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Friday 4 September 2026

Sumitomo Chemical starts mass production of 4-inch InP wafers for AI data centers

Sumitomo Chemical has started mass production and sales of indium phosphide (InP) epitaxial wafers, a core material for optical semiconductors used in next-generation data centers...

Friday 4 September 2026

LB Semicon starts Qualcomm shipments as DDI dependence fades

South Korean OSAT player LB Semicon has begun shipments to Qualcomm Inc., marking a key step in its effort to move beyond a business structure long centered on display driver ICs (DDI)...

Friday 4 September 2026

K-Safety Expo 2026: South Korea's safety AI moves from watching danger to acting on it

At first glance, many of the technologies spread across the K-Safety Expo 2026 show floor in Busan looked familiar: CCTV cameras, industrial sensors, warning lights and control panels...

Friday 4 September 2026

K-Safety Expo 2026: Inside Korea's push to make safety smarter, faster, more predictive

K-Safety Expo 2026 opened at BEXCO Exhibition Center 1 in Busan on September 2. An hour-long opening ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. brought together South Korean government officials,...

Friday 4 September 2026

China's GPU makers found scale as profit came from elsewhere

China's domestic GPU industry crossed a commercial threshold in the first half of 2026, but the interim filings of its six listed players show that revenue growth and earnings power...

Friday 4 September 2026

China speed hits brakes as regulators tighten safety rules

The global auto industry is being jolted by "China speed," as Chinese regulators move to slow an extreme race to launch vehicles that has crossed quality and safety red lines. The...

Friday 4 September 2026

Taiwan to expand industrial land for AI hardware boom

Taiwan's government says it will expand industrial land development to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure hardware, as global suppliers race to add capacity through 2027. Premier...

Friday 4 September 2026

Young Liu urges 'Made with Taiwan' supply chain rethink

Foxconn chairman Young Liu on September 2 called on Taiwan's supply chain to shift from "Made in Taiwan" to "Made with Taiwan," saying...

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

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and NEC form alliance to advance defense tech, AI sovereignty

Japanese industrial giants Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and NEC Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership in the defense...

Thursday 3 September 2026

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...

Thursday 3 September 2026

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...

Thursday 3 September 2026

SK Hynix weighs Kioxia production tie-up in Japan

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won has raised the possibility of jointly producing semiconductors with Japan's Kioxia, taking SK Hynix's exploration of a Japanese manufacturing base a...

Thursday 3 September 2026

China packaging specialist SJSemi reaches 3.3-reticle 2.5D scale for AI, HBM integration

Chinese advanced packaging provider SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has expanded its silicon-interposer-based 2.5D packaging platform to 3.3 times the standard reticle size, enabling denser...

Thursday 3 September 2026

UniVista expands China EDA stack with AI agents, native 3DIC tools

Shanghai UniVista Industrial Software Group has launched an Agentic EDA framework, a native 3DIC physical-design tool and an advanced-process closure platform, expanding China's domestic...

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