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Thursday 3 September 2026
Infineon sees AI data centers, physical AI as growth drivers
Infineon said the rapid buildout of AI data centers and emerging Physical AI applications could reshape semiconductor demand worldwide. The shift signals higher infrastructure spending,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Exclusive: China 6-inch SiC substrate supply tightens, prices set to rise
China's 6-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrate market is undergoing a structural supply-demand reversal. Driven by strengthening downstream demand and limited production restarts,...
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
Broadcom says CPO fits scale-out better than scale-up
Broadcom Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Core Switching Group Asad Khamisy said at the Semicon Taiwan 2026 master forum that co-packaged optics (CPO) is not necessarily...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Taiwan LED packaging provider Ligitek pivots to silicon photonics; 1.6T modules eye 2H27 revenue
Ligitek is accelerating its move from LED packaging into silicon photonics (SiPh) and high-speed optical communications, with 1.6T product samples already tested and volume-production...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Intel pre-funds EMIB-T and CPU capacity, will address DRAM through partners rather than fabs
Intel's US$23 billion equity raise in August was pre-funding for a capacity build driven by demand and process confidence rather than distress, chief financial officer David Zinsner...
Thursday 3 September 2026
AUO unit eyes TSMC ecosystem as merger benefits emerge
AUO Group's AET Corporation (AET), formed in September 2025 through the merger of AUO Envirotech and AUO Digitech, is expanding across the semiconductor supply chain and has reportedly...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Win Semiconductors unveils 0.1μm GaN for AI, satellite links
Taiwanese compound semiconductor maker WIN Semiconductors said on September 1, 2026, that compound semiconductors are the backbone of AI and satellite communications, as it unveiled...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Google to expand Taipei AI infrastructure center as Taiwan ties deepen
Google will expand its AI infrastructure research and development center in Taipei's Shilin district, adding 60% more office space, as it deepens work with Taiwan's supply chain on...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Broadcom puts 30GW, US$350 billion of custom AI silicon on the calendar through fiscal 2028
Broadcom used its third-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings call on September 2 to convert a quarter-by-quarter AI story into a dated, customer-by-customer deployment schedule running into...
Thursday 3 September 2026
China optical module makers ride AI boom as 800G, 1.6T orders stretch into 2027
AI infrastructure expansion is accelerating demand for 800G and 1.6T optical modules, lifting first-half 2026 results across major Chinese suppliers and extending order visibility...
Thursday 3 September 2026
CPO material race widens as Taiwan eyes key role
At the Semicon Network Summit 2026, speakers from Marvell, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research's Holst Centre, the UK Semiconductor Centre, and the Taiwan...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Auras sees ASIC revenue reaching 50% in 2027, eyes microchannel cooling production in 2028
Cooling specialist Auras Technology is expanding from GPU platforms to ASIC-related products as its next growth driver, amid the ongoing shift toward liquid cooling in AI servers,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
JPC Connectivity sees AI demand driving orders into 2027 as margins benefit from longer lead times
JPC Connectivity said demand tied to artificial intelligence infrastructure continued to strengthen in the second quarter of 2026, lifting orders for optical communications, high-speed...