TSMC delivered a robust forecast on October 16, projecting its gross margin would climb back to 60% in the fourth quarter and raising its full-year revenue outlook. During an earnings call, Chairman C.C. Wei also announced a significant expansion of the company’s Arizona operations after securing a second large plot of land to accelerate its US growth.

Samsung Electronics is rolling out a new stock-based rewards program in a strategic move to attract and keep its top employees amid a fierce global competition for talent.

The Department of Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University (THU) in Beijing has developed the world’s first “sub-angstrom snapshot spectral imaging chip” named Rafael. The research findings were published online in Nature, marking a significant advance in high-precision photonic chips and imaging technology in China. This breakthrough ushers intelligent photonics into an ultra-high resolution era below 0.1 nanometers (sub-angstrom level).