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Thursday 8 October 2026
India's chip packaging plants start exporting, but scale, skills, and subsidies test the next phase
India's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sector has moved from inaugurations to its first export shipments. The challenge now is scale. The new plants are small, still...
Thursday 8 October 2026
European carmakers urge delay to battery localization rules
The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) and European automakers are pressing the European Commission to delay localization rules for EV batteries under the draft...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Doosan bets big on China as CCL prices climb
South Korea's Doosan is directing more than half of its record KRW968.4 billion (approx. US$724 million) copper-clad laminate (CCL) investment to China, positioning itself closer to...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Wolfspeed secures conditional US$1.5B US defense loan for SiC, GaN expansion
Wolfspeed has received a conditional commitment for up to US$1.5 billion in long-term financing from the US Department of War to expand domestic production of silicon carbide (SiC)...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Huawei claims to have largely cut US tech reliance
Huawei executive director and consumer business group chairman Richard Yu said at a recent media roundtable that the company has worked with China's supply chain since US export controls...
Thursday 8 October 2026
GlobalWafers September revenue rises 7.65% on stronger demand
GlobalWafers' September and third-quarter sales showed a mixed picture for the semiconductor materials supplier, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related demand helping offset a lingering...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Samsung SDI builds dual-track battery strategy with LFP supply deal, solid-state push
Samsung SDI is simultaneously expanding its lower-cost LFP supply chain and advancing its next-generation all-solid-state battery roadmap, signing separate agreements with POSCO Future...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Low-cost terahertz SoC takes shape as Taiwan advances next-generation communications
As the global communications industry moves toward the 6G era around 2030, front-end modules supporting frequency ranges such as D-band at 130-150GHz and W-band at 77-95GHz have become...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Samsung tests Chemtronics glass interposer samples
South Korean materials company Chemtronics has delivered glass interposer samples to Samsung Electronics, with customer evaluation now underway, according to Korean business outlet...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
China's 15th five-year plan elevates PCB role in AI supply chains
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission have released the 15th Five-Year Plan for the development of the electronic...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
3.2T optical upgrade triggers PCB redesign, shrinking supplier pool to 3
As AI computing clusters continue to expand, performance requirements for scale-out interconnects between racks are rising rapidly. This is pushing traditional pluggable optical transceivers...
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Taiwan unveils new 5-year quantum tech program to speed adoption
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has announced the details of its next five-year quantum research program as Taiwan prepares to wrap up its current NT$8 billion (US$252.14...
Monday 5 October 2026
Taiwan teams accelerate 2D semiconductor transfer with published research in Nature
Researchers in Taiwan are intensifying efforts to turn 2D semiconductor materials from basic science into practical applications, with a series of studies published in Nature...
Monday 5 October 2026
South Korean SMEs expand space supply chain from reusable rockets to satellite shielding
As South Korea prepares for the fifth launch of its Nuri rocket, small and medium-sized enterprises are taking on increasingly important roles in the country's space supply chain alongside...
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...