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Thursday 17 September 2026
Taiwan machine tool makers target aerospace, semiconductor boom at major trade shows
Taiwanese machine tool manufacturers are taking part in two major manufacturing trade shows in Europe and the US this September. The participation reflects a shift in Taiwan's machine...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Chip equipment, materials suppliers lead India investment pledges ahead of SEMICON India 2026

Foreign commitments timed around SEMICON India are moving deeper into the supply chain. In the three days before the 2026 edition opened...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Fujifilm to invest US$83 million in semiconductor materials plant in India

Japan's Fujifilm plans to set up a greenfield semiconductor materials manufacturing facility in India with a total investment of approximately...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Applied Materials announces 10-year investment plan ahead of SEMICON India
US-based semiconductor equipment maker Applied Materials will invest INR36 billion (US$375 million)) in the Indian state of Karnataka over the next 10 years, Karnataka Industries Minister...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Column: China tightens rare earth controls, exposing hidden vulnerabilities in Taiwan's supply chain
China's rare earth export controls are changing the rules governing global critical mineral supply chains. For Taiwan, the real concern is not that China could suddenly halt all exports...
Thursday 17 September 2026
SK Hynix shifts supply chain planning for AI capex boom

AI-driven capacity expansion is pushing up demand for semiconductor equipment, and SK Hynix is strengthening supply chain management...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
Geckos sees copper paste as a lower-cost answer to shrinking glass via challenges

AI, high-performance computing, and advanced packaging are accelerating demand for glass substrates, but smaller through-glass vias...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
Hanmi Semiconductor reportedly lands first back-end foothold at Terafab
Hanmi Semiconductor has reportedly secured an order to supply advanced packaging equipment to Elon Musk's Terafab, marking the first known entry by a South Korean back-end equipment...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Commentary: China's US$4.5 trillion electronics target confronts the limits of manufacturing scale

Where will China's electronics manufacturing industry find growth over the next five years? The answer is taking shape in the 15th Five-Year...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
FSC teams with South Korean maker on TGV equipment for glass substrates
Fu Chun Shin Machinery Manufacture (FSC), a major plastic injection molding machine maker, is expanding further into semiconductors by teaming up with Korean-Chinese joint venture...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
A Taiwan machinery maker bets on AI to challenge Japan's grip on advanced capacitors
High-end multilayer polymer capacitors (MLPCs) — increasingly critical to power delivery in AI servers and high-wattage GPUs and CPUs — have historically been dominated...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
China optical transceivers avoid US FCC curbs as NPO, CPO battle for high-speed interconnect supremacy

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently updated its equipment authorization rules, prohibiting authorization of devices...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Samsung's Cheonan plant reallocates packaging capacity from Exynos to HBM
Samsung Electronics is accelerating the restructuring of its semiconductor packaging footprint. Its Cheonan facility is gradually phasing out packaging operations for the Exynos mobile...
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix diverge on cell design for sub-10nm DRAM in 2028

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to move DRAM below the 10nm threshold in 2028, with the two memory makers pursuing different...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
GlobalWafers partially resumes Italy plant, restarts EPI production
GlobalWafers announced on September 14 that recovery work is continuing at its Novara plant in Italy following a fire that broke out on the facility's 8-inch line on July 20, 2026,...