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Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong quietly visited Taiwan on May 21 and met with MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai, according to semiconductor supply chain sources, in a move aimed at expanding Samsung's foundry business by securing another major customer after deals with Tesla and renewed work with AMD. Samsung declined to comment, and MediaTek had not issued an official response by press time.
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Specialty memory design company AP Memory is positioning itself to capture growth momentum from stack silicon capacitors (S-SiCap). The company said its discrete S-SiCap products, also known as discrete silicon capacitors (IPD), will begin small-volume shipments in the second quarter of 2026, making it the first supplier qualified for Intel's embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) advanced
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Nanya Technology plans to raise 2026 capital expenditure above NT$52 billion (US$1.64 billion), with chairman Tzou Ming-jen saying the DRAM maker will accelerate new fab construction to capture AI-led memory demand. Equipment installation is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2027, followed by mass production in the second half.
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Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta, and Synopsys are partnering with UCLA Samueli to create a US$125 million Semiconductor Hub to accelerate research and workforce development in AI-driven chip technologies, promising global impacts on computing speed, energy efficiency, and applications from healthcare to transportation while strengthening US competitiveness and innovation globall
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AMD CEO Lisa Su pushed back against concerns of an AI bubble on May 22, saying demand is "absolutely real" and that the industry remains in an early phase of growth.
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AI-driven demand and other emerging technologies kept Taiwan's export momentum strong in the first quarter of 2026, with exports reaching US$195.74 billion, rising 51% year on year. Economic growth hit 13.69%, the highest quarterly growth in 39 years. Taiwan's GDP is forecast to reach NT$32 trillion (US$1.02 trillion) in 2026.
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At the recent Plug and Play Silicon Valley May Summit, the semiconductor and supply chain sessions highlighted a critical shift toward hardware-level security, energy efficiency for AI, and AI-driven quality engineering. Startups, including Enclave Semiconductor, Bedrock Semiconductor, and Lattice, presented solutions aimed at securing and optimizing the global electronics ecosystem.
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AMD CEO Lisa Su appeared in Suzhou on May 20 to attend the launch ceremony for the second-phase expansion of Suzhou TF-AMD Semiconductor Co. (also known as Suzhou Tongfu Advanced Microelectronics), underscoring AMD's growing focus on advanced packaging capacity as AI and high-performance computing demand accelerate globally.
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InPsytech, the intellectual property unit of Egis Technology Group, announced on May 21 that it hired a former Altera CEO and ex-Intel executive as a senior strategy adviser to support global market expansion and large-scale growth. The firm said the appointment aims to leverage the adviser's semiconductor leadership experience to guide worldwide strategy and help scale the company's business in i
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Tata Group's semiconductor facility in Assam is expected to begin production soon, marking a significant milestone in India's push to build a domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry and strengthen its standing in global technology supply chains.
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Forcelead Technology said it expects stable operations through 2026 as it rolls out a touch-TDDI product and pursues new automotive display opportunities, a development with implications for global suppliers and aftermarket channels as automakers adopt more advanced cockpit features. The company aims to protect margins while expanding beyond its core display business.
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China AMOLED panel maker EverDisplay Optronics completed a board reshuffle and senior management overhaul after a board meeting on May 20, appointing a former Hua Hong Semiconductor executive as chairman and naming a new general manager as it builds a new leadership team. The changes included a slate of shareholder-representative directors and retained an existing director, the firm announced.
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Amkor Technology today reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening advanced semiconductor packaging and test capabilities in the US through continued investment in its Arizona manufacturing operations.
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Advanced packaging designs are approaching the physical limitations of wafers as AI, HPC, and heterogeneous integration rapidly evolve. Subsequently, Panel Level Packaging (PLP) technology has drawn significant industry attention. Global semiconductor equipment manufacturer Lam Research announced the official establishment of its PLP Center of Excellence (CoE) in Salzburg, Austria, aimed at streng
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Taiwan's semiconductor industry and the military implications of a potential cross-strait conflict dominated the aerospace and defense track on the second day of the Plug and Play Silicon Valley May Summit, as investors and defense technology executives described a geopolitical environment that is fundamentally reshaping where capital flows and why.
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Nvidia has positioned its specialized LPX accelerator as a niche product designed specifically for low-latency, high-speed token generation rather than broad-market enterprise workloads. The hardware targets a narrow segment of service providers that operate premium, high-velocity token applications for select customer bases. While the architecture excels at rapid text decoding, its broader market
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On May 20, 2026, DIGITIMES held its Tech Forum, where senior analyst Jim Hsiao delivered a presentation, "AI server market outlook and trends amid the explosion of agent applications." In it, Hsiao explained that demand is rising sharply not only for x86 server CPUs from Intel and AMD, but also for Arm-based CPUs, which are expected to see explosive growth in 2026.
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Samsung Electronics and its union signed a provisional agreement late at night, about an hour before a scheduled May 21 strike, averting an industry estimate of more than KRW100 trillion (approx. US$66.8 billion) in supply chain disruption. The deal eases an immediate labor crisis but leaves unresolved structural conflicts and rising personnel costs.
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