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Wednesday 28 October 2026
Simmtech steps up SOCAMM investment as BT substrate supply tightens
Major package substrate makers, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), are concentrating capital spending on large, high-layer-count ABF substrates, while capacity expansion...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
TLB develops SOCAMM3 substrates; Vietnam plant to break ground
South Korean memory module substrate maker TLB has begun developing substrates for SOCAMM3, a next-generation low-power memory module for AI servers, with two major memory customers...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
FarEasTone, Elveo Mobile expand satellite-to-phone connectivity in Taiwan
FarEasTone Telecommunications signed a cooperation agreement with Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite communications provider Elveo Mobile on October 27 to expand satellite-to-phone services...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Germany diversifies transport fuels to cut carbon emissions as HVO 100, eSAF reshape global supply chains
Germany is advancing a pragmatically diversified transport and energy strategy centered on renewable diesel and electricity-based sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF). As the country works...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
From superconductors to optics: The six Silicon Valley startups bringing AI bottleneck solutions to Taiwan
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global returned to Taiwan with six portfolio companies spanning memory, power management, optical communications and advanced packaging,...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
For Taiwan's geothermal sector, institutional barriers outweigh drilling challenges
Geothermal energy commercialization in Taiwan has taken a major step forward with a 20-plus MW corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) from a semiconductor giant, yet for geothermal...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Chinese EVs push imported models ahead of South Korean vehicles
Imported electric vehicles captured more than half of South Korea's new electric passenger-car registrations during the first nine months of 2026, marking the first time the share...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Pat Gelsinger warns AI compute efficiency must jump 10,000x amid power, memory, and fab constraints
Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global has returned to Taiwan alongside a cohort of portfolio companies specializing in memory, power management, optical communications,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Nvidia DSX POD challenges traditional AI data center construction
At its GTC conference in Berlin, Nvidia discussed the RTX Spark notebook, various implementations and partnerships involving physical AI, AI agents, and CUDA-X, as well as the DSX...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
JIMTOF 2026 draws 94 Taiwan machine tool exhibitors
One of the world's three major machine tool shows, Japan's International Machine Tool Fair (JIMTOF 2026), opened this week, with 94 Taiwan companies exhibiting. The exhibitors are...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
PSMC capacity crunch holds back Jeju Semiconductor's growth
South Korean memory chip designer Jeju Semiconductor is struggling to secure enough wafer capacity from Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), limiting its sales growth...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Kazakhstan positions AI infrastructure as a potential export industry after Nvidia CEO's visit
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Kazakhstan highlighted plans to build an AI computing hub for Europe, with projects spanning GPU clusters, data centers, talent, and physical AI...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
AMD, Nvidia target substrate capacity amid 4x expansion constraints
AMD and Nvidia have separately invested in supply-chain capacity expansion, making substrates, packaging, and testing key priorities as AI demand diversifies. The moves show that chipmakers...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Fujifilm expands South Korean capacity to meet AI chip demand
Fujifilm Electronic Materials is expanding its advanced semiconductor materials footprint in South Korea by increasing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoresist capacity in Pyeongtaek...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Nvidia's Berlin keynote highlights AI scaling challenges in Europe
Nvidia opened GTC 2026 in Berlin on October 21 with a keynote highlighting AI infrastructure, security architecture, and Physical AI, while a Greenpeace protest briefly interrupted...