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Thursday 3 September 2026
CPO material race widens as Taiwan eyes key role
At the Semicon Network Summit 2026, speakers from Marvell, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research's Holst Centre, the UK Semiconductor Centre, and the Taiwan...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Alpha Networks, ITRI develop B5G/Pre-6G Massive MIMO base stations
Network equipment maker Alpha Networks said it has teamed up with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Chen Lung Technology to jointly advance the "B5G/Pre-6G...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics eyes 30% MLCC price hikes, ABF up too
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) is set to expand the scope of its price increases, with market reports saying the company will raise direct-supply prices for multilayer ceramic capacitors...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Thailand AiPASS unlocks premium AI after lessons
Thailand has launched its TH-AI Passport and core AiPASS platform, taking a different path from South Korea's national AI push by buying access to overseas commercial AI tools such...
Thursday 3 September 2026
LCY Advanced Materials launches wet chemicals for AI chip packaging
LCY Advanced Materials unveiled a new wet chemical solution for next-generation high-density interconnects at the SEMICON Taiwan 2026 Heterogeneous Integration International Summit,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
SEMICON Taiwan 2026: Physical AI drives new demand for multimodal robot sensing
The rise of physical AI is creating a new wave of demand for advanced sensors as robots move from controlled demonstrations toward practical deployment. Industry experts at SEMICON...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Fresh off Nasdaq listing, Pasqal turns to Taiwan's photonics industry to help it scale
Four days after listing on Nasdaq, Pasqal came to SEMICON Taiwan with an argument aimed squarely at its competitors: the industry's assumption that quantum computing delivers nothing...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem has the UK taking notes
The UK wants to understand how Taiwan built such a successful semiconductor ecosystem, said Andy McLean, CEO of the UK Semiconductor Center, at a forum organized by Taiwan's Ministry...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Nvidia and Micron top NT$4.4T in Taiwan investment
On the eve of the opening of SEMICON Taiwan 2026, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) hosted the Semicon Network Summit, where President Ching-Te Lai said Nvidia invests and procures...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Zhen Ding launches 1.6T optical modules, 34-layer AI server boards at Semicon Taiwan to meet next-gen AI infrastructure demand
Exhibiting in the AI Technology Zone at Semicon Taiwan 2026, Zhen Ding Technology (ZDT) Group highlights two core product lines: 800G, 1.6T, XPO, and NPO high-end optical transceiver...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix inventories surge as valuation reserves fall
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix ended the first half of 2026 holding sharply more inventory than six months earlier, an unusual development in a memory market where demand continues...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Semicon Taiwan 2026 to test cloud AI investment boom
Cloud AI capital expenditure continues to shatter market expectations, sparking growing concerns over whether the spending surge is overheating and heading toward a bubble. Semicon...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Indium CEO: packaging, cooling and power are next AI bottlenecks
As AI and high-performance computing (HPC) continue to drive semiconductor advances, industry competition is shifting beyond chip performance toward packaging, cooling, assembly, and...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
TSMC moves into Baipu Industrial Park, boosts advanced packaging
TSMC will set up operations in Kaohsiung's Baipu Industrial Park, helping create Taiwan's first advanced packaging materials and equipment supply-chain cluster. Closely watched by...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Certain Micro targets AI test-interface demand with three Semicon products
As Semicon Taiwan 2026 gets underway, semiconductor test-interface structural parts maker Certain Micro Application Technology (CMAT) announced three core product lines aimed at rising...