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Jul
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and United Renewable Energy (URECO) announced that they will jointly invest in establishing a solar module manufacturing company in the US, with plans to build a solar module plant with an annual capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW) to meet the surging power demand from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.
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Jul
Moonshot AI model challenges EDA moat with 2-day chip design
China AI startup Moonshot AI has drawn intense attention from the semiconductor industry after unveiling its new large language model Kimi K3, which delivered strong results across multiple model benchmarks and demonstrated an AI agent completing a full chip design flow in 48 hours using open-source electronic design automation (EDA) tools.
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Jul
Taiwan-US tariff talks stall as July 24 deadline threatens auto supply chains
The Trump administration’s temporary 10% tariff under Section 122 of the US Trade Act is set to expire on July 24, putting Taiwan-US zero-tariff talks and global auto supply chains under pressure. In Taiwan, planned tariff changes for US-made cars remained stuck in legislative review, leaving potential launches in the fourth quarter uncertain.
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Jul
STMicroelectronics raises AI data center ambition as second-quarter revenue rebounds 26%
STMicroelectronics (ST) has raised its revenue ambition for AI data centers to above US$1 billion in 2026 and well above US$2 billion in 2027, staking a larger claim on the AI infrastructure buildout as the European chipmaker swung back to profit in the second quarter of 2026.
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Jul
Tesla confirms equipment orders for TeraFab, targets in-house chip production to break supply bottleneck
Tesla has placed equipment orders for an in-house semiconductor development facility in Austin it calls TeraFab, CEO Elon Musk confirmed during the company’s Q2 2026 earnings call on July 22, marking a significant step toward chip self-sufficiency.
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Jul
Samsung weighs Besi’s Korean rivals for 50-bonder hybrid bonding line as pricing talks drag on
Samsung Electronics is preparing a die-to-wafer hybrid bonding production line with about 50 bonders at its Pyeongtaek campus for next-generation high-bandwidth memory and logic chips, according to The Elec.
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Jul
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Semiconductor Solutions form AI factory automation venture
Mitsubishi Electric and Sony Group subsidiary Sony Semiconductor Solutions announced on July 22, 2026, that they have signed a partnership agreement to launch a joint venture focused on using image sensors to automate manufacturing sites and develop physical AI technology. The new company will be 60% funded by Mitsubishi Electric and 40% by Sony.
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Jul
Intel 18A adopts High-NA EUV in dual-certification push
Intel Foundry has moved high numerical aperture (High-NA) EUV lithography into production on its Intel 18A process, with ASML confirming in a recent press release that Intel is using the expensive next-generation tool on selected layers of its latest notebook processors, including Panther Lake and the Core Ultra Series 3 built on Intel’s 18A technology. The move comes years earlier than Intel’s original roadmap, but it currently remains in use for some layers of the 18A process is not replacing standard Low-NA EUV equipment.
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Jul
Wistron launches first US-made Nvidia GB300 compute baseboard
Wistron opened its D1 AI smart factory in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 21 local time, and began mass production of the first Nvidia GB300 compute baseboard made in the US. The nearly US$700 million plant, which spans about 324,000 square feet, was unveiled by Wistron chairman Simon Lin and Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang.
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Jul
Server CPUs are AI boom’s next scarce commodity: Intel, AMD reportedly lock in Chinese buyers
The AI build-out has found its next pinch point. After spreading from Nvidia’s accelerators to memory and networking gear, the scramble for capacity has now reached the once-plentiful server processor, and Chinese cloud and internet firms are being pushed into the kind of long-term supply commitments once reserved for the tightest parts of the market.