China chip tool makers expand beyond import substitution at CSEAC 2026
China’s semiconductor equipment industry is moving beyond replacing imported tools at mature nodes, with CSEAC 2026 highlighting deeper advances in etching, thin-film deposition, cleaning, metrology, advanced packaging and core components.
KEPCO seeks US$18 billion from Samsung, SK Hynix to fund Korea’s power grid
Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs unveils Atlas world model for 3D AI and robotics
World Labs, the startup founded by Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled Atlas, a multimodal world model designed to generate, reconstruct, and simulate three-dimensional environments from text, images, and video. The launch marks a shift from conventional generative AI toward systems that reason about geometry, camera position, depth, and spatial relationships.
Niching validates 500-ton press for large heat spreaders
Semiconductor sustainability shifts to cost control as fab resource demand surges
Sustainability is not just good for communities and the environment but also good for business. This is the message from a sustainability summit that took place at SEMICON Taiwan this week, with water management and equipment providers seeking to link water recycling, tool upgrades, and efficiency-improving automation to measurable cost savings.
Broadcom says CPO fits scale-out better than scale-up
Microsoft unveils two-segment reporting structure, standalone Azure financials
CXMT expands global hiring to Japan for DDR5, LPDDR technology upgrade
Chinese DRAM maker CXMT has launched its 2027 global recruitment campaign, opening roles across circuit design, R&D, mass-production technology, manufacturing operations, information technology and artificial intelligence. Positions are based in Hefei, Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and overseas markets including Japan.