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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung unveiled the country's Three Mega Projects for AI and Semiconductors in late June 2026, an ambitious national strategy designed to strengthen South Korea's global leadership in artificial intelligence and semiconductors. The initiative centers on three pillars—semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centers—and aims to double the nation's DRAM output within fi

Taiwan power device makers gain from automotive inventory buildup and order shifting

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

Semiconductor supply chains remain tight, and Taiwan power device suppliers say the automotive market, after two years of inventory digestion, is now building up extra stock to avoid shortages. Rebounding demand from 3C end markets is also expected to support revenue in the second half of 2026.

ASML signals pricing power and a two-year capacity sprint as AI tightens the lithography bottleneck

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

During the question-and-answer session of ASML's second-quarter 2026 earnings call on July 15, executives at the world's only maker of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems signaled that they now have room to raise prices and are preparing to expand output of their most important machines by roughly 30% in each of the next two years — all without building new cleanrooms. The tone confirmed

AI chips are running hotter — and Niching is betting its future on keeping them cool

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

As AI chips and HPC chips continue to draw more power, major advanced packaging orders at ASE, Powertech Technology, and Amkor remain strong, lifting demand for heat spreaders. Semi-conductor materials supplier Niching incorporated heat spreader maker Ming Chun Yuan Micro Precise Technology into the group on July 1, 2026, and analysts expect the merger to lift revenue by 30% and gross margin by 10

Samsung, SK hynix race to make Gwangju memory hub operational within four years

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are set to anchor a KRW800 trillion (US$532.4 billion) semiconductor cluster at the former Gwangju military airport site in South Korea. Industry experts describe the project as a race against time, with an ambitious target of bringing four fabrication plants online within four years. Whether land, power, water, talent, and supply-chain infrastructure can be develo

ASML's rumored move to raise lithography prices sets up rare clash with TSMC as AI hands toolmakers pricing power

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

An AI-fueled earnings beat has emboldened ASML to do something it rarely does: raise prices on the lithography machines that are essential to making advanced chips. That plan is now setting up an unusual confrontation with its largest customer, TSMC, and threatens to fall hardest on Chinese chipmakers with the fewest alternatives. It also lands in the middle of a broader 2026 repricing cycle that

InP substrates emerge as strategic asset as optical engine supply chain heads for reshuffle

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

As AI server interconnects advance toward 1.6T and co-packaged optics (CPO), high-power continuous-wave (CW) lasers are becoming a strategic battleground for global technology companies. At the heart of these optical engines, indium phosphide (InP) manufacturing is shifting toward larger 4-inch and 6-inch wafer production. While existing suppliers have yet to fully meet growing demand, Taiwanese c

Exclusive: Advanced packaging outpaces front-end growth while NPO paves way for commercial CPO

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digitimes.com 2026-07-16

Generative AI is accelerating demand for computing power, memory and data bandwidth, shifting semiconductor innovation beyond front-end processes toward advanced packaging, silicon photonics (SiPh) and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO). Benjamin Hein, CEO Electronics and Executive Board member at Merck, said advanced packaging materials are poised to outgrow front-end process materials and the broader mate

New Mouser and onsemi eBook Examines the Power and Sensing Technologies Enabling the Next Generation of AI Systems - Electronic Design

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www.electronicdesign.com 2026-07-16 Electronic Design

Power Integrations (POWI) Unveils Ultra-Slim Reference Designs for NVIDIA (NVDA) Data Center Architecture - Yahoo Finance

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finance.yahoo.com 2026-07-15 Yahoo Finance

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