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Monday 19 January 2026

Taiwan polarizer firms pivot to medical, semiconductor, and niche markets amid China oversupply

Large-scale capacity expansions in China have led to severe oversupply and price erosion issues in the global polarizer industry, causing Taiwanese firms to struggle as losses mount...

Monday 19 January 2026

Taiwan's DDI chipmakers fight for survival beyond displays

Taiwanese DDI vendors rode a post-pandemic growth wave, but demand turned increasingly uncertain in 2025. Weak consumer end markets, slowing...

Monday 19 January 2026

Persistent shortages of advanced glass fiber cloud the AI chip outlook

Demand for AI chips is expected to remain strong in 2026, keeping the spotlight firmly on persistent shortages of high-end glass fiber...

Monday 19 January 2026

Ardentec utilization rate rises through 2025 on chip testing demand from networking, automotive, and storage sectors

Semiconductor testing company Ardentec reported steady utilization growth through 2025, driven by strong chip-testing orders from the networking, automotive, and storage markets. The...

Saturday 17 January 2026

Yageo secures full voting control of Shibaura Electronics after Tokyo delisting

Taiwan-based passive component maker Yageo said Japan's Shibaura Electronics was officially delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange on January...

Friday 16 January 2026

TSMC predicts rising advanced process costs; consumer SoCs may struggle to keep up

At its earnings call on January 15, 2026, TSMC signaled that its capital expenditures for 2026 will increase to US$52-56 billion, far exceeding market expectations. On top of demand...

Thursday 15 January 2026

PlayNitride teams up with Brillink to build optical interconnect platform

As Micro LED moves into non-display application opportunities, PlayNitride Technologies announced a partnership with Brillink Technologies, a leader in two-dimensional array optical...

Thursday 15 January 2026

China's WUS to build US$300m optical-electrical PCB hub for AI systems

WUS Printed Circuit (Kunshan) Co. plans to invest up to US$300 million in a high-density optical-electrical printed circuit board (PCB) project aimed at supporting next-generation...

Wednesday 14 January 2026

Gold Circuit Electronics sees record revenue on ASIC server orders, plans Taiwan expansion

PCB manufacturer Gold Circuit Electronics (GCE) posted a record-high full-year consolidated revenue in 2025, surging more than 50% year-over-year, driven by a ramp-up in ASIC server...

Wednesday 14 January 2026

Samsung will adopt South Korea-made mask blanks to EUV process to reduce reliance on Japan

Samsung Electronics is set to introduce South Korea-made mask blanks into its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) process starting as early as the second quarter of 2026. According to ET...

Wednesday 14 January 2026

HTSI gets boost from probe cards and engineering services

Hermes Testing Solutions Inc. (HTSI), a provider of semiconductor wafer testing solutions, said demand for flexible and highly customized...

Wednesday 14 January 2026

Realtek and Phison compete to enter Nvidia's AI supply chain as memory tech upgrades

An internal structural photo of Nvidia's Quantum-X Photonics silicon photonics (SiPh) switch revealed that its solid-state drive (SSD) controller chip was branded with the iconic Realtek...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Top 10 chart: Taiwan OSAT sector posts broad 2025 revenue gains as AI testing offsets weak consumer recovery

Taiwan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry closed December 2025 with a pattern that investors have increasingly come to expect: revenue growth was widespread...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Greenfiltec semiconductor AMC filter market share rises, revenue exceeds 40% in 2025

Because of slower customer orders and process optimization at its Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) facility, Greenfiltec's consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was...

Tuesday 13 January 2026

Silver, copper, and tin prices on the rise; passive component prices struggle to offset cost pressure

The passive component industry is facing price increases because of upstream metal price fluctuations. Taiwanese manufacturers have started raising prices on tantalum capacitors, with...

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