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Monday 5 October 2026
AMD's Lisa Su back in Taiwan as AI capacity crunch spreads beyond TSMC
AMD CEO Lisa Su arrived in Taiwan on October 5 for a lightning visit, less than five months after her May trip. No major public events are scheduled, but meetings with key suppliers...
Monday 5 October 2026
TSMC, Intel named as Musk's Terafab ambitions face reality check
As Elon Musk's Terafab ambitions advance, the realities of modern silicon manufacturing become increasingly apparent, prompting Musk to enter talks with industry mainstays like Intel...
Monday 5 October 2026
Taiwan's GIS targets optical communications growth with fresh laser-packaging capacity
General Interface Solution (GIS) Holding is gaining traction in optical communications and other new products despite weak consumer electronics demand caused by rising memory prices...
Monday 5 October 2026
TSMC emerges as potential Terafab partner as suppliers see over 80% chance of Musk deal
Days after reports emerged that TSMC was reassessing plans for a wafer fab in Texas, Tim Culpan, a former Bloomberg columnist and founder of independent media outlet Culpium,...
Monday 5 October 2026
Micronex plans Sanand lead-frame plant as India expands chip packaging supply chain
Micronex Technology plans to build a semiconductor lead-frame factory in Sanand, Gujarat, seeking to localize a packaging component as India expands its chip assembly and testing industry...
Monday 5 October 2026
Applied Materials, Besi broaden packaging partnership for AI chip integration
Applied Materials and BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) are expanding their partnership to address the increasingly complex connections between AI chips, extending joint development...
Monday 5 October 2026
Nanya Tech expands 3D OSAT to chase HBM-like demand
Nanya Technology is stepping up investment in new factory capacity to expand packaging and testing as some customers move into trial production for specification-based designs. The...
Friday 2 October 2026
China turns to 3D packaging to push AI performance beyond front-end scaling limits
Chip-performance gains have long been driven by an industry-wide focus on shrinking transistor nodes and tightening integration. While major economies including the US and Taiwan have...
Friday 2 October 2026
Micron ramps up HBM capacity at Taiwan's four major sites
Micron Technology's revenue and profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 both beat expectations, and the company expects capacity supply to be even tighter in 2027 and 2028 than...
Friday 2 October 2026
ASE stake, expansion open doors for Machvision
AI servers and advanced packaging continue to drive demand for semiconductor manufacturing, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), and equipment. Machvision said Advanced...
Friday 2 October 2026
JCET Group partners with Wuxi to advance 2.5D advanced packaging facilities
JCET Group signed an agreement on September 29 for a high-end advanced packaging and testing project in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Wuxi municipal leadership pledged operational support...
Friday 2 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Intel, TSMC, Samsung converge on backside power — packaging becomes the next divide
Data center AI accelerator package power has climbed from about 500W in the A100 generation to roughly 3,500–4,000W for Rubin Ultra-class products expected in 2027, pushing supply...
Friday 2 October 2026
Advanced packaging race expands beyond chipmakers as display, materials, equipment suppliers chase new footholds
The race to commercialize advanced packaging is widening beyond traditional chipmakers and display panel makers. As fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP), through-glass via, and micro-LED...
Friday 2 October 2026
Nanya Technology wins approval for Southern 3D packaging plant
The Science Park Review Committee under Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) approved 13 investment projects at its 35th meeting on the 1st, including Nanya Technology's...
Thursday 1 October 2026
ASE expands smart OSAT push with six university research partnerships
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) held its 11th Automation Industry-Academia Project Results Presentation on September 30, unveiling 12 technology projects developed with six...