Semiconductor News

How chips get made: process nodes, lithography, advanced packaging, fab capacity, and foundry economics. From TSMC and Intel roadmaps to CHIPS Act build-outs in Arizona, Ohio, and Texas, this hub collects every manufacturing story our AI editor has scored and ranked.

• US semiconductor giant breaks ground on $9.3-billion memory chip plant expansion in JapanJul 6, 2026 · Interesting Engineering · scored 4.35/10 · day ranking →
• Intel breaks ground on Santa Clara chip manufacturing hubJul 2, 2026 · The Mercury News · scored 4.35/10 · day ranking →
• Giant stride with micron precision: Inside India’s 1st semiconductor chip packaging cluster in GujaratMay 15, 2026 · ThePrint · scored 4.35/10 · day ranking →
• Bay City-area semiconductor plant once touted by Biden to shutterJul 22, 2026 · The Detroit News · scored 4.35/10 · day ranking →
• Huawei bets on speed over shrinking transistors to sidestep US chip sanctionsMay 30, 2026 · Reuters · scored 4.35/10 · day ranking →
• Micron breaks ground on ¥1.5T factory expansion in Japan to chase AI chip demandJul 5, 2026 · Crypto Briefing · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• India roundup: R&D hubs, domestic tooling, OSAT investments, and AI hubs are powering India’s chip pushAug 3, 2026 · digitimes · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• Samsung to build new US chip fab at its Taylor campus this yearJul 31, 2026 · SamMobile · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• China’s Huawei touts chip design breakthrough in bid to defy U.S. sanctionsMay 28, 2026 · nbcnews · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• Indian semiconductor startup Aheesa achieves first-pass success with VIHAAN chipAug 16, 2026 · BusinessLine · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• How 5 professors and 2 PhD scholars built a chip India couldn't afford to importJul 26, 2026 · India Today · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• [News] Korea’s POSTECH Develops Tech for Stable 10+ Layer Chip Stacking, Achieving 4× the Density of 12-Hi HBMJul 11, 2026 · TrendForce · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• TSMC & Researchers Make Big Breakthrough In Chip Transistor Technology As Part Of Push Towards Developing Sub-1-nanometer TechnologiesAug 9, 2026 · Wccftech · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• NASA’s Next-Gen Processor Is 500 Times More Powerful Than Current Space ChipsMay 15, 2026 · Gizmodo.com · scored 4.30/10 · day ranking →
• Sugar Land semiconductor firm plans $279M expansion after landing $20.8M state grantMay 4, 2026 · Covering Katy News · scored 4.25/10 · day ranking →
• A 0.42-nanometer breakthrough could push transistors beyond siliconAug 10, 2026 · Science Daily · scored 4.25/10 · day ranking →
• Tata's Assam semiconductor plant to receive Rs 14,044 crore in government incentivesJul 10, 2026 · The Times of India · scored 4.25/10 · day ranking →
• Samsung accelerates Pyeongtaek fab expansion as memory supercycle buildsMay 10, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 4.25/10 · day ranking →
• Chinese startup claims world’s first 8-inch 2D semiconductor pilot production lineJul 15, 2026 · Interesting Engineering · scored 4.25/10 · day ranking →
• China’s chip industry breaks out with government support as domestic lithography tools enter mass productionAug 18, 2026 · Crypto Briefing · scored 4.20/10 · day ranking →
• Micron's $2B Project to Expand Memory Manufacturing in VirginiaMay 31, 2026 · Manufacturing.net · scored 4.20/10 · day ranking →
• LG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrained — maskless machine is designed to pattern fine interconnects, trading resolution for higher throughputAug 24, 2026 · Tom's Hardware · scored 4.15/10 · day ranking →
• Company that makes equipment for computer chip manufacturing commits $1.5B in Tualatin, breaks ground on new lab - Oregon Public BroadcastingAug 28, 2026 · OPB · scored 4.15/10 · day ranking →
• Synopsys pulls back from chip fab software to chase AI design marginsJul 8, 2026 · The Next Web · scored 4.15/10 · day ranking →
• Hanmi Semiconductor speeds up HBM tool output and plants US flag as equipment shortage loomsJul 21, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 4.15/10 · day ranking →
• Taiwan's chip partnerships widen beyond fabs to AI, photonics and quantumJul 26, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 4.15/10 · day ranking →
• Intel, 3DGS to set up $3.3 billion substrate plant in India's Odisha stateMay 30, 2026 · CNA · scored 4.15/10 · day ranking →
• GlobalFoundries (GFS) Announces Production Readiness of SLATE Wafer-to-Wafer Bonding TechnologyJul 13, 2026 · Yahoo Entertainment · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• Intel, SK hynix shares surge following reports of chip packaging partnership — SK is said to be testing Intel's 2.5D EMIB for HBM integrationMay 11, 2026 · Tom's Hardware · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• SK Hynix ascends as new memory king with high-bandwidth AI chipsJun 3, 2026 · Nikkei Asia · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• Chinese companies are ramping up homegrown AI chips, even if Nvidia is coming backMay 16, 2026 · CNBC · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• AI boom drives Taiwan's semiconductor testing industry into record expansionMay 12, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• Kioxia, Sandisk plan more than US$31 billion in Japan investmentsAug 29, 2026 · Digitimes · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) Partners with Broadcom on Advanced Chip Packaging Technologies for AI SystemsMay 29, 2026 · Yahoo Finance · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →
• AI memory bottleneck may ease as ultrathin chip stacks quadruple high-bandwidth memory densityJul 10, 2026 · Tech Xplore · scored 4.10/10 · day ranking →