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Semiconductors
1,779 words 9 min read
Singapore just crossed a major milestone in the global semiconductor race, launching a new era in its three-decade-long chip industry transformation. On September 25, 2026, Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Dr Tan See…
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Semiconductors
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The global semiconductor industry is set to add capacity this year at the fastest pace in its history, with production rising 6% in 2024 to a record 33.7 million wafers per month, SEMI announced in its World Fab Forecast report. The…
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Semiconductors
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The semiconductor industry's relentless pursuit of higher performance has pushed packaging technology from a supporting role into the central stage of innovation. As Moore's Law scaling slows at the transistor level, advanced packaging has…
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Semiconductors
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The global LiDAR market is entering a phase of rapid commercialization. The driver is straightforward: automotive ADAS mandates are tightening worldwide, robotaxi fleets are demanding higher‑resolution ranging, and non‑automotive…
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Semiconductors
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Samsung shipped 12-high HBM4E samples in late May, and SK Hynix followed a few weeks later. The memory does not have a JEDEC standard yet, but the market does not care. Samsung says 2026 HBM4 volume is effectively sold out, and SK Hynix…
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Semiconductors
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The United States has spent years promising to bring leading-edge chipmaking home. On October 21, 2026, Intel announced that crews had installed the first major structural truss at its new chip fabrication plant in New Albany, Ohio — a…
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Semiconductors
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The global semiconductor landscape is undergoing a pivotal transformation driven by accelerating artificial intelligence demand, intensifying geopolitical competition over chip manufacturing, and a strategic push to diversify production…
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Semiconductors
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TSMC posted record profit for a sixth straight quarter last week. Fourth-quarter revenue is expected to come in 58% higher than a year earlier. The bottleneck is not demand. It is factory space. The artificial intelligence boom has created…
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Semiconductors
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A Delaware jury delivered a landmark verdict against Arm Holdings plc on October 13, 2026, finding that the semiconductor architecture licensor breached its chip architecture license agreement with Qualcomm and intentionally and…
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Semiconductors
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Samsung Electronics will use TSMC's 3-nanometre process to build base dies for Nvidia's next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, the Seoul Economic Daily reported on Sunday. It's the first time Samsung has worked with the Taiwanese…
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Semiconductors
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Samsung Electronics will use TSMC's 3-nanometer process to manufacture the base dies for Nvidia's next-generation custom high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, a reported arrangement that would bring two of the world's most capable foundries…
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Semiconductors
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The chip crunch that began in 2021 has turned into a structural crisis. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company announced Tuesday that its 2nm pilot line at the Hsinchu facility is now running at full production capacity, adding 12,000…