According to its press release, imec announced a leadership transition, appointing Patrick Vandenameele as its next CEO effective April 2026, while sharpening its focus on the rising demands of AI chipmaking. At the same time, the institute reported breakthroughs in single-patterning High-NA EUV lit...

As U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick floated the idea of a “50-50 split” in chip production between the U.S. and Taiwan in a NewsNation interview, Economic Daily News suggests TSMC is moving faster in Arizona. Its third fab could enter mass production as early as 2027—beating the original...

Applied Materials, Inc. has announced a strategic collaboration with GlobalFoundries (GF) to establish a state-of-the-art waveguide manufacturing facility at GF’s Singapore plant, aiming to accelerate the next wave of innovation in photonics technology. Leveraging decades of semiconductor exper...

After a wave of tech giants pledged additional U.S. investments during President Trump’s new term to sidestep high chip tariffs, Washington is reportedly considering another policy. According to The Wall Street Journal, companies that fail to maintain a 1:1 ratio of domestic production to imports ...

On the 24th, Qualcomm unveiled its next-generation chips at the annual Snapdragon Summit. According to ZDNet, citing Alex Katouzian, Qualcomm Senior Vice President and Head of the Mobile, Compute & XR (MCX) Business Unit, the company has been working with Samsung on the chip design for the Galax...