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Saturday 16 August 2025
AIDC wave puts AVC's liquid-cooling capacity on overdrive
Asia Vital Components (AVC) is facing overwhelming demand for liquid-cooling systems amid the AI server surge, with plants running at full capacity and orders significantly exceeding...
Friday 15 August 2025
Taiwanese firms secure M9-grade CCL certifications as ASIC server demand surges
In response to the global surge in large-scale AI computing power deployment, the usage and value of PCBs for AI servers have significantly increased. High-end copper-clad laminate...
Friday 15 August 2025
Fire at Kanto Denka Kogyo in Japan raises concerns over semiconductor supply chain disruption
A fire broke out early on August 7, 2025, at the nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) plant of Japanese industrial gas manufacturer Kanto Denka Kogyo in Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture. The...
Friday 15 August 2025
Applied Materials warns of $500M China sales drop in Q4 FY 2025
Applied Materials reported strong third-quarter fiscal 2025 results, but warned that revenue and profit will decline sequentially in the fourth quarter as the company navigates a...
Thursday 14 August 2025
AblePrint seizes AI packaging edge with early WMCM, CoPoS deployment

AblePrint Technology (APT), a key supplier of advanced degassing equipment to major chipmakers such as TSMC, reported strong second-quarter...

Thursday 14 August 2025
CAMM poised to replace SO-DIMM in high-end notebooks by 2026
Despite the impact of New Taiwan dollar appreciation, connector manufacturer Argosy announced at its earnings call on August 11, 2025, that due to the continued market penetration...
Thursday 14 August 2025
China's leading SiC epitaxy plants see quarterly order surge, signaling market bottom
China's SiC industry faces oversupply as 6-inch substrate prices plunge, prompting a strategic pivot to 8-inch wafers
Thursday 14 August 2025
Topoint races to meet surging drill bit demand as AI and HPC boom

As artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) drive explosive growth in demand for advanced printed circuit boards...

Thursday 14 August 2025
Laster Tech reports 2Q25 loss amid expansion plans in North America
LED automotive lighting module manufacturer Laster Tech announced consolidated revenue of NT$2.27 billion (US$76.1 million) for the second quarter of 2025 but recorded a net loss...
Thursday 14 August 2025
South Korean equipment makers eye entry into India battery manufacturing
South Korean battery equipment manufacturers are positioning themselves to benefit from India's accelerating push into advanced battery production, with Tata Group's battery subsidiary...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
TSMC leads with high gross margins, while second- and third-tier foundries operate at full capacity but struggle to profit
The foundry industry faces operational pressures in 2025 due to external factors such as tariffs, exchange rates, and geopolitical tensions. Only TSMC continues to achieve record-breaking...
Wednesday 13 August 2025
TSMC adds US$10B to US subsidiary in strategic forex hedge
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) held a board meeting on August 12, during which several key resolutions were made. Of particular interest was the approval to increase...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
ASE invests US$217 million to expand advanced packaging capacity in Kaohsiung
ASE Technology Holdings, a leading global semiconductor assembly and testing company, will invest approximately NT$6.5 billion (US$217 million) to purchase a factory and related facilities...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
CviLux core business transformation yields results, optimistic about AI-driven growth in 2H25
Connector and electronic component manufacturer CviLux has recently launched a diversified product portfolio and adjusted its global production strategy, with server and networking...
Tuesday 12 August 2025
HiSilicon ally SJ Semi taps domestic lithography to scale advanced packaging output
SJ Semiconductor (Jiangyin) Corp. (SJ Semi), a major packaging and testing partner of Huawei's chip design arm HiSilicon, has received domestically developed back-end steppers from...