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Friday 18 September 2026
Analysis: China's 15th five-year plan spotlights diamond for AI chip thermal management
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have highlighted ultra-wide bandgap (UWBG) semiconductor materials,...
Friday 18 September 2026
Corning to raise display glass substrate prices 15% from 4Q26
Corning, the US glass substrate supplier, will raise prices for its yen-denominated display glass substrate products by 15% or more worldwide starting in the fourth quarter of 2026,...
Friday 18 September 2026
CPO raises PCB downgrade concerns but switches stick with M8 CCL

As the industry shifts toward greater use of optical interconnects and less reliance on copper, market speculation has emerged that...

Friday 18 September 2026
Global chipmakers answer India's pitch with equipment, materials, and R&D — not fabs
The multinationals that filled Semicon India 2026 committed to almost every layer of the semiconductor value chain except the one India most wants: nobody announced a new fab. Applied...
Friday 18 September 2026
Modi says India's chip mission has reached commercial production as Semicon 2.0 lifts the purse to US$13.5 billion
India's government used the opening of Semicon India 2026 to reframe what it is asking the industry to believe: not that fabs will be built, but that they are already shipping. Prime...
Friday 18 September 2026
Samsung taps Japan for 3.xD chiplet push as packaging race heats up
Samsung Electronics is deepening its semiconductor ties with Japan as it develops large-area chiplet packaging technologies for high-performance computing and AI processors, tapping...
Friday 18 September 2026
Micron's Taiwan investment passes US$47 billion as it rallies fab construction suppliers

Micron held a conference for Taiwanese suppliers on September 17 under the theme of building at speed and growing at scale. The event...

Friday 18 September 2026
FCS Group eyes North America layout, as plastics industry turns to material innovation

The spotlight has been on industry innovation at the 2026 Taipei International Plastics and Rubber Industry Show (TaipeiPLAS), as Taiwan's...

Friday 18 September 2026
Nan Ya accelerates AI materials shift with major capacity expansion

Nan Ya Plastics is speeding up its transformation in electronic materials as cloud service providers expand capex at a rapid pace, making...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Foxconn Interconnect Technology targets the scaling challenge in AI optical interconnects

Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), a subsidiary of Foxconn, held FIT Tech Day 2026 on September 16 under the theme "Light at Scale:...

Thursday 17 September 2026
TOK completes KRW101 billion facility in South Korea to bolster semiconductor supply chain

Japanese semiconductor materials leader Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) held a completion ceremony on September 15, 2026, for a new KRW101 billion...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Circular economy tests material mastery and consumers' willingness to pay
The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) has been in force since Aug. 12, 2026, underscoring the rising importance of circular materials as...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Chip equipment, materials suppliers lead India investment pledges ahead of SEMICON India 2026

Foreign commitments timed around SEMICON India are moving deeper into the supply chain. In the three days before the 2026 edition opened...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Fujifilm to invest US$83 million in semiconductor materials plant in India

Japan's Fujifilm plans to set up a greenfield semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in India with a total investment of approximately...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Column: China tightens rare earth controls, exposing hidden vulnerabilities in Taiwan's supply chain
China's rare earth export controls are changing the rules governing global critical mineral supply chains. For Taiwan, the real concern is not that China could suddenly halt all exports...