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Saturday 19 September 2026
Memory recovery, price hikes lift Niching IC substrate outlook, order visibility through 2H27

Semiconductor packaging and testing materials distributor Niching Industrial hosted an investor conference on September 17. chief financial...

Saturday 19 September 2026
Interview: Advanced packaging shifts toward system-level co-design for AI

Advanced packaging remains one of the semiconductor industry's hottest technology areas in 2026. In Taiwan, terms such as co-packaged...

Saturday 19 September 2026
Charts: Taiwan's memory makers are outgrowing TSMC by a factor of eight

Taiwan's chipmakers are having their best year in a decade, and the headline number belongs to TSMC. The more interesting one does n...

Saturday 19 September 2026
CXL adds memory capacity, but HBM retains its bandwidth edge

Growing memory requirements are increasing interest in Compute Express Link (CXL) as a way to add capacity beyond locally attached memory...

Saturday 19 September 2026
Ventec invests NT$1.5 billion in Kunshan expansion for AI, HDI orders

Copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturer Ventec International Group has approved an expansion budget of NT$1.5 billion (approx. US$47.11...

Friday 18 September 2026
Solidigm weighs first US NAND fab, explores upstate New York

Solidigm, the US NAND flash subsidiary of SK Hynix, is considering building its first NAND manufacturing plant in the US, with upstate...

Friday 18 September 2026
Analysis: China's 15th five-year plan spotlights diamond for AI chip thermal management
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have highlighted ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor materials,...
Friday 18 September 2026
Winbond cements server NOR lead with Infineon deal
Winbond Electronics is expanding its NOR Flash footprint and has agreed to pay US$1.12 billion in cash to acquire Infineon's NOR Flash and F-RAM businesses, a move that will lift it...
Friday 18 September 2026
Corning to raise display glass substrate prices 15% from 4Q26
Corning, the US glass substrate supplier, will raise prices for its yen-denominated display glass substrate products by 15% or more worldwide starting in the fourth quarter of 2026,...
Friday 18 September 2026
CXMT eyes NAND amid global shortage, taking aim at YMTC

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is preparing to expand beyond DRAM into NAND flash, a move that would push China's leading DRAM...

Friday 18 September 2026
Doosan commits KRW968 billion to CCL expansion as demand strains capacity
Doosan is investing KRW968.4 billion (approx. US$701 million) to expand high-end copper-clad laminate (CCL) production in South Korea and China, its largest-ever investment in the...
Friday 18 September 2026
China's memory push gains ground across LPDDR6, advanced NAND, with HBM still the test

AI is reshaping the global memory industry, tightening supply while creating an opening for China's domestic suppliers. With Samsung...

Friday 18 September 2026
Chip equipment makers face waits of up to 40 months for critical parts
The semiconductor industry's capacity crunch is moving deeper into the equipment supply chain, with shortages of specialized components stretching delivery times as chipmakers accelerate...
Friday 18 September 2026
Samsung deepens Euclyd ties as startup reportedly reaches test-chip stage

Samsung Electronics is deepening its relationship with Dutch chip startup Euclyd after the company reportedly reached the test-chip...

Friday 18 September 2026
CPO raises PCB downgrade concerns but switches stick with M8 CCL

As the industry shifts toward greater use of optical interconnects and less reliance on copper, market speculation has emerged that...