Semiconductor News & Analysis Feed
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2026-06-18
digitimes.com
2026-06-18
Samsung Electronics is developing and operating a data-sharing platform with semiconductor materials, components and equipment suppliers, according to a report by South Korea's ETNews, which cited industry sources.
2026-06-18
247wallst.com
2026-06-18
24/7 Wall St.
Investors in the semiconductor capital equipment sector often face a structural question about where value is created in the supply chain. The largest equipment manufacturers—companies such as Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT | AMAT Price Prediction) and Lam Research (NYSE:LRCX)—design and sell complete semiconductor manufacturing systems. Surrounding these firms is a large ecosystem of suppliers th
2026-06-17
tomshardware.com
2026-06-17
Anton Shilov
Nvidia may be ahead of AMD and Intel with PCIe Gen6-supporting platform for client PCs due to its client agentic AI ambitions, and that roadmap has suppliers like Silicon Motion paying attention.
2026-06-17
digitimes.com
2026-06-17
Semiconductor materials suppliers are moving to rebuild depleted inventories and recover sharply higher costs from Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and other memory chip customers after the 106-day US-Iran war strained supply chains for precursors, specialty gases and other key chipmaking inputs.
2026-06-17
digitimes.com
2026-06-17
The global appetite for AI chips is putting new strain on materials suppliers, turning one of Ajinomoto's lesser-known products into a pressure point for advanced semiconductor packaging.
2026-06-16
www.investors.com
2026-06-16
Investor's Business Daily
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2026-06-16
digitimes.com
2026-06-16
Apple is stepping up the AI capabilities of its Siri voice assistant, and analysts say memory chip demand will rise along with it, potentially benefiting Apple's suppliers such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The shift could drive both shipment growth and higher prices for mobile DRAM.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com
2026-06-16
The AI data center buildout is driving demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and networking chips, sending the global IC substrate industry into a new growth cycle. Order visibility now extends two to three years, prompting Taiwan's three leading IC substrate suppliers,Unimicron,Kinsus, andNanya PCB, to restart capacity expansion targeting GPU, CPU, and ASIC customers.
2026-06-16
digitimes.com
2026-06-16
The semiconductor supply chain is facing another raw material shock — this time from tungsten hexafluoride, or WF6, a specialty gas used in chip manufacturing. Planned production adjustments or exits by some Japanese suppliers in the second half of 2026 have intensified concerns over tighter global supply, sending prices sharply higher and raising the risk of disruption into 2027.
2026-06-15
digitimes.com
2026-06-15
SK Hynix is bringing additional back-end equipment into its Cheongju P&T6 facility as it steps up mass-production preparations for HBM4, a move that underscores mounting pressure on advanced memory suppliers to keep pace with demand from AI infrastructure.
2026-06-15
digitimes.com
2026-06-15
China has allowed the release of a fresh supply of indium phosphide (InP) substrates, which are under export controls. A first 2026 batch shipped at the end of May following an earlier release in 2025, easing a capacity bottleneck in the optical communications market. Taiwanese compound semiconductor suppliers including Visual Photonics Epitaxy (VPEC) and Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS)
2026-06-15
digitimes.com
2026-06-15
LG Innotek plans to invest more than KRW1 trillion in a new semiconductor substrate plant in Haiphong, Vietnam, reflecting rising demand for substrates used in AI servers, 5G smartphones, and on-device AI chips. The expansion targets RF-SiP, FC-CSP, and FC-BGA substrates, as substrate suppliers adjust capacity plans to stronger demand from advanced mobile devices and AI infrastructure.
2026-06-15
digitimes.com
2026-06-15
South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain saw a material pickup in orders in the first half of 2026 as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accelerated investment in advanced DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM4), generating demand across front-end tools, advanced packaging, and inspection equipment. The shift toward high-end process and packaging capabilities for AI memory has driven new con
2026-06-14
www.thelec.net
2026-06-14
thelec.net
I was recently shocked while trying to replace my laptop. High-end models that cost around the upper-1 million won range last year are now well above 3 million won. Prices have effectively doubled or tripled in just one year.
It is not only laptops. Prices of electronics containing large amounts of semiconductors have risen across the board. The shortage of semiconductors triggered by the artific
2026-06-13
digitimes.com
2026-06-13
SK Hynix is reviewing rare price increase requests from several tier-one equipment suppliers, a sign that the high-bandwidth memory boom is beginning to reshape pricing power in South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain.
2026-06-12
digitimes.com
2026-06-12
Hanmi Semiconductor plans to invest KRW50 billion (US$32.81 million) in SpaceX, highlighting how space, satellites, and artificial intelligence infrastructure are increasingly linked. For global readers, the deal signals how semiconductor suppliers are positioning themselves around next-generation supply chains, customer demand, and the expansion of AI-driven industrial ecosystems.
2026-06-12
digitimes.com
2026-06-12
Taiwan's semiconductor and electronics supply-chain companies continued to post generally firm sales in May, according to monthly revenue data and company disclosures, with the strongest accumulated growth concentrated in AI-linked logic, testing, substrate, and copper-clad laminate suppliers.
2026-06-11
digitimes.com
2026-06-11
Recent market speculation suggests that Nvidia's ambitious transition to a native 800-volt direct-current (800VDC) architecture for AI data centers may be delayed by up to a year, pushing large-scale production and deployment beyond 2028. The reports also claim that major cloud service providers (CSPs) could postpone adoption of the technology.
2026-06-11
digitimes.com
2026-06-11
TSS Semiconductor Alliance, a group of 18 small and medium-sized Taiwanese suppliers of semiconductor materials, components and equipment, is preparing to form a third cohort as members seek to expand their role in global chip supply chains.
2026-06-11
digitimes.com
2026-06-11
Applied Materials is expanding manufacturing and research in Singapore as artificial intelligence (AI) drives a wider shift in semiconductor planning, supply chains, and investment. The move highlights how AI demand is influencing chipmakers, equipment suppliers, and global customers, with implications for production capacity, regional innovation hubs, and technology markets worldwide.