SemiPulse — Semiconductor Intelligence

US President Donald Trump, after recently concluding a visit to China, again publicly accused Taiwan of having "stolen our chip industry." This was not the first time he had made such a claim. From the 2024 campaign period to a Fox Newsinterview in May 2026, before his departure after visiting China, Trump has repeatedly argued that the business originally belonged to Intel and that, had the US go

AI chip boom strains ABF substrate supply chain

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

AI is shifting the semiconductor supply chain's next bottleneck from wafer fabrication and HBM memory to ABF substrates — a lower-profile but critical packaging material used in high-end CPUs, GPUs, ASICs, and networking chips.

LG Innotek wins long-term substrate deals as Intel and cloud giants secure supply

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

LG Innotek has secured substrate supply terms with major technology customers that increasingly resemble long-term agreements used in the memory-chip sector, boosting the South Korean supplier's revenue visibility and reducing profit volatility, according to reports.Hankyungand Yonhap, citing a KB Securities report, said the proposed contracts include large upfront payments, binding multi-year sup

TSMC's cautious capex is averting an AI bubble, says investor

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

TSMC's restrained expansion strategy is helping the global market avoid an AI bubble, according to veteran semiconductor investor Gavin Baker, the chief investment officer at Atreides Management. Speaking at the 2026 Sohn Investment Conference, Baker's view runs counter to market consensus at a time when tech giants are pouring money into AI chips and global chip manufacturing is under unprecedent

How Nvidia plans to sell Vera CPUs: Four deployment models explained

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

Nvidia has unveiled a strategic expansion of its silicon portfolio, detailing a four-pronged commercial approach for its new Vera central processing unit. The chipmaker expects the processor to generate US$20 billion in standalone revenue, signaling a significant evolution in its hardware distribution strategy and a broader play for infrastructure dominance in the emerging agentic artificial intel

Samsung labor dispute adds pressure to memory chip market

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

Surging demand for AI data center infrastructure has already pushed the memory market into a structural shortage. Now, Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is adding another layer of uncertainty for DRAM and NAND Flash prices.

Low-Temp Solders Are Suddenly Critical For Chiplets And Photonics

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semiengineering.com 2026-05-21 Laura Peters

Warpage, heat, and brittleness can cause huge reliability problems for expensive designs.

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Nvidia's China hopes dim as Beijing doubles down on domestic AI chips

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

Nvidia's H200 was a major focus after the Trump-Xi meeting, but hopes for sales into China have faded after US President Donald Trump's latest remarks. Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping is firmly committed to developing domestic AI chips, leaving little room for common ground on the issue.

SMIC, Hua Hong form materials supply platform to cut China chip chain reliance on US

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

China's semiconductor self-sufficiency drive has taken another step forward, with SMIC and Hua Hong Group jointly establishing Shanghai Electronic Materials International Supply Chain, in what market observers view as more than a conventional materials procurement platform.

Commentary: China builds its memory twin engines; IPO push for YMTC, CXMT intensifies

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

China's memory chip industry is entering a critical capital markets phase, with YMTC formally launching IPO counselling and CXMT resuming its STAR Market listing review after updating its prospectus. The parallel moves mark an accelerated push by China's two leading memory chipmakers to secure long-term funding and expand their role in the global semiconductor industry.

AMD CEO meets with TSMC CEO in Taiwan as it expands US chip output

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su stated that the company plans to invest more than US$10 billion in Taiwan's industrial ecosystem to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The announcement was made during her visit to Taiwan, where she also disclosed the latest progress in collaborations with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), backend pac

Tech Forum 2026: How much longer can semiconductors sustain Taiwan?

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

During a keynote discussion session at Tech Forum 2026, DIGITIMES senior reporter Monica Chen and semiconductor analyst Andrew Lu shared their views on current AI server technology transformations, concerns over capital expenditure bubbles among global cloud giants, changes in application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and chip architectures, and TSMC's global expansion strategy.

Five weak links India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 must fix

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

India's first semiconductor mission brought fabs, OSAT units, and chip projects into the policy pipeline. Its second phase is being shaped around a harder question: whether India can fix the weak links that determine if those projects become a sustainable semiconductor ecosystem.

SK Hynix reportedly shifts Cheongju mask fab toward HBM yield push

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digitimes.com 2026-05-21

SK Hynix is reportedly moving to reshape part of its Cheongju campus around wafer testing, a shift that underscores how high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, is putting new pressure on the back end of the chipmaking process.

With Chiplets, What Role Does Economics Play?

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semiengineering.com 2026-05-21 Bryon Moyer

Costs can rise with chiplets. Will that change? Will it matter?

Chiplets Data Center Economic Analysis Semiconductor Manufacturing Chip Design Advanced Process Cost Control Modular Design