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Thursday 15 October 2026
Micron opens second Taiwan advanced packaging plant as HBM supply tightens
Micron Technology on October 15 opened Micron Advanced Assembly and Test Taiwan 2 (AATT2) in Taichung, its second advanced assembly and test facility in Taiwan. The plant expands the...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Samsung, Applied Materials back startup targeting chip packaging warpage
Samsung Ventures and Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, have invested in US-based Flexcompute, backing simulation technology designed to predict semiconductor...
Thursday 15 October 2026
AI chip complexity is widening opportunities for semiconductor equipment makers
AI chips are becoming harder to build, but that complexity is also creating new opportunities for semiconductor equipment suppliers. Applied Materials says rising transistor counts,...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Applied Materials targets US$5 billion advanced packaging revenue
Applied Materials sees advanced packaging as a key growth lever as AI chips move to multi-die designs, with the company projecting more than US$5 billion in related revenue in the...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Semiconductors to consume 30% of Taiwan's power by 2035
Rising demand for semiconductor wafer fabrication, memory, advanced packaging and high-end servers is driving a sharp increase in Taiwan's power consumption. Taipower estimates that...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Yuan Jen targets semiconductor shift with focus on packaging, specialty wire materials
Chemical and solvent distributor Yuan Jen Enterprises is actively expanding its electronic materials business. Company chairman Yuan-Jen Hsu stated that Yuan Jen established a dedicated...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Applied Materials targets AI-driven semiconductor equipment growth through 2030
Applied Materials is increasing investments in research and development, manufacturing and its global supply chain as it targets greater market share and profitability through 2030...
Thursday 15 October 2026
Fujifilm to expand Arizona semiconductor materials output
Fujifilm is expanding semiconductor materials production in Arizona as global chip demand rises, especially for artificial intelligence, advanced logic, and memory. The move aims to...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Largan chairman casts doubt on Micro LED links for AI data centers
Largan Precision chairman En-ping Lin has questioned the viability of Micro LED-based optical links for AI data centers, citing concerns over power consumption, size, and transmission...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
JCET redirects Korean factories towards AI to counter weak smartphone growth
JCET is directing most of its increased capital spending towards advanced packaging, modules and testing while reorganising its two South Korean factories to meet AI infrastructure...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Broadcom executive says chipmakers must tackle packaging, power limits together
Broadcom's Frank Ostojic said semiconductor firms need joint innovation across equipment, materials, and design to overcome bottlenecks that affect AI chips worldwide. He warned that...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Applied Materials CEO says AI race hinges on technology and capacity
The contest for leadership in AI computing is being fought on two fronts—technology and manufacturing capacity—and chipmakers must advance chips, memory, advanced packaging...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
TSMC, Intel, Samsung seek to break AI chipmaking's next barrier through early technology integration
Senior executives from TSMC, Intel, and Samsung Electronics outlined the growing challenges of AI chip development, spanning advanced semiconductor processes, 3D integration, and research...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
China's AI chipmakers target 3D packaging, optical interconnects and software ecosystems
China's domestic AI chipmakers are shifting their competitive focus from individual GPU performance to system-level integration as AI models grow increasingly complex. Three priorities—3D...
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Applied Materials lifts 2030 margin goals, but a missing industry forecast sends a disappointing signal
Applied Materials used its investor day to argue that AI will let it outgrow the chip equipment market through 2030. Investors, however, focused on what the company left out: a forecast...