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2026-06-16
digitimes.com 2026-06-16
Austria's AT&S plans to invest up to EUR2 billion (approx. US$2.32 billion) to expand its Kulim plant and a previously unused building at the second site in Kulim, Malaysia, as part of a broader push to capitalize on AI demand. The company said the investments will be fully supported and financed by long-term customer commitments, and it expects to represent at least five leading US tech partners.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com 2026-06-16
The semiconductor supply chain is facing another raw material shock — this time from tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6, a specialty gas used in chip manufacturing. Planned production adjustments or exits by some Japanese suppliers in the second half of 2026 have intensified concerns over tighter global supply, sending prices sharply higher and raising the risk of disruption into 2027.
2026-06-16
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China has achieved mass production of ultra-pure silicon, according to the state-owned China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) — an essential material for building silicon-based quantum computers. The breakthrough builds on a government push to sharpen its quantum research edge and reduce its reliance on foreign technology supply chains more broadly.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com 2026-06-16
AI, high-performance computing, and early pull-ins from TV, PC, and notebook supply chains pushed the global foundry market to a record high in the first quarter of 2026. China's Nexchip Semiconductor delivered the key ranking shift, overtaking Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) for the first time to become the world's eighth-largest foundry.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com 2026-06-16
The AI data center buildout is driving demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and networking chips, sending the global IC substrate industry into a new growth cycle. Order visibility now extends two to three years, prompting Taiwan's three leading IC substrate suppliers,Unimicron,Kinsus, andNanya PCB, to restart capacity expansion targeting GPU, CPU, and ASIC customers.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com 2026-06-16
Nvidia launched a sale of US$25 billion worth of high-grade bonds on June 15, ultimately garnering up to US$85 billion in orders, or more than triple the bond's original size. This is one of several debt offerings this year from tech giants, which are responding to investor excitement and a need for cash to capitalize on the AI boom.
2026-06-16
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South Korea has begun planning a large-scale research and development program for next-generation power semiconductors as part of its broader "Ultra-Innovation Economy Project," according to a report by the Seoul Economic Daily.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com 2026-06-16
AMD said it will acquire MEXT, a move aimed at strengthening its AI and data center portfolio amid rising global memory demand. The deal is intended to help customers improve performance, reduce infrastructure costs, and accelerate the deployment of AI, analytics, and high-performance workloads across cloud and enterprise systems.
2026-06-16
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Germany/Semiconductors/XTRA:AIXA AIXTRON (XTRA:AIXA) Stock Valuation After ROHM GaN Partnership And Strong AI Power Demand June 16, 2026 Simply Wall St Share Copy Link ROHM Semiconductor’s decision to deploy AIXTRON (XTRA:AIXA) G10-GaN equipment for in-house gallium nitride epitaxy puts fresh attention on the stock, as investors weigh what this partnership could mean for growth-focused power elec
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news.google.com 2026-06-16 Stock Titan
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United States/Semiconductors/NasdaqGS:POWI Does Power Integrations’ (POWI) Kyber-Optimized GaN Push Redefine Its High-Voltage AI Data Center Ambitions? June 16, 2026 Simply Wall St Reviewed by Sasha Jovanovic Share Copy Link In June 2026, Power Integrations introduced two ultra-slim auxiliary power supply reference designs for 800 VDC AI data centers, including a 15 W single-output and a 35 W six-
2026-06-16
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United States/Software/NasdaqGS:CDNS How Cadence’s Expanded Intel 14A AI Collaboration Will Impact Cadence Design Systems (CDNS) Investors June 16, 2026 Simply Wall St Reviewed by Sasha Jovanovic Share Copy Link Earlier in June 2026, Cadence Design Systems announced an expanded multi-year collaboration with Intel Foundry to co-optimize Intel’s upcoming 14A process node, combining Cadence’s agentic
2026-06-16
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www.thelec.net 2026-06-16 thelec.net
Equipment materials company KC Tech is commercializing supercritical cleaning equipment specialized for advanced semiconductor manufacturing after years of research and development (R&D). The system is considered one of the industry’s most technically demanding cleaning tools, commercialized by only a handful of companies including Japan’s Tokyo Electron (TEL) after Samsung Electronics subsidiary
2026-06-16
news.google.com 2026-06-16 TradingView
2026-06-16
www.digitimes.com 2026-06-16 digitimes
SK Hynix moved closer to shipping seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory, HBM4E, to key customers as timing emerged as a critical competitive factor in the global memory market. According to Newsis, industry sources reported that SK Hynix had... Some subscribers prefer to save their log-in information so they do not have to enter their User ID and Password each time they visit th
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After Apple's WWDC 2026 keynote, online rumors claimed that only premium devices with 12GB of memory could run on-device AI, but DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin said on a podcast that that was just Apple's messaging. Most on-device AI features only need 8GB of... Some subscribers prefer to save their log-in information so they do not have to enter their User ID and Password each time th
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seekingalpha.com 2026-06-16 Seeking Alpha
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seekingalpha.com 2026-06-16 Seeking Alpha
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