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Tuesday 7 July 2026
China's sodium battery boom faces supply risk

China's sodium-ion battery sector is drawing intense attention as surging lithium carbonate prices lift lithium battery production costs...

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
Solstice Advanced Materials to buy Element Solutions in US$14.5 billion deal

The planned acquisition of Element Solutions by Solstice Advanced Materials would create a larger supplier serving electronics, data...

Tuesday 7 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly seek China-free chip tool buffer against US controls
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly accelerating efforts to reduce China's role in their semiconductor supply chains in preparation for the possibility of tighter US export...
Monday 6 July 2026
LG Chem begins first mass supply of semiconductor strippers to Amkor

LG Chem has begun supplying semiconductor strippers to Amkor Technology, a major US-based packaging and testing provider, in its first...

Monday 6 July 2026
Kingboard raises CCL prices again as AI demand tightens PCB material supply
Rising demand for AI servers and high-performance computing (HPC) continues to drive price increases across the upstream PCB materials supply chain.
Monday 6 July 2026
Micron breaks ground on Hiroshima expansion to boost AI memory chip production
Micron Technology has begun construction on an expansion of its existing semiconductor plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, western Japan, as part of a JPY1.5 trillion (approx. US$9.3 billion)...
Monday 6 July 2026
Asahi Kasei to expand Taiwan photoresist film capacity for AI chip packaging
Asahi Kasei, one of the notable suppliers of Sunfort dry film photoresist in Japan, has initiated a fab expansion project in Taiwan. The newly established plant is expected to further...
Monday 6 July 2026
India roundup: India accelerates semiconductor ambitions through policy and global partnerships
India accelerated its semiconductor ambitions through deeper Japan cooperation, policy advances, new manufacturing partnerships, and local technology investments, reinforcing efforts...
Sunday 5 July 2026
Applied Materials unveils integrated tools for HBM, chiplet, and 3D packaging scale-up
Applied Materials announced a new equipment platform aimed at addressing the memory bandwidth and energy-efficiency bottleneck confronting AI computing, unveiling tools across DRAM,...
Sunday 5 July 2026
Component inflation weighs on manufacturing momentum as Taiwan PMI growth moderates
Surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers has driven shortages and sharp price increases for conventional memory, while microcontroller (MCU) suppliers have...
Sunday 5 July 2026
CSCC advances carbon materials for AI data center BBU supply chain
CSCC is pushing its carbon materials, advanced carbon materials, and graphite blocks as a three-pronged strategy to target battery backup units (BBUs) for AI servers. Its advanced...
Saturday 4 July 2026
China's CR Micro raises power chip prices as Chinese suppliers push fresh hikes

China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), a Chinese power semiconductor integrated device manufacturer, has notified customers and...

Friday 3 July 2026
China's polarizer makers seek price hikes as material bottlenecks bite

Chinese polarizer film suppliers are seeking higher prices from panel makers after raw-material and logistics costs rose in the second...

Friday 3 July 2026
How TSMC quietly turned its supply chain into a 'second fleet'

TSMC has accelerated efforts to localize its supply chain in recent years, using joint development, joint validation, and long-term...