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Wednesday 30 September 2026
SK Hynix resumes DDR4, DDR5 packaging orders with Winpac
SK Hynix has resumed outsourcing DRAM packaging to South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) provider Winpac, reviving a supplier relationship that ended in 2023...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
China's battery race enters post-scale era: Beijing shifts focus to solid-state and quality
One of the most pronounced factors behind China's ferocious rise in the global technology landscape has been its unparalleled strength in the EV sector, where fierce competition over...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Tatung pivots to AI infrastructure integration
Amid continued debate over AI, demand for computing power keeps climbing. Tatung Co. on September 30 unveiled its AI infrastructure solution, "TTG AIDC CUBE," at a launch event titled...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
CXMT's US$5.2 billion buildout deepens China's push for domestic DRAM equipment
China's largest dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) maker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is accelerating a CNY34.9 billion (US$5.2 billion) expansion aimed at chipmaking equipment,...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
GlobalFoundries Singapore capacity utilization tops 90% as silicon photonics expansion hits equipment lead-time bottleneck
GlobalFoundries (GF) is expanding its Singapore footprint following its acquisition of local silicon photonics foundry Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), integrating 200mm and 300mm silicon...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
AI boom strains PCB supply chain as materials, equipment shortages persist into 2027
Rapid growth in AI server and high-speed networking demand since the second half of 2025 has tightened supply across printed circuit boards (PCBs), integrated circuit (IC) substrates,...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Inside China's 3D DRAM push: from lab to fab, and the road ahead
China's push into 3D DRAM is moving from early-stage research into wafer processes and equipment, with efforts spanning the Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
CXMT to spend US$5.2 billion on R&D and testing as DRAM supply stays tight
China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) plans to invest CNY34.9 billion (approx. US$5.2 billion) in technology R&D and additional back-end DRAM testing capacity, stepping up...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
In global semiconductor race, Singapore bets on critical, mature technologies
Amid the ongoing restructuring of the global semiconductor supply chain, Singapore is focusing on advanced packaging, heterogeneous integration, silicon photonics, and optical interconnects,...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
RoboTechnik completes Hong Kong listing to fund ficonTEC expansion in silicon photonics
RoboTechnik completed a Hong Kong listing on September 29 and began trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according to its German photonics automation subsidiary ficonTEC. The new...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Advanced packaging shifts toward system integration as AI renews semiconductor talent appeal

At Singapore's Innovate Together 2026 conference on September 25, executives and researchers from A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Beyond 16 layers: HBM stacks test advanced packaging equipment makers
At Singapore's Innovate Together 2026 conference on September 25, equipment makers including ASM, ASMPT, and KLA said the challenges facing next-generation advanced packaging are expanding...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
HBM to take nearly 30% of DRAM capacity as Samsung speeds up P5
High-bandwidth memory (HBM) is expected to account for nearly 30% of DRAM makers' total wafer capacity in 2027, up from about 20% currently, as Samsung Electronics moves to accelerate...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Exclusive: Inside Tesla's playbook for dodging First Solar's TOPCon patent traps
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar giant First Solar is widely viewed across the global solar supply chain as the most aggressive litigant in US TOPCon patent infringement disputes...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung invests US$1 billion in ex-AWS chief's AI data center venture, joining Nvidia as a founding investor
Six Samsung companies will invest a combined US$1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, a company set up by investment firm KKR to build data centers and the power supply they need...