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Monday 29 June 2026
China's first diamond semiconductor supply chain project lands in Zhengzhou

China is accelerating its push into fourth-generation semiconductors, with the country's first fully integrated industrial project...

Monday 29 June 2026
Rising lithium battery material prices trigger widespread inflation; Chinese battery makers forced to take action
China's electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage supply chains are undergoing a profound structural shift. Over the past year, prices of upstream battery materials have continued to...
Monday 29 June 2026
Hsinchu Science Park draws new semiconductor service investments as chipmaking shifts to advanced nodes

Taiwan's Hsinchu Science Park is still attracting semiconductor service companies even as major foundries run short of land, underscoring...

Monday 29 June 2026
Niching targets higher margins as heat spreader orders extend through year-end
Advanced packaging is driving demand for heat spreaders, and semiconductor packaging and testing materials supplier Niching Industrial said its acquisition of Ming Chun Yuan Micro...
Sunday 28 June 2026
LG Chem weighs CCL expansion as AI chip demand strains supply

LG Chem is discussing whether to expand production of copper-clad laminate, or CCL, a core material used in semiconductor packaging, as...

Friday 26 June 2026
Samsung SDI targets US battery supply chains with US$20M Forge Nano investment
Samsung SDI, a battery and electronic materials manufacturer, has entered an agreement to help US-based Forge Nano build a 3 GWh per year battery manufacturing site in Morrisville,...
Friday 26 June 2026
AIDC showcases advanced composite materials for next-gen aircraft, drones
To meet the aerospace industry's push for lighter, more environmentally sustainable next-generation aircraft, Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has stepped...
Friday 26 June 2026
Corning weighs South Korea site as chip packaging race turns to glass

Corning is studying South Korea as a possible manufacturing base for semiconductor glass substrates, a sign that the US specialty glass...

Friday 26 June 2026
Academia Sinica readies Taiwan-made quantum chip for engineering push
Academia Sinica has built a 20-qubit quantum chip from scratch, and the team now says the next phase is less about lab breakthroughs and more about engineering a scalable, reproducible...
Friday 26 June 2026
Academia Sinica targets quantum chip manufacturing scale with Taiwan's semiconductor tool base
Academia Sinica's Center for Quantum Computer is focusing only on hardware, not algorithms or applications, and executive director Chii-Dong Chen said that approach is similar to the...
Friday 26 June 2026
Tungsten shortage spreads from raw material to chip manufacturing, Japan warns
China's tightening tungsten export controls are adding pressure to global supply chains, with implications for semiconductor makers, defense industries, and industrial users worldwide...
Thursday 25 June 2026
Aleees to build 100,000-tonne precursor plant in Taiwan to supply North American LFP demand
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry, or Aleees, said on June 25 that it will accelerate construction of a phosphoric iron precursor plant in Taiwan, targeting an annual capacity of 100,000...
Thursday 25 June 2026
IC design firms race to secure packaging capacity
IC design firms are scrambling to expand their partner networks as tight packaging and testing capacity remain the most pressing bottleneck in the supply chain. Companies in Taiwan,...
Thursday 25 June 2026
E Ink subsidiary scales solvent-free OCA to support higher-quality, lower-carbon displays
E.Comis Technology, a subsidiary of E Ink Holdings Group, said it has scaled a self-developed, solvent-free optically clear adhesive to meet growing demand for thinner displays, better...