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NEWS TAGGED 6-INCH

Monday 19 October 2026

Infineon extends Wolfspeed wafer deal to 8-inch silicon carbide

Infineon Technologies has lined up 8-inch silicon carbide (SiC) wafers from Wolfspeed under an expanded and extended long-term supply agreement. The deal gives the German chipmaker...

Monday 12 October 2026

Episil chairman says SiC is not yet shifting from 6-inch to 8-inch

Episil held an earnings call on October 7, saying silicon carbide (SiC) capacity utilization has rebounded quickly from 30% at a low point to nearly 90% now. If 6-inch order demand...

Thursday 8 October 2026

AI demand drives Episil SiC V-shaped recovery as GaN and TVS capacity reaches full utilization

Episil Technologies Chairman Rex Hsu said overall demand has gradually recovered following an industry downturn, with silicon carbide (SiC) capacity utilization rebounding sharply...

Wednesday 7 October 2026

Exclusive: GaN defends fast-charging turf, eyes AI power as low-cost SiC pushes into consumer electronics

The traditional market divide between the third-generation semiconductors gallium nitride (GaN) and silicon carbide (SiC) is seeing greater overlap in 2026, with SiC increasingly encroaching...

Monday 5 October 2026

Cheap SiC substrates ignite demand wave, reshape ecosystem

Prices for low-cost 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, after years of capacity expansion and brutal price wars, are now showing clear signs of bottoming out in the second half...

Tuesday 22 September 2026

Exclusive: China SiC capacity tightens, spilling orders over to Taiwanese foundries

China's silicon carbide (SiC) end-market demand is expanding rapidly, driven by high-voltage charging infrastructure and AI servers...

Thursday 17 September 2026

DIGITIMES Insight: SiC substrate capacity expansion continued; 6-inch substrate prices expected to rebound in 2027

DIGITIMES has observed that demand for silicon carbide (SiC) power devices has climbed rapidly in recent years as the EV market expands, triggering a massive wave of capacity expansion...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Exclusive: China's 8-inch SiC suppliers turn to pricing discipline after 6-inch price war

As the silicon carbide (SiC) industry shifts from 6-inch to 8-inch wafer manufacturing, leading China-based substrate suppliers are...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

ASML lines up Intel, TSMC and Samsung behind 12-inch masks — TSMC alone sets a timeline

ASML issued joint statements with Intel Foundry, TSMC and Samsung Electronics on September 8, converging the three leading-edge chipmakers on a transition from the semiconductor industry's...

Thursday 3 September 2026

Exclusive: China 6-inch SiC substrate supply tightens, prices set to rise

China's 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrate market is undergoing a structural supply-demand reversal. Driven by strengthening downstream demand and limited production restarts,...

Thursday 3 September 2026

Win Semiconductors unveils 0.1μm GaN for AI, satellite links

Taiwanese compound semiconductor maker WIN Semiconductors said on September 1, 2026, that compound semiconductors are the backbone of AI and satellite communications, as it unveiled...

Wednesday 26 August 2026

China has plenty of indium but not enough InP wafers for AI data centers

China accounts for more than 70% of the world's primary indium output but only about 10% of finished indium phosphide substrates, leaving a gap between its strength in raw materials...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

EYEQ Lab completes 200mm SiC line validation with yield above 90%

South Korean power semiconductor maker EYEQ Lab has completed mass-production validation of its dedicated 8-inch, or 200mm, silicon carbide...

Sunday 12 July 2026

InP supply crunch leaves South Korea exposed

Coherent has agreed to prepay AXT US$22.3 million under a three-year agreement for committed 6-inch indium phosphide substrate capacity, showing how buyers are moving to reserve future...

Tuesday 23 June 2026

AI data center buildout fuels optical interconnect race, but 6-inch InP wafers hit supply wall

Technology giants are continuing to expand AI computing infrastructure, driving demand for high-performance optical interconnect components...

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