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Thursday 5 February 2026

AEMC joint venture to build semiconductor adhesives R&D center in Southern Taiwan Science Park

Shin Bao Hong Technology (transliteration), a joint venture backed by three Taiwanese firms: Advanced Echem Materials (AEMC), Nan Pao...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Tesla's dry electrode breakthrough revives 4680 battery ambition

Tesla, a company that straddles autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence-driven robotics, and the global energy transition, has long insisted that its future would hinge on its...

Wednesday 4 February 2026

Memory and upstream material price hikes squeeze profits, Chinese panel makers shift to ultra-large sizes

Rising raw material costs and exchange rate fluctuations have driven upstream panel material suppliers in China to raise prices on glass substrates, polarizers, target materials, and...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

Shanghai fast-tracks 'Oriental IC Port,' adds fourth-gen semiconductors to roadmap

China is pushing ahead with its semiconductor materials strategy. Shanghai, one of the country's leading cities, has included brain-computer...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

Japan's TDK leans on premium batteries while rare earth supply risks deepen

Despite delivering solid earnings, Japan's TDK Corporation warned that China's tighter rare earth export controls are heightening supply chain risks, placing growing procurement pressure...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

Ample Electronic expects quarterly growth as silver price drop prompts passive component clients to resume orders

Ample Electronic Technology, a major upstream manufacturer of conductive pastes for passive components, said that the sharp decline in silver has revived downstream customers' ordering...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

Beijing officially lists 'future industries,' setting the stage for supply chain realignment

China has for the first time formally designated "future industries," with the framework for policy support now taking shape. The move signals a shift away from conceptual discussion,...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

Realtek, MediaTek, Airoha increase prices in response to OSAT and memory price hikes

Rising prices are no longer limited to upstream materials and PCBs; surging memory costs have further pushed up supply chain expenses, prompting synchronized responses across wafer...

Tuesday 3 February 2026

Sumitomo Bakelite to acquire Kyocera unit, paving way for Chang Wah expansion

Japanese materials maker Sumitomo Bakelite has announced plans to acquire the materials business of Japanese electronic components company Kyocera. Industry observers say the companies'...

Friday 30 January 2026

ASIC server demand boosts Taiwan's high-end CCL shipments

Cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to maintain strong capex, driving steady growth in AI servers and high-speed network switches markets while elevating the grade of copper-clad...

Friday 30 January 2026

DRAM price surge ripples downstream as CWE plans EMC hike

The recent surge in DRAM prices is widening pricing headroom across the semiconductor supply chain, prompting Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE), a major semiconductor materials supplier...

Thursday 29 January 2026

Cmsemicon triggers MCU, NOR Flash price hikes of up to 50% in widening China chip cost cycle

Chinese microcontroller (MCU) supplier Cmsemicon has raised prices on its MCU and NOR Flash products by 15% to 50%, citing tighter chip supply and higher packaging and testing costs...

Thursday 29 January 2026

Elite Material Co. invests in Taoyuan to boost high-end PCB production for AI demand

Elite Material Co. (EMC), a leading copper-clad laminate (CCL) manufacturer, has acquired land and buildings in Taiwan's Taoyuan Guanyin Industrial Park from Far Eastern New Century...

Wednesday 28 January 2026

Corning signs up to US$6 billion supply agreement with Meta for US data center expansion

Corning and Meta Platforms have agreed to a multiyear deal valued at up to US$6 billion to supply optical fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions for Meta's US data center expansion...

Wednesday 28 January 2026

KGD joins memory price rally with China vendor raising prices by up to 80%

A fresh wave of memory price hikes is sweeping across the semiconductor supply chain, spreading from AI memory products into manufacturing, packaging, and testing, and upstream materials...

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