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Saturday 12 September 2026

Europe buys time in the LEO race as Eutelsat extends OneWeb toward the IRIS² era

Starlink's enormous low-Earth-orbit (LEO) footprint has long cast a shadow over the broader aerospace industry, turning satellite broadband into a race defined as much by constellation...

Saturday 12 September 2026

Renault sets 2-year car development quality line

Facing an aggressive push by Chinese automakers to launch new models at short intervals and rapidly seize market share, major automakers...

Saturday 12 September 2026

Apple foldable plans drive new demand for Japanese smartphone parts makers

Apple’s move into foldable smartphones is creating fresh business for Japanese component makers with expertise in thin, lightweight and compact designs. According to Nikkei...

Saturday 12 September 2026

Taiwan sees AI-era power upgrade openings in France

Taiwan's power and energy companies are looking to grow their presence in Europe. To support that push, the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) organized...

Saturday 12 September 2026

ViTrox sees chip inspection moving upstream as advanced packaging raises defect costs

Advanced packaging is stretching semiconductor inspection in two directions at once: packages are getting larger while the features inside them are getting smaller.

Saturday 12 September 2026

Interview: Resonac maps five PLP hurdles, eyes 510x515mm pilot line

Advanced packaging is reshaping the semiconductor value chain, making materials innovation a key source of technical breakthroughs. As large-format panel-level packaging (PLP) gains...

Friday 11 September 2026

Taiwan unfazed by Trump's renewed chip tariff threat as MOU already locks in preferential US treatment

Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected visit to the US on September 24, US President Donald Trump has again discussed the issue of bringing chip manufacturing back to the...

Friday 11 September 2026

ficonTEC breaks CPO test bottleneck, teams with Hermes Testing

German silicon photonics (SiPh) test equipment maker ficonTEC has broken through a major bottleneck in co-packaged optics (CPO) "electrical-in, optical-out" testing and launched what...

Friday 11 September 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics, LG Innotek vie in AI package substrates

At South Korea's recent KPCA Show 2026, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek showcased their next-generation package substrate technologies. As AI semiconductors evolve toward...

Friday 11 September 2026

AUO, Innolux accelerate shift from displays to AI, CPO, advanced packaging

Taiwan's panel makers posted mixed August results as the industry's strategic focus shifts beyond monthly revenue toward AI, advanced packaging and co-packaged optics (CPO). AUO and...

Friday 11 September 2026

Taiwan govt boosts EDA R&D to target global gaps

Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) briefed Premier Jung-tai Cho on September 10, 2026, at an Executive Yuan meeting on the Chip-Driven, Taiwan-wide semiconductor...

Friday 11 September 2026

China's energy storage capacity surges 50-fold in five years, sparking crackdown on lithium battery expansion

China's energy storage industry has expanded at breakneck speed since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan, growing 50-fold in just five years. The government is now applying the...

Friday 11 September 2026

AI packaging turns to glass, with TGV metallisation persisting as key technical hurdle

Taiwan supply-chain sources said low-CTE glass fibre cloth used in high-end substrates remains tight, while glass-core substrates for next-generation packaging are still in technical...

Friday 11 September 2026

Micron brings forward record pay amid Taiwan strike threat

Micron has announced its FY26 pay package for more than 60,000 employees worldwide, the largest in the company's history. For the first time, every employee will receive merit-based...

Friday 11 September 2026

SK Hynix raises cash portion of bonuses after 25-vote union rejection

SK Hynix has increased the cash portion of its profit-sharing bonus in a revised tentative wage agreement, after production workers...

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