Samsung is accelerating the ramp-up of its Taylor fab, with trial runs of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools reportedly beginning as early as March. Adding to the momentum, ETNews reports that the company has awarded a KRW 25 billion contract to South Korean supplier FST for EUV pellicle ha...

Long known as a hub for electronics assembly, Vietnam has so far lacked upstream chip manufacturing. However, this is beginning to shift. On January 16, military-run Viettel Group broke ground on the country’s first domestic semiconductor plant, marking a major step toward a self-sufficient chip i...

Samsung is stepping up its development of custom HBM logic dies. According to ZDNet, sources say the company is designing logic dies for custom HBM using foundry process nodes as advanced as 2nm. The report adds that Samsung Electronics previously applied a 4nm process to the logic die used in HBM4 ...

Japan’s government-backed foundry Rapidus is targeting mass production of 2nm chips in the second half of 2027. According to MoneyDJ, citing Nikkei, sources say Japanese chip materials supplier JX Advanced Metals is considering a ¥5 billion investment in Rapidus and may also supply materials to t...

Amid surging memory prices, Chinese smartphone brands are emerging as some of the hardest hit. According to the South China Morning Post and Jiemian News, Xiaomi has trimmed its 2026 shipment forecast by over 20%, while OPPO, Transsion, and vivo have also scaled back their shipment projections. N...