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Wednesday 1 July 2026
South Korea's southwest chip hub plan faces supplier gap
South Korea's plan to build a KRW800 trillion (approx. US$51 billion) memory fab cluster in the southwestern Honam region is running into an inconvenient fact: the region has the country's...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
GigaDevice flags memory cycle risks amid share price surge

GigaDevice Technology Group has warned investors of heightened stock trading risks following its share price surge in recent weeks....

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Taiwan starts collecting carbon fee, with highest amount from semiconductor firms

Taiwan's carbon fee system has begun collecting payments, with the first batch covering 240 high-emitting companies across 461 factories...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 reportedly clears Finance Ministry hurdle as govt highlights first-phase progress

India's proposed second phase of the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM 2.0) has reportedly taken a key step forward, clearing the Finance...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI fuels OSAT pricing power as chip packaging orders fill through 2027
Cloud AI demand is reshaping the seasonal cycle of the semiconductor industry, with capacity tightness spreading from front-end manufacturing to back-end packaging and testing. Since...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI chip complexity stretches electronic materials order windows to six months, DuPont spinoff warns

As the AI wave drives rapid growth across the global semiconductor industry, the upstream electronic materials supply chain has become...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Naphtha supply risk adds pressure to semiconductor materials
A crude oil shortage tied to the US-Iran war is raising concern about naphtha, a refinery byproduct used deep in industrial supply chains. While a direct semiconductor shortage is...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
LCD TV panel makers face a softer peak season as demand weakens and costs climb
Liquid-crystal-display (LCD) TV panel makers face a muted peak season in the second half of 2026, as weaker demand, rising material costs, and looser supply-demand conditions put pressure...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
South Korea's southwest chip hub grows from memory fabs into full semiconductor and AI ecosystem
South Korea's government laid out a detailed plan on June 30 for building its southwest region into a major new semiconductor production base, with SK, Samsung Electronics and Amkor...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
SK Hynix talent hunt targets HBM's next frontiers while drawing Samsung employees' attention

SK Hynix's latest senior hiring drive has reignited debate in South Korea's semiconductor industry, with the move seen as more than...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Why South Korea may struggle to replicate Taiwan's semiconductor success

South Korea is moving to build a complete semiconductor supply chain modeled on Taiwan's technology corridor, but Gudeng chairman Bill...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
South Korea's AI memory push draws scrutiny from both Taiwan and China
South Korea's plan to send Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix into a new memory hub in Gwangju and South Jeolla is drawing scrutiny from Taiwan and China, as Seoul defends the project...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Asia Neo Tech and Brooks sign 15-year FOUP deal

Asia Neo Tech has announced a 15-year technology licensing agreement with US-based Brooks Automation to cooperate on FOUP (front-opening...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Ability Opto-Electronics targets CPO growth with V-groove and MT lines

Ability Opto-Electronics Technology, an optics maker, said on June 29 that its V-groove and mechanical transfer (MT) products for co-packaged...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
TSMC fast-tracks CoPoS—whole supply chain under gag order

TSMC is accelerating CoWoS capacity expansion while also pushing ahead with next-generation panel-level packaging, CoPoS, aiming to...