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Friday 2 October 2026
JCET Group partners with Wuxi to advance 2.5D advanced packaging facilities
JCET Group signed an agreement on September 29 for a high-end advanced packaging and testing project in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Wuxi municipal leadership pledged operational support...
Friday 2 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Intel, TSMC, Samsung converge on backside power — packaging becomes the next divide
Data center AI accelerator package power has climbed from about 500W in the A100 generation to roughly 3,500–4,000W for Rubin Ultra-class products expected in 2027, pushing supply...
Friday 2 October 2026
Micron expands global fabs, calls on Taiwanese suppliers to go overseas
AI-driven memory demand is surging, and Micron has recently accelerated capacity expansion across multiple regions worldwide, including Taiwan, the US, Japan, Singapore, and India...
Friday 2 October 2026
Micron eyes NVHBM profits with TSMC custom HBM push
Micron is using an externally manufactured base die in NVHBM, a custom high-bandwidth memory (HBM) product it is co-developing with Nvidia, as the company bets that customization can...
Friday 2 October 2026
Commentary: Broadcom's US$42 billion Anthropic loan exposes AI's emerging chip-financing loop
When the underlying economics of infrastructure commitments meet the financing muscle of the companies supplying foundational compute, the traditional boundary between supplier and...
Friday 2 October 2026
China chip talent tensions surface in Cambricon's US$4.15 billion ex-CTO dispute

Cambricon Technologies' equity dispute with former deputy general manager and chief technology officer Liang Jun has escalated sharply, with Liang...

Friday 2 October 2026
JSR completes South Korean EUV facility as Japanese suppliers localize next-gen resists
JSR Micro Korea, the local subsidiary of Japan-based JSR, officially completed construction of a new semiconductor materials plant on September 30 in the Ochang Foreign Investment...
Friday 2 October 2026
TSMC, NTU deepen R&D ties through nearly 50 projects a year
National Taiwan University's Graduate School of Advanced Technology (GSAT) has expanded its semiconductor research capabilities with new process and measurement equipment, strengthening...
Friday 2 October 2026
Advanced packaging race expands beyond chipmakers as display, materials, equipment suppliers chase new footholds
The race to commercialize advanced packaging is widening beyond traditional chipmakers and display panel makers. As fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP), through-glass via, and micro-LED...
Friday 2 October 2026
Hygon, Sugon deepen integration under one chairman after US$17.3B merger collapse

Chinese AI chipmaker Hygon Information Technology has appointed Jun Li as its new chairman following a recent board reshuffle. Li only took over...

Friday 2 October 2026
Japan power semiconductor deal stalls as Rohm, Toshiba, Mitsubishi haggle
Japan's three major power semiconductor makers — Rohm Semiconductor, Toshiba, and Mitsubishi Electric — have failed to complete integration talks on the original schedule,...
Friday 2 October 2026
Southern Taiwan Science Park approves three new companies, pushing 2026 investment over NT$100 billion
The Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) has approved the entry of three new companies—Fangsco, Nanya Technology, and South Korea's Hansol Chemical—pushing the park's cumulative...
Friday 2 October 2026
Onsemi revises Synaptics takeover deal after rival bid
Onsemi has amended its agreement to buy Synaptics in an all-cash deal, a move that could reshape semiconductor competition and affect global technology supply chains. The revised cash...
Friday 2 October 2026
Nanya Technology wins approval for Southern 3D packaging plant
The Science Park Review Committee under Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) approved 13 investment projects at its 35th meeting on the 1st, including Nanya Technology's...
Friday 2 October 2026
CSPs embrace multi-vendor co-design for custom ASICs, ending single-supplier era
Hyperscale cloud service providers (CSPs) are expanding their custom ASIC partner networks, accelerating a shift toward multi-vendor technology integration. Industry insiders note...