Amid the aggressive expansion strategy of Chinese foundries and weak demand on products like automotive electronics, Taiwan’s second-largest foundry UMC has reportedly notified its suppliers that, starting January 1, 2026, all supply contracts must see a price reduction of at least 15%, as reveale...

After securing fresh backing from U.S. government and tech giants like NVIDIA and SoftBank, Intel is now eager to stabilize its foundry business by locking in external customers. According to Semafor, the company is in preliminary talks with AMD—once its fiercest rival in the PC and server chip wa...

As per TechNews, citing Wccftech, Intel will raise its order of High-NA EUV (High Numerical Aperture Extreme Ultraviolet) lithography machines from ASML in the Netherlands from one unit to two recently, underscoring the company’s strong commitment to its 14A process node. As semiconductor proce...

While Japan’s Rapidus reached a major milestone in July, announcing that prototyping for its 2nm gate-all-around (GAA) chips has begun at the IIM-1 foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido, CEO Atsuyoshi Koike, according to Hokkaido Shimbun, identifies U.S. firms IBM and chip-design startup Tenstorrent as the...

With Team Blue currently hosting its first Intel Tech Tour in Arizona, new details on the 18A ramp-up have emerged. Commercial Times reports that the semiconductor began limited shipments to U.S. customers in Q3, with 18A wafers already in production and initial output of its own CPUs expected in Q4...