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Sunday 15 March 2026
PCB supply chains feel the heat of Middle East
The Middle East conflict is scorching more than just the region. Disrupted shipping lanes and tightening energy supplies are driving up costs across the printed circuit board (PCB)...
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Exclusive interview: Ayar Labs CEO Mark Wade says mass production capability remains a challenge for silicon photonics
US silicon photonics (SiPh) company Ayar Labs recently completed its Series E funding round. In addition to numerous capital firms participating, Taiwanese companies MediaTek and Alchip...
Sunday 8 March 2026
Broadcom CEO sees copper interconnects viable through 2028

Broadcom reported strong results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026, driven by robust demand for cloud application-specific integrated...

Friday 6 March 2026
Rising silver prices shift solar technology race toward low-silver cells
Rising global silver prices have pushed the cost of silver paste used in solar panels up about 2.5 times in six months, intensifying competition across the solar supply chain and accelerating...
Thursday 5 March 2026
Broadcom says Tomahawk switches are driving market share as AI networking demand accelerates
On March 4, Broadcom told investors its Tomahawk family is a key competitive advantage as customers build larger AI clusters. Management highlighted Tomahawk 6 — which it described...
Wednesday 4 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia, MediaTek bankroll optics shift that's reshaping AI data centers
A new trend is emerging in the AI infrastructure race. After MediaTek invested in US silicon photonics start-up Ayar Labs, Nvidia followed with US$2 billion investments in optical...
Monday 2 March 2026
Commentary: Nvidia sparks silicon photonics race, yet copper still anchors data centers?
As data center computing demand expands, high-speed transmission architectures are under pressure to upgrade. Scaling high-performance computing platforms is exposing bandwidth and...
Sunday 8 February 2026
AMD's investment in photonics and modular architecture signals shift in AI infrastructure development
AMD is positioning itself to address the future needs of artificial intelligence (AI) computing through advances in chip design and system architecture, particularly by integrating...
Monday 26 January 2026
Rising precious metal costs prompt Taiwan LED makers to assess price hike
Rising precious metal prices are rippling through the LED industry, prompting Chinese manufacturers to issue price increase notices and pushing Taiwanese suppliers to consider similar...
Saturday 24 January 2026
LinkCom magnetic component price pressure eases; wireless charging module prices rise by 20%
The Taiwanese passive components industry continued to experience a wave of price increases. Magnetic component manufacturer LinkCom pointed out that since magnetic components primarily...
Friday 23 January 2026
Solum Advanced Materials develops ultrathin stainless steel foil for all-solid-state batteries
South Korean materials company Solum Advanced Materials has created a 10-micron ultrathin stainless steel foil using its proprietary Equi-Speed Asymmetric Rolling (ESAR) technology...
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...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Column: IBM's 50-year-old liquid cooling patent shapes today's AI data center cooling
If today's AI data centers are blazing "powder kegs" of heat, IBM was the visionary that prepared the "fire extinguisher" half a century ago. While Nvidia's top chips now require water...
Monday 12 January 2026
FCCL maker Taiflex pushes fine-pitch materials to lift product value
Taiflex Scientific, a flexible copper clad laminate (FCCL) supplier, has begun a transition toward three new material businesses, led by fine-pitch materials used mainly in display...
Friday 9 January 2026
Walsin subsidiary Joyin raises prices on thermistors and varistors as silver cost surges
Taiwan's passive component industry is experiencing another round of price increases. Joyin, a circuit protection components brand under Walsin Technology, has issued price increase...