Samsung starts Exynos 2700 production, lifting run size 10%
The 2nm processor targets Galaxy S27 handsets in Korea and Europe, trimming reliance on Qualcomm as Samsung Foundry works to prove commercial yields on its SF2P manufacturing process.
Semiconductors & AI Hardware
RSSMemory, foundry, equipment and materials across Korea, China and Japan — and the export rules that bound them.
TSMC Dismisses Terafab Rumors as Texas Factory Talks Surface
While TSMC dismissed market talk of joining Elon Musk's 1-terawatt AI compute initiative, Intel remains the sole confirmed…
Micron Cuts DRAM Lead of SK hynix to One Point on HBM Demand
The US chipmaker reached 24% of global DRAM revenue in the second quarter as SK hynix fell to 25%, testing Korean memory pricing…
Lynas buys Meteoric for $672M to control Brazil rare earths
The Australian miner's all-stock takeover of the Caldeira deposit targets dysprosium and terbium supplies to break Western…
MK Electron expands Kunshan plated wire capacity by 50% into 2027
The South Korean materials maker is lifting output at its Chinese plant to meet confirmed orders from local assembly houses as…
Nexchip injects $128M into Anhui Jingmei to secure photomask supplyMembers
The transaction transfers tooling subsidiary Hefei Jingwei to Anhui Jingmei as part of a 2.2 billion yuan expansion, lifting the…
Air Liquide invests €170M to expand Japan chip gas capacity
The French industrial gas supplier will build on-site cryogenic units in southern Japan under a long-term contract, bringing its…
JSR opens South Korea EUV photoresist plant for 2nm chips
The 75 billion won facility in Ochang establishes local finishing lines for metal oxide resist, positioning the Japanese supplier…
Samsung says HBM will take 30% of DRAM wafer capacity by 2027
The shift crowds out standard DDR5 output across shared lines, while research firm TrendForce projects average selling prices for…
Synopsys expands TSMC pact with agentic AI chip design tools for A14
The deployment validates autonomous EDA workflows across TSMC's 1.4-nanometer A14 node, multi-die CoWoS interposers and HBM4…
LS Eco Energy builds Vietnam samarium line as US rules loom
The Seoul-based supplier will spend 11.6 billion won for 58% of Global Shre Metal to produce 240 tons of defense-grade material…
SK hynix Evaluates Solidigm US IPO Amid Governance Scrutiny
Reports of a potential $150 billion U.S. listing for the enterprise SSD subsidiary highlight booming AI storage demand while…
SK hynix resumes DRAM packaging outsourcing to vendor Winpac
The memory maker is allocating DDR4 and DDR5 flip-chip assembly to the domestic OSAT provider, shifting legacy backend operations…
Korea unfreezes Honam grid to add 2.6 GW of solar capacity
The policy ends a two-year connection freeze across 164 substations on Oct.
TOPPAN and Broadcom open Singapore plant for AI substrates
The 95,000-square-meter facility in Jurong marks TOPPAN’s first overseas FC-BGA base and Broadcom’s push to secure critical…
OCI anchors Jeonbuk chip materials hub with acid expansion
The chemical maker will lift Gunsan phosphoric acid capacity to 30,000 tons as South Korea commits 45 billion won to anchor an…
TSMC weighs second US chip hub in Texas as orders expand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is evaluating up to six wafer fabs in Dallas to serve American customers that generated…
China Gallium Export Controls Deplete Western Chip Stockpiles
Prolonged licensing friction under Beijing's trade notices leaves compound chipmakers and defense radar programs facing tight raw…
SK hynix validates HBM5 with TSMC on next-generation CoWoS
The South Korean chipmaker secured TSMC's partner award after completing thermal and electrical trials on eighth-generation…
TSMC plans to lift wafer foundry prices by 3% to 6% from 2027
Leading-edge 2-nanometer and 3-nanometer lines face the steepest increases as AI chip demand fills foundry capacity through 2030…
Synopsys certifies TSMC A14 EDA flows and tapes out 64G UCIe
The milestone expands 2-nanometer IP libraries for HBM4 memory and CoWoS packaging, locking fabless chipmakers into angstrom-era…
TSMC raises 2nm wafer target to 120,000 units as orders surge
The foundry lifted internal production goals by pulling forward capacity additions after Apple, Nvidia and three other anchor…
TSMC adds five packaging fabs in Chiayi to ease AI crunch
Taiwan's consultation for a 198.65-hectare Chiayi Science Park expansion clears the path for TSMC to construct five more advanced…
Vanguard and NXP open Singapore fab, weigh second chip plant
The $6.7 billion joint facility begins risk production at 40nm to 130nm nodes, offering Western automotive and AI hardware…