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Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC and ASE form 3D IC alliance with 34 members to overcome advanced packaging bottlenecks
To break through the technical, mass production, and yield challenges in advanced packaging processes such as 3D IC and CoWoS, SEMI, together with TSMC and ASE Holdings, has established...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Lianyou Metals lists on Taiwan exchange, expands cobalt output amid tungsten supply squeeze
Taiwan-based Lianyou Metals, which was listed on September 9, 2025, is capitalizing on geopolitical shifts and supply chain disruptions by expanding its production of cobalt metal...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
HBM race intensifies: Micron’s yield confidence fuels supply chain bets
The high bandwidth memory (HBM) market has become one of the most competitive arenas in the semiconductor industry, with Micron Technology signaling its confidence in its position...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Globalwafers chief warns materials, not process nodes, will decide chip industry's future
Speaking ahead of SEMICON Taiwan 2025, Globalwafers chairperson Doris Hsu said competition in semiconductors is shifting from process nodes and capacity to control of critical materials...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC's new materials management VP to debut at 2025 SCM Forum
TSMC will hold its Supply Chain Management Forum (SCM Forum) on November 13, 2025. Notably, Yuan-Guo Huang, who was promoted to vice president of materials management in early August...
Monday 8 September 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix deploy heavyweight presence at Semicon 2025 to crack Taiwan supply chain
The upcoming SEMICON Taiwan will feature keynote speeches from top executives at South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, in addition to a forum hosted...
Monday 8 September 2025
Taiwan plots China-alternative chip strategy in response to Beijing's mature-node expansion
Taiwan is drafting new measures to curb China's rising dominance in mature-node chip production, with the Legislative Yuan scheduled to review the plan when its new session opens...
Saturday 6 September 2025
South Korea plans to cut wafer material tariffs to 0% to strengthen its semiconductor cost advantage
The South Korean government is reportedly pushing to reduce tariffs on key imported materials used in semiconductor wafer production to 0% by 2026. Amid the US' announcement of a...
Friday 5 September 2025
Asahi Kasei to double chip insulating material output by 2030 as AI data centers soar
Japan's semiconductor materials suppliers are racing to expand capacity as the AI data center build-out drives unprecedented demand for advanced chips and packaging inputs. Nikkei...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Fujifilm Electronic Materials eyes India for major semiconductor investment
Fujifilm Electronic Materials is considering a significant investment in India as part of its strategy to expand in the fast-growing semiconductor sector, according to a report by...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Resonac launches JOINT3 alliance to develop next-gen semiconductor tech
Japanese chemical and materials company Resonac announced on September 3, 2025, the formation of a new industry alliance named JOINT3, comprising 28 domestic and international semiconductor-related...
Thursday 4 September 2025
Dai Nippon Printing to open first overseas R&D center in the Netherlands, focused on co-packaged optics
Starting from September 2025, Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will launch its first research and development facility outside Japan, located in the High Tech Campus Eindhoven...
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Tata Electronics partners with Merck and C-DAC to strengthen India's semiconductor ecosystem
Tata Electronics has forged strategic partnerships with Merck and India's Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The collaborations will enhance semiconductor materials,...
Tuesday 2 September 2025
Unlike Samsung and SK Hynix, TSMC discloses loss of US waiver for China

The US has revoked TSMC's authorization to ship equipment and materials without a license to its Nanjing fabrication plant, according...

Monday 1 September 2025
Column: Modern computational methods transform semiconductor manufacturing landscape
Since 2000, semiconductor manufacturing has increasingly depended on advanced computational techniques, notably first principles calculations and machine learning, with quantum computing...