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TSMC said on May 8 that revenue for the first four months of 2026 rose 29.9% from a year earlier, offering a further sign of the strength of the world's largest contract chipmaker as investors focus on AI-related demand and capacity constraints across the semiconductor supply chain....

CEOs from Nvidia and other American tech companies are among those that the US government plans to invite to join President Donald Trump's visit to China next week. Along with the trade negotiations, the US leader has also sought to frame the summit as a type of high-level trade delegation, although the White House is reportedly considering inviting only a small number of executives....

Nvidia and Corning are expanding their partnership in a move that underscores how the artificial intelligence infrastructure race is rapidly shifting beyond GPUs and into optical connectivity, photonics, and advanced manufacturing....

Elon Musk's latest move to team up with Anthropic in a major computing-capacity agreement captures the logic of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." The deal gives Anthropic access to SpaceX's Colossus 1 data center, with more than 220,000 Nvidia GPUs, potentially easing near-term capacity constraints for Claude....

TSMC and Sony Semiconductor Solutions have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture (JV) for next-generation image sensor development and manufacturing, with Sony holding the majority and controlling interest....

One of the most closely watched developments in the AI server industry in recent weeks has been reported changes to the cooling architecture of Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin platform, a shift that has already triggered sharp swings among related suppliers in Taiwan's equity market....

Novatek Microelectronics, one of Taiwan's leading display driver IC (DDI) makers, said revenue in the first quarter of 2026 was supported by growth in system-on-chip (SoC) and large-size display driver products, which offset weakness in the smartphone segment....

TSMC is accelerating the expansion of its CoWoS advanced packaging capacity while pushing ahead with the more technically demanding panel-level packaging technology CoPoS, aiming to widen its lead over rivals in the AI semiconductor race. Industry sources said TSMC has imposed strict confidentiality controls across the CoPoS supply chain, requiring Taiwan-based equipment and materials partners to sign agreements that prevent technology leakage and limit supply to TSMC for several years after mass production begins....

The LCD TV panel inventory replenishment cycle is nearing its end, but LCD monitor panel prices are expected to extend gains in May as production cuts and line closures in Taiwan and South Korea continue to tighten industry supply....

Major international NAND manufacturers are gradually exiting the mature-process 2D NAND market, triggering panic buying and a sharp spike in prices. Industry sources suggest the supply shortage may be difficult to resolve. While vendors are seeking alternative solutions, product specifications are expected to become increasingly polarized as scarcity persists....

Global technology firms are reportedly offering unprecedented investment proposals to secure memory supply from SK Hynix, including funding new production lines and helping pay for expensive semiconductor equipment — underscoring the growing intensity of the AI-driven memory crunch....

Driven by surging AI computing demand and the industry-wide shift toward higher-bandwidth, lower-power network infrastructure, optical communications company Coherent Corp. says customer orders are growing at an accelerated pace, with its backlog reaching a record high and order visibility now extending into the 2028–2030 timeframe....

Demand for high-performance printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in advanced semiconductors has surged in recent months, tightening supply across the copper clad laminate (CCL) industry and extending lead times more than twofold, according to industry sources....

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman and Device Solutions (DS) head Jun Young-Hyun, along with Device eXperience (DX) head Roh Tae-moon, issued a joint statement to all employees on the progress of wage negotiations on May 7, marking their first public remarks on the talks. The move comes as Samsung tries to defuse labor tensions ahead of a union strike deadline....

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) on Friday reported consolidated net revenue of approximately NT$410.73 billion (US$12.6 billion) for April 2026, up 17.5 percent from the same month a year ago, though down 1.1 percent from March 2026....

The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced on May 6 that, excluding TSMC, about 20 Taiwan companies plan to invest US$35 billion in the US. The statement comes after US President Donald Trump issued reciprocal tariffs in April 2025, which unexpectedly helped speed up long-stalled progress on a Taiwan-US economic and trade agreement....

Compal formed a strategic partnership with European AI cloud provider Verda to accelerate deployment of next-generation AI infrastructure across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, the companies announced. The collaboration, revealed in early May, will see Compal supply GPU server systems and high-density, liquid-cooled AI platforms tailored for large-context model training and high-concurrency inference workloads....

Chinese smartphone brands' shipments in the second quarter of 2026 will decrease by 17.8% year-on-year. Smartphone shipments in the Chinese market will decline by 5.4% year-on-year....

A labor dispute at Samsung Electronics is sharpening a debate with implications well beyond South Korea: how semiconductor companies balance worker compensation against the capital-intensive investment cycles that determine who leads in chips....

Samsung Electronics is facing mounting pressure from workers seeking a larger share of the AI-driven semiconductor boom, as unions threaten an 18-day walkout and the dispute puts renewed scrutiny on the company's decades-old performance-pay system....