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Wednesday 16 September 2026
Taiwan CCL makers ride Nvidia's M9 shift as AI servers move to 52-layer PCBs

Global cloud service providers are continuing to expand AI infrastructure, driving a surge in demand for high-frequency, high-speed...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
Geckos sees copper paste as a lower-cost answer to shrinking glass via challenges

AI, high-performance computing, and advanced packaging are accelerating demand for glass substrates, but smaller through-glass vias...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
Samsung reportedly weighs Micron's newest memory for Galaxy S27
Samsung Electronics is reportedly testing Micron's most advanced 1γ LPDDR5X memory for possible use in the Galaxy S27 series, as rising costs around next-generation mobile DRAM...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Glass substrates, TGV set to reshape 2027 advanced packaging race
As AI chip package sizes continue to expand, advanced packaging is moving up the technology ladder. Glass substrate and through-glass via (TGV) technologies have become a new competitive...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Aleees locks in Tainan plant for 20-year North America order

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials maker Aleees said its new precursor plant will be built in Tainan, with trial production...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
Kepler bets HBM can scale without EUV — chip giants are buying in

US memory chip startup Kepler Computing has emerged from stealth after seven years, disclosing US$468 million in total funding and a...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
Interview: Forget transistors — speed is what's choking the chip supply chain, says Qnity exec
The global surge in AI demand is accelerating change across the semiconductor industry, and as Moore's Law scaling faces physical limits, chipmaking is no longer only about shrinking...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Novel 2D materials offer quantum breakthroughs as research ecosystem targets sub-1nm era
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is accelerating efforts to advance chip manufacturing beyond the 1nm node, targeting key breakthroughs in next-generation materials,...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Charts: Memory has held six of the ten fastest-growing spots in Taiwan's chip sector for seven straight months

Of the 94 listed Taiwanese semiconductor companies DIGITIMES tracks, 80 grew year-over-year in August 2026 and 14 declined. Median year-over-year...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Tesla's rare-earth-free Cybercab challenges China's grip on EV magnets
With Tesla's EV ambitions growing amid a years-long push toward full electrification, the deployment of the Cybercab has emerged as a major experiment testing the boundaries of autonomous...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
AI server tracker: CCL makers outpace PCB and substrate suppliers as server demand grows
Taiwan's copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers significantly outpaced printed circuit board (PCB) and IC substrate suppliers in August, as stronger server demand, pricing and product-mix...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Column: When digital trust breaks — quantum risk rewrites supply chain resilience
Supply chain resilience was once centred on raw materials, components, factories and logistics. AI, cloud services and the digital economy have expanded the risk perimeter. Companies...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
HS Hyosung joint venture to invest KRW1.2 trillion in Ulsan silicon anode plant

HS Hyosung Energy Solution Korea, a joint venture formed by South Korea's HS Hyosung Group and Belgian materials leader Umicore, signed...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Wuliangye skips carmaking, turns liquor waste into silicon-carbon anodes

Chinese baijiu (white liquor) producer Wuliangye, or "Five Grain Liquid," is moving into battery materials by turning distillers' grains,...

Monday 14 September 2026
Gritek to take full control of 12-inch silicon wafer venture in major restructuring
Gritek plans to strengthen its position in China's large-diameter silicon wafer market by acquiring the remaining stakes in two semiconductor materials companies, according to a company...