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Friday 28 November 2025
Topco Scientific eyes strong 2026 growth in photoresist and silicon wafers
Topco Scientific (TSC) expects semiconductor material demand to remain robust through 2026, driven by AI-led advanced process capacity utilization and strong memory market momentum...
Friday 28 November 2025
TSMC exit fuels Taiwan-US rivalry in GaN market
TSMC announced in mid-2025 that it will fully exit the gallium nitride (GaN) foundry business within two years. The strategic move refocuses resources on advanced silicon manufacturing...
Friday 28 November 2025
FitTech targets 2Q26 profits with goal to become Taiwan's largest foundry
FitTech has had weak performance since 2023. It posted a net loss attributable to the parent of NT$290 million (approx. US$9.2 million) for the first three quarters of 2025, although...
Thursday 27 November 2025
FOCI advances 1.6T SiPh for AI servers, eyes mass production
Driven by the AI server market, FOCI is steadily advancing its 1.6T-class silicon photonics (SiPh) products toward mass production. General manager DD Hu announced that sample shipments...
Monday 24 November 2025
Lightmatter's silicon photonics solution aims for commercial shipments in 2027
GlobalFoundries (GF) has recently acquired Singapore-based silicon photonics chip company Advanced Micro Foundry. Meanwhile, Lightmatter, a US silicon photonics chip company that...
Monday 24 November 2025
India races to join the chip elite—can it close the gap by 2032?
India has renewed its push to become a global semiconductor hub, setting an ambitious target to match the manufacturing capabilities of leading producers by 2032. Technology Minister...
Saturday 22 November 2025
AI workloads propel revolution in photonic chips, as startups jostle for position and tech giants seek to integrate
Rapid advances in AI technology have exposed fundamental network bottlenecks, since traditional connections can no longer keep up with the massive transmission demands of AI. Billions...
Thursday 20 November 2025
Ligitek Electronics to invest in silicon photonics in cleanroom facilities with government support
Taiwan-based LED manufacturer Ligitek Electronics announced plans to enter the silicon photonics (SiPh) sector, investing tens of millions of New Taiwan dollars in cleanroom equipment...
Thursday 20 November 2025
How GlobalFoundries is turning silicon photonics into its strongest lever for US-led AI growth
GlobalFoundries (GF) will host a webcast at 10:00 a.m. ET on December 3, 2025, to outline its strategy for the fast-emerging physical AI market. Executives will detail demand trends,...
Wednesday 19 November 2025
GlobalFoundries sharpens silicon-photonics play with AMF in the bag
GlobalFoundries (GF) announced it will acquire Singapore-based silicon-photonics foundry Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), a move that represents a critical step in its push to advance...
Wednesday 19 November 2025
Taiwan suppliers will determine silicon photonics breakout
Silicon Valley venture firm Playground recently held a media event in Taiwan featuring a fireside chat with Ayar Labs, a silicon photonics startup backed by leading chipmakers including...
Tuesday 18 November 2025
GlobalFoundries expands SiPh footprint with AMF acquisition in Singapore

GlobalFoundries (GF) has acquired Singapore-based Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), positioning the US chipmaker as the world's largest...

Tuesday 18 November 2025
Huawei pitches a new vision for AI compute: one cluster, one software brain
Huawei will unveil a new unified AI compute-management technology on November 21 at the "2025 AI Container Application Implementation and Development Forum," a move widely viewed...
Monday 17 November 2025
AUO unveils 1Hz LTPS panel, expands into Micro LED and silicon photonics
AUO is accelerating its development of artificial intelligence hardware, unveiling what it claims is the world's first ultra-low-power LTPS display panel. The company is simultaneously...
Monday 17 November 2025
GUC and Ayar Labs Partner to Advance Co-Packaged Optics for Hyperscalers

Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Advanced ASIC leader, and Ayar Labs, a leader in co-packaged optics (CPO) for large-scale AI workloads, have announced a strategic...