According to Nikkei, Japan’s leading chipmaking equipment maker Tokyo Electron opened a large research and development center on Wednesday. The new facility aims to strengthen collaboration with TSMC and other partners in advancing next-generation 1nm semiconductor technologies. As the report n...

TSMC today announced consolidated revenue of NT$989.92 billion, net income of NT$452.30 billion, and diluted earnings per share of NT$17.44 (US$2.92 per ADR unit) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2025. As Reuters reported, TSMC’s Q3 profit hit a record high on soaring demand for AI inf...

According to The Korea Economic Daily, Samsung is reportedly set to receive its first high-numerical-aperture (high-NA) EUV scanner — the Twinscan EXE:5200B — later this year, followed by a second unit in the first half of 2026. While the company already operates a research-use high-NA EUV tool ...

Around the same time Beijing announced tighter rare-earth export rules on October 9—requiring case-by-case reviews for semiconductor and AI-related materials—China’s two rare-earth giants, Northern Rare Earth and Baogang Group, moved in sync to raise transaction prices for rare earth concentra...

A research team led by Professor Michal Lipson at Columbia University has achieved a major breakthrough in silicon photonics, as reported in the latest issue of Nature Photonics. The team successfully demonstrated a high-power frequency comb light source integrated directly on a silicon photonic chi...