China pushes for 70% homegrown silicon wafer use as domestic firm ramps up 12-inch production — government seeking to localize critical chip supply chain amid A…

China is targeting 70% local wafer sourcing as firms like Eswin scale 12-inch production, aiming to reduce reliance on ...
Hoodline

Union City Shocks Silicon Valley, Snags First U.S. AI Chip Packaging Hub

Union City just scored a serious upgrade in the tech world. Japanese materials firm Resonac has opened what industry and ...

The chip industry is booming again, but only for companies building AI infrastructure

A recent report by Semi's Silicon Manufacturers Group found that the silicon wafer industry is growing once again. The ...
Morning Overview on MSN

ON Semiconductor surges 51% in April as EV and AI chip demand drives silicon carbide orders

In the span of 24 hours at the end of April 2026, ON Semiconductor locked in expanded silicon carbide chip deals with two of ...

Syenta raises $26M in funding to speed up chip interconnect production

Australian chip manufacturing startup Syenta Inc. today announced that it has raised $26 million in funding to expand its ...
TechCircle

Inside Silicon: How Post-Fabrication Evaluation Powers First Time-Right Chips

In its simplest form, silicon validation ensures that the silicon meets its power, performance, area (PPA), and reliability ...
Semiconductor Engineering

TSV Complexity Leads To Manufacturing Bottleneck

Through-silicon vias (TSVs) provide essential interconnects between DRAM dies inside high-bandwidth memory stacks, silicon ...
War on the Rocks

The United States Is Repeating Its Silicon Mistake with Gallium Nitride

China controls 99 percent of the world’s primary gallium, a critical mineral and semiconductor crucial for building the microchips of the future. In 2023, it placed export controls on gallium to ...
ZDNet

AMD sneaks strained silicon into chips

Advanced Micro Devices has begun to incorporate a form of strained silicon into its chips, a design twist that will let the company increase the performance of its processors. The strained ...