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Wednesday 21 October 2026
TSMC and others turn LCD plants into AI assets as LG Innotek weighs acquisition
Growing demand for AI servers, advanced packaging, and data centers is reviving interest in idle LCD plants, with companies acquiring and converting existing sites into semiconductor...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Contrel, FSE combine laser and plasma processes for advanced packaging
Contrel Technology and FSE jointly showcased dual-core laser micromachining and plasma process technologies at TPCA Show 2026, targeting advanced packaging and high-end substrate manufacturing...
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Packaging-to-board integration emerges as key gap as AI reshapes electronics supply chain
Packaging, substrate, printed circuit board (PCB), and assembly makers need closer coordination to meet the demands of AI and high-performance computing (HPC), as package-to-board...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Unimicron chairman sees substrate sizes reaching 14x current scale by 2030
TPCA Show 2026 officially opened, with Unimicron Chairman Shan-Chieh Chien saying in his opening address that solving the three major challenges facing AI accelerators in high-performance...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
AUO selects glass substrate specs for semiconductor processes, not size rivalry
AUO is tailoring its glass core substrate specifications specifically to semiconductor process requirements rather than competing on panel dimensions with Innolux, according to Chairman...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Daeduck Electronics targets 2029 ceramic substrates for AI packaging
South Korean substrate maker Daeduck Electronics is accelerating development of ceramic core substrates (CCS) to address warpage and thermal-management challenges as AI semiconductor...
Tuesday 20 October 2026
AI substrate bottleneck shifts from design to manufacturing
AI computing is pushing packaging density to its limits, with accelerator substrates expected to exceed 100x100mm and expand beyond 120x120mm within the next three to five years. As...
Monday 19 October 2026
Infineon extends Wolfspeed wafer deal to 8-inch silicon carbide
Infineon Technologies has lined up 8-inch silicon carbide (SiC) wafers from Wolfspeed under an expanded and extended long-term supply agreement. The deal gives the German chipmaker...
Saturday 17 October 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics' US$5.1 billion expansion faces equipment supply constraints
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) faces potential equipment procurement bottlenecks in its KRW6.78 trillion (approx. US$5.1 billion) expansion of semiconductor substrate production...
Friday 16 October 2026
LG Innotek targets 2028 glass substrate supply as it expands beyond smartphones
LG Innotek expects to begin supplying glass substrates for advanced semiconductor packaging around 2028 and sees its chip substrate business improving in 2027, as the South Korean...
Friday 16 October 2026
LG Innotek eyes 2027 chip substrate growth as Big Tech supply talks continue
South Korea's LG Innotek expects its semiconductor substrate business to improve in 2027 as it pursues long-term supply agreements (LTAs) with major technology companies and prepares...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Taisic Materials expands SiC capacity for AI data centers, 8-inch markets
Taisic Materials, a Foxconn-backed company under Kenmec Group, operates 65 crystal-growth furnaces as it expands silicon carbide (SiC) ingot and substrate production for AI data centers,...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
AI substrate material shortages ease, but advanced equipment emerges as expansion bottleneck
As the customer base for AI accelerators expands rapidly and consumes IC substrate capacity, advanced packaging remains a critical industry bottleneck. Consequently, supply chain attention...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Samsung's US$9B chip expansion faces funding, supply hurdles
Samsung affiliates plan to invest a combined KRW12.26 trillion (approx. US$9.18 billion) in semiconductor operations across South Korea and Vietnam, but the projects face different...
Tuesday 13 October 2026
South Korea's YMT targets fivefold rise in glass-substrate plating capacity
South Korean electronic materials supplier YMT is accelerating its expansion into glass-substrate electroplating. The company plans to increase related capacity to roughly four times...