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Siemens and TSMC advance AI for semiconductor design across N2P, A16, and A14 process nodes

Siemens has locked in electronic design automation (EDA) tool certifications across four of TSMC’s most advanced chip ...
Digi Times

TPK and ASE to launch advanced semiconductor TGV packaging with 3Q26 pilot line

Touch panel maker TPK is partnering with semiconductor packaging giant ASE to enter the advanced through-glass via (TGV) packaging technology sector, focusing on developing glass substrates for ...
CNBC

TSMC posts 35% jump in revenue to new record high as AI chip demand stays strong

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported first-quarter revenue of 1.13 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($35.6 billion), a 35% year-on-year rise. The chip giant is benefiting from sustained ...
The Conversation

How Taiwan came to dominate the global chip industry

One firm, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), produces more than 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips. These chips are essential for smartphones, artificial intelligence ...
24/7 Wall St

Micron Slides 5% as Google’s AI Memory Algorithm Sparks Fresh Fears Across the Semiconductor Sector

Micron Technology (MU) shares fell to $339 Monday as fears over Alphabet’s (GOOGL) TurboQuant AI memory-compression algorithm raised concerns about long-term demand for high-bandwidth memory across ...
24/7 Wall St

Wall Street Sees Plenty of Upside in Micron Despite the Recent Dip

Micron (MU) is trading at $357.22 against a $527.60 consensus price target, a 47% gap, while 38 of 43 analysts rate the stock Buy or Strong Buy. The company is guiding to $33.5B in Q3 FY2026 revenue ...
The New York Times

An Invisible Bottleneck: A Helium Shortage Threatens the Chip Industry

With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I. chip makers there will be no disruptions. Air Liquide supplies helium and ...
VentureBeat

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

As Large Language Models (LLMs) expand their context windows to process massive documents and intricate conversations, they encounter a brutal hardware reality known as the "Key-Value (KV) cache ...
Ars Technica

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...
csis.org

China’s Localization Drive in Semiconductors Gains Impetus from Allied Chip Export Controls

U.S. and allied export controls on advanced semiconductor technologies, imposed beginning in 2022, were designed to constrain China’s AI and high-end chip development. While progress on these goals ...
The Motley Fool

Taiwan Semiconductor Controls 72% of the Global Chip Market, and the Stock Could Surge in 2026

It produces chips for every major chip designer from Apple to Nvidia. The company is demonstrating incredible growth with even more projected through the end of the decade. The semiconductor industry ...