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Friday 12 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: 15 Kyushu chip suppliers eye Taiwan market as TSMC spurs Japan-Taiwan investment links
TSMC's plant in Kumamoto, Japan, is fueling deeper investment ties between Kyushu and Taiwan. On September 10, 15 semiconductor suppliers from Fukuoka and Kumamoto exhibited at SEMICON...
Friday 12 September 2025
Nitto Denko and IBM collaborate on advanced semiconductor packaging materials
Nitto Denko has entered a joint development agreement with IBM to explore advanced packaging technologies and materials for semiconductor applications. The partnership will focus...
Thursday 11 September 2025
Taiwan emerges as AI hotspot: Merck highlighting trio of semiconductor development trends
Merck has pointed out that the semiconductor industry's growth curve has reached a combined output value of EUR650 billion (US$760.4 billion) and is expected to surpass EUR1 trillion...
Thursday 11 September 2025
Beijing's barriers fail to deter China's SiC players from risky push into 8-inch wafer race
China's SiC industry, once viewed as a critical front in global tech rivalry, has been transformed over the past two years. Breakthroughs in domestic SiC materials and mass production...
Thursday 11 September 2025
TSMC's presence in Kumamoto exceeds expectations as Kyushu sees over 200 new investment projects
TSMC's Japanese subsidiary JASM has completed and started operations at its first wafer fab in Kumamoto. According to Japanese sources, a second wafer fab is already under construction...
Thursday 11 September 2025
LCY Chemical eyes advanced chip, display materials
LCY Chemical is actively expanding into the electronic materials market in its 110th year since the company's founding in 1915. According to CEO Vincent Liu, the company's electronic...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
Horiba opens Taiwan lab to drive next-gen semiconductor, AI materials research
Japanese measurement leader Horiba Ltd., active in Taiwan for nearly 30 years, has opened a new Application and Solutions Platform (ASP) instrumentation lab at its Hsinchu headquarters...
Wednesday 10 September 2025
SEMICON Taiwan 2025: Alliance Material showcases breakthrough double-sided RDL glass substrate process
Alliance Material, a semiconductor materials company, reported a surge in revenue in August 2025, reaching NT$67.93 million (US$2.23 million), a 15.84% increase from July and nearly...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC and ASE form 3D IC alliance with 34 members to overcome advanced packaging bottlenecks
To break through the technical, mass production, and yield challenges in advanced packaging processes such as 3D IC and CoWoS, SEMI, together with TSMC and ASE Holdings, has established...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Lianyou Metals lists on Taiwan exchange, expands cobalt output amid tungsten supply squeeze
Taiwan-based Lianyou Metals, which was listed on September 9, 2025, is capitalizing on geopolitical shifts and supply chain disruptions by expanding its production of cobalt metal...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
HBM race intensifies: Micron’s yield confidence fuels supply chain bets
The high bandwidth memory (HBM) market has become one of the most competitive arenas in the semiconductor industry, with Micron Technology signaling its confidence in its position...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
Globalwafers chief warns materials, not process nodes, will decide chip industry's future
Speaking ahead of SEMICON Taiwan 2025, Globalwafers chairperson Doris Hsu said competition in semiconductors is shifting from process nodes and capacity to control of critical materials...
Tuesday 9 September 2025
TSMC's new materials management VP to debut at 2025 SCM Forum
TSMC will hold its Supply Chain Management Forum (SCM Forum) on November 13, 2025. Notably, Yuan-Guo Huang, who was promoted to vice president of materials management in early August...
Monday 8 September 2025
Samsung, SK Hynix deploy heavyweight presence at Semicon 2025 to crack Taiwan supply chain
The upcoming SEMICON Taiwan will feature keynote speeches from top executives at South Korean semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, in addition to a forum hosted...
Monday 8 September 2025
Taiwan plots China-alternative chip strategy in response to Beijing's mature-node expansion
Taiwan is drafting new measures to curb China's rising dominance in mature-node chip production, with the Legislative Yuan scheduled to review the plan when its new session opens...