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Tuesday 7 July 2026
Exclusive: Geckos bets on AI materials beyond nano copper powders and CPO waveguides
As generative AI drives rapid growth in high-performance computing (HPC) demand, the semiconductor industry is shifting from process-node competition to materials competition. Geckos...
Tuesday 7 July 2026
Interview: Corning's GlassBridge points to longer-term packaging shifts, not an immediate FAU replacement

Corning has unveiled an early-stage fiber-to-chip connector concept that could reshape optical packaging if it matures, though the...

Monday 6 July 2026
Exclusive Interview: Dutch startup Nearfield bets on process control to rival EUV in AI chip manufacturing

As Moore's Law approaches its physical limits, simply shrinking semiconductor process nodes is no longer the sole path to improving...

Monday 6 July 2026
Exclusive Interview: Dutch startup Nearfield targets AI chip process control expansion after US$380 million funding round
Dutch semiconductor equipment startup Nearfield Instruments has completed a US$380 million Series D funding round, the largest-ever fundraising for a Dutch deep-tech company. The company...
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...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Interview: Why DuPont spinoff Qnity is betting its Taiwan growth on packaging, not process nodes

As Taiwan becomes the core of the global AI hardware supply chain, Qnity — the century-old company spun off from US chemicals...

Monday 29 June 2026
Exclusive: Winbond sees AI making memory a strategic resource, maps next growth in DRAM and Flash

AI is turning memory from an inventory risk into a strategic resource. As memory becomes integral to platform and system design, customers...

Friday 19 June 2026
Interview: Oppstar grows ASIC design ties with Japan, South Korea clientele, plans Taiwan office

Founded in 2014, Oppstar is one of the few Malaysian companies operating at the front end of the semiconductor value chain as an IC...

Thursday 18 June 2026
Interview: MicroLED and SiPh eye 3.2T AI data race
The AI wave is rapidly reshaping the global semiconductor supply chain, and that upheaval is opening a new growth chapter for Taiwan's LED industry. As Taiwan's LED makers move away...
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Exclusive: Synopsys CEO eyes subscription-plus-token model in AI Agentic era

Synopsys celebrated the 35th anniversary of its Taiwan operations and the opening of its new Hsinchu office on June 15. During the...

Tuesday 16 June 2026
Interview: From language to motion— Japanese startup APTO builds the data backbone for physical AI

Physical AI is emerging as a new frontier of model development. Any model, however, is only as good as the data used to train it. Because...

Monday 15 June 2026
Exclusive: Wiwynn sees no AI bubble for 4 years as capex surges
Wiwynn president William Lin says AI demand has exceeded expectations, with orders so strong that even rapid global expansion still feels too slow. The server maker is expanding capacity...
Monday 15 June 2026
Exclusive: Wiwynn president rallies AI ecosystem to tackle power, cooling, optics

AI is reshaping Taiwan into the center of a technological revolution, and the upstream and downstream supply chain is running at full...

Monday 8 June 2026
Exclusive: Marvell says AI's copper wall is nearing, with custom silicon and optical I/O set to scale
US chipmaker Marvell took a more visible stance at Computex 2026, with CEO Matt Murphy delivering a keynote speech and senior executives visiting Taiwan to lay out the company's outlook...
Thursday 4 June 2026
Interview: Andhra Pradesh moves to become India's semiconductor packaging hub
Andhra Pradesh is making its most concrete move yet in semiconductors, zeroing in on packaging as the immediate entry point into the chip supply chain. Speaking on the sidelines of...