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Friday 26 June 2026
Corning weighs South Korea site as chip packaging race turns to glass

Corning is studying South Korea as a possible manufacturing base for semiconductor glass substrates, a sign that the US specialty glass...

Friday 26 June 2026
Academia Sinica readies Taiwan-made quantum chip for engineering push
Academia Sinica has built a 20-qubit quantum chip from scratch, and the team now says the next phase is less about lab breakthroughs and more about engineering a scalable, reproducible...
Friday 26 June 2026
Academia Sinica targets quantum chip manufacturing scale with Taiwan's semiconductor tool base
Academia Sinica's Center for Quantum Computer is focusing only on hardware, not algorithms or applications, and executive director Chii-Dong Chen said that approach is similar to the...
Friday 26 June 2026
How Optivision is speeding up the shift from LCD optical films to high-end auto applications
As growth in the traditional consumer electronics market slows and industry competition intensifies, LCD optical film manufacturer Optivision Technology is accelerating its transition...
Thursday 25 June 2026
IntelliEPI targets record 2026 revenue amid InP substrate shortages
Compound semiconductor epitaxial wafer maker IntelliEPI said AI-driven high-speed transmission demand continues to lift the indium phosphide (InP) market, and it expects revenue to...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Calin Tech eyes low-altitude economy opportunities, expands auto customer base in Europe, US, and Asia
Optical lens manufacturer Calin Technology stated at its shareholders' meeting on June 24 that global market growth has been weakened by economic volatility and US tariff policies...
Thursday 25 June 2026
China moves to build helium reserve as Nippon Sanso sets over 30% price hike

Global helium supply is under renewed strain. Nippon Sanso, Japan's largest industrial gas supplier, announced it will raise prices across...

Thursday 25 June 2026
AI server demand drives sharp price gains in high-end MLCCs
Rising demand for AI server builds is tightening the global supply of high-end MLCCs, driving steep price increases in China's electronics distribution market and exposing how quickly...
Thursday 25 June 2026
IC design firms race to secure packaging capacity
IC design firms are scrambling to expand their partner networks as tight packaging and testing capacity remain the most pressing bottleneck in the supply chain. Companies in Taiwan,...
Thursday 25 June 2026
China wafer champion turns to US$1.6B overhaul to stop losses
National Silicon Industry Group, China's leading 12-inch silicon wafer maker, has announced a CNY11.45 billion (US$1.6 billion) capital injection into its core subsidiary Shanghai...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
AI supply chain boom fuels Taiwan's investment, exports as GDP growth tops 10% outlook
Taiwan's economy is expected to maintain strong momentum through the second half of 2026, supported by accelerating AI-related investment, resilient exports, and robust demand across...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Former SMIC CEO targets China photomask IPO after 12-inch wafer bet
Former SMIC CEO Tzu-yin Chiu is extending his semiconductor materials strategy into photomasks, one of the most critical upstream links in chip manufacturing. Guangzhou Xinrui Photomask...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
AI server demand drives Taiwan PCB output toward NT$256.1B in 2Q26
Strong demand for AI servers is driving higher shipments of advanced printed circuit board (PCB) products in Taiwan, but it is also tightening supply of key materials and resources,...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
AI server VRM shifts drive power shortages and stretch lead times past 6 months
The AI boom is accelerating upgrades in thermal management and power management, and it is also triggering a revolution in voltage regulator module (VRM) architecture, with workloads...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
VFT targets semiconductors, foldable display, energy materials

Optical film and nano-coating materials developer Victory For Technology (VFT) is focusing on three key areas — AI and semiconductor...