deepening cooperation with Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain and plans to broaden its engagement again in mid-October after completing exchanges in the US with several Taiwanese suppliers in the first quarter of 2026.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Infineon and InnoScience are escalating their global GaN patent dispute across the US, Germany, and China, with each side scoring wins in infringement suits that are already affecting real-world sales. Sources familiar with the matter say the latest rulings are effectively pushing the two companies into separate market territories.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
China's memory industry is undergoing another round of ownership restructuring. According to a recent merger review case disclosed by China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), YMTC Holdings, the parent company of Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC), will sell its 39% stake in Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing (XMC) to Wuhan Optics Valley Semiconductor Industry Investment.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Wafer Works announced after its June 18, 2026, shareholders meeting that it launched a "golden triangle" expansion plan to deepen silicon wafer product lines and support fast-growing applications in advanced packaging, optical transmission and third-generation semiconductors. The rollout covers simultaneous construction and capacity ramp projects at Erlin, Zhengzhou, and Zhunan to align production
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Fulltech, a glass fiber yarn and cloth maker, said at its 2026 annual general meeting that demand for next-generation AI servers and high-speed switches is lifting specifications and demand for upstream PCB materials. Chairman Yuan-Pin Chang said the share of low DK2 shipments will keep rising in the second half of 2026, helping optimize the product mix and boost revenue and profitability.
2026-06-23
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2026-06-23
Industrial gas manufacturer Nippon Sanso Holdings announced it will raise prices for all helium products in the Japanese market starting in July 2026, with an average price increase of more than 30%. Affected products include helium used in key applications such as semiconductor front-end process wafer cooling and medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment. The move is mainly driven by geo
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2026-06-23
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