Semi. Fabs and Clean Rooms 2½h ago: Micron shifting to long-term cleanroom contracts in Taiwan amid $300B+ expansion, with multiple new halls under construction. TSMC ramping capex to $60B+ in 2026. India advancing first AI-enabled fab (Tata) and multiple packaging plants with first silicon fab targeted 2028. US projects continuing with TSMC Arizona in HVM, Intel 18A ramping, Samsung Texas resuming. Construction labor now the key bottleneck alongside power and advanced packaging.
Automotive coolant level sensors: Fundamentals to stay cool - Vehicle engines churn out enormous heat, and without coolant level sensors, the consequences are catastrophic. The post Automotive coolant level sensors: Fundamentals to stay cool appeared first on EDN .
Weekly news roundup: AI memory race heats up, Taiwan manufacturing rebounds, Nexperia rift deepens - AI infrastructure and semiconductor supply chains led reader interest this week, from Taiwan's manufacturing recovery and Nexperia's legal battle to Sandisk's HBF, Micron's HBM expansion, and Marvell's silicon photonics roadmap. Samsung also refreshed its smartphone lineup with the Galaxy S26 FE. Below...
China’s semiconductor long march reaches its midpoint - China’s semiconductor long march reaches its midpoint As Chinese memory makers gain ground under U.S. sanctions, Korea needs a long-term strategy to preserve semiconductor leadership. 9/6/2026 - 11:01 AM Opinion Desk
Samsung Electronics union runs Times Square ad opposing AI-driven job cuts - Samsung Electronics union runs Times Square ad opposing AI-driven job cuts The union, which represents the nonsemiconductor consumer electronics and smartphones division, also plans to hold protests near Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong's residence in central Seoul. 9/5/2026 - 05:01...
China’s semiconductor long march reaches its midpoint (KOR) - China’s semiconductor long march reaches its midpoint (KOR) As Chinese memory makers gain ground under U.S. sanctions, Korea needs a long-term strategy to preserve semiconductor leadership. 9/6/2026 - 09:44 PM Opinion Desk
Comparing Advanced Packaging from TSMC, Intel Foundry, and Samsung Foundry - Advanced semiconductor packaging has become essential to improving computing performance as conventional transistor scaling grows more difficult and expensive. Instead of manufacturing an entire processor as one large monolithic die, chipmakers can divide it into smaller chiplets and combine logic, memory,...
Industry Performance (TCI Graphics) – September 3, 2026 - Semiconductor equipment order activity held steady at 99 °F this week. The data gives weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly views and analysis to help manage the supply chain.
Exclusive: Infineon Dresden fab to hit full capacity in 2-3 years, COO says - Infineon COO Alexander Gorski told DIGITIMES in an exclusive interview at SEMICON Taiwan 2026 that the company's new Dresden fab is ramping at twice the pace of prior expansions, boosted by AI tools and a single virtual fab strategy. He said the facility could reach full capacity in two to three years...
Strong H1 for IQE - IQE reported a strong first-half performance, with revenue growth of more than 40% year-on-year driving a step change in profitability. Revenue increased 43% year-on-year to £64.6m Adjusted EBITDA of £6.0m, […] The post Strong H1 for IQE appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
BenQ Materials targets CPO in semiconductor push - BenQ Materials Group has formally positioned semiconductor materials as a key future growth driver, using its existing coating, membrane, foaming, and adhesive technologies to move into wafer manufacturing, back-end packaging, and co-packaged optics (CPO). With chemical mechanical planarization (CMP)...
Researchers Discover a Gut Microbe Metabolite That Supercharges Cancer Immunotherapy - A microbial metabolite called 3,4 dihydroxybenzoic acid, derived from dietary fiber, improved antitumor immunity in mice. A compound made by gut bacteria during the breakdown of dietary fiber may offer a way to strengthen cancer immunotherapy. In mouse studies, University of Michigan researchers turned...
