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Friday 4 September 2026
CPO testing shifts to mid-stage to avoid costly failures, Chroma says

Co-packaged optics (CPO) is forcing chipmakers and equipment suppliers to rethink where testing should take place, as long optical test...

Friday 4 September 2026
TSMC urges HBM makers to design for X-ray inspection as packaging grows more complex
TSMC is calling for future HBM and DRAM designs to become more compatible with X-ray inspection, as increasingly complex advanced packaging makes buried defects harder to detect while...
Friday 4 September 2026
MSScorps August revenue hits new high on silicon photonics gains
MSScorps saw August 2026 revenue post a new single-month high, as global artificial intelligence (AI) computing power continues to expand, driving demand for advanced process technologies,...
Friday 4 September 2026
K&S targets CPO, CoPoS growth with expanded TCB advanced packaging roadmap
Singapore-based semiconductor packaging equipment maker Kulicke and Soffa (K&S) said AI demand is spreading into adjacent applications, lifting 2026 orders for wire bonding equipment...
Friday 4 September 2026
Ennostar accelerates AI optical communications with micro LED
Ennostar is pushing into AI high-speed optical communications and says Taiwan's full supply-chain ecosystem could bring micro LED into commercial use sooner than expected. Andrew Tsai,...
Friday 4 September 2026
Kyocera completes Nagasaki plant for semiconductor ceramics and packages
Kyocera held a ceremony on September 1 to mark the completion of its Nagasaki Isahaya Plant in Kuremo-machi, Isahaya, Nagasaki. The company says the new manufacturing site will anchor...
Friday 4 September 2026
China's EUV gap may stretch 10–15 years, but DUV gains test Western export controls
China may remain 10–15 years away from developing domestic extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, according to assessments from UBS and Zeiss, highlighting the technological...
Friday 4 September 2026
Taisic unveils p-type SiC substrate for ultra-high-voltage grid, rail applications
Taisic Materials, a compound semiconductor company under the Kenmec Group, unveiled a p-type silicon carbide (SiC) substrate on September 2, targeting ultra-high-voltage power applications,...
Friday 4 September 2026
Taiwan automation specialist Kenmec targets semiconductor packaging plants with low-clearance OHT, AI digital twins
Rising semiconductor packaging and testing demand is exposing space and logistics constraints at existing plants. Kenmec Mechanical Engineering is targeting the upgrade market with...
Friday 4 September 2026
Processor, memory boom could push chip supply chain out of sync, says Yole
Gary Huang, vice president and head of Asia-Pacific research and business development at Yole Group, said the imbalance is already showing signs of what he described as supply-chain...
Friday 4 September 2026
Silicon photonics testing shift could reshape how CPO suppliers win business
As silicon photonics (SiPh) and co-packaged optics (CPO) move toward mass production, suppliers say testing is shifting earlier in the process to catch defects at the wafer stage,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and NEC form alliance to advance defense tech, AI sovereignty
Japanese industrial giants Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and NEC Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership in the defense...
Thursday 3 September 2026
China chip tool makers expand beyond import substitution at CSEAC 2026

China's semiconductor equipment industry is moving beyond replacing imported tools at mature nodes, with CSEAC 2026 highlighting deeper...

Thursday 3 September 2026
Niching validates 500-ton press for large heat spreaders
Niching Industrial is expanding its heat-spreader capacity as AI and high-performance computing demand pushes up orders across the global semiconductor supply chain. The company said...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Semiconductor sustainability shifts to cost control as fab resource demand surges

Sustainability is not just good for communities and the environment but also good for business. This is the message from a sustainability...