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Saturday 19 September 2026
Memory recovery, price hikes lift Niching IC substrate outlook, order visibility through 2H27

Semiconductor packaging and testing materials distributor Niching Industrial hosted an investor conference on September 17. chief financial...

Saturday 19 September 2026
Interview: Advanced packaging shifts toward system-level co-design for AI

Advanced packaging remains one of the semiconductor industry's hottest technology areas in 2026. In Taiwan, terms such as co-packaged...

Saturday 19 September 2026
Charts: Taiwan's memory makers are outgrowing TSMC by a factor of eight

Taiwan's chipmakers are having their best year in a decade, and the headline number belongs to TSMC. The more interesting one does n...

Friday 18 September 2026
High-end GPUs may be slowing China's AI compute expansion
China's wide gap in token costs stems largely from domestic companies' difficulty in accessing Nvidia high-end GPUs, forcing them to squeeze more value from each token to recoup costs...
Friday 18 September 2026
LGES, Samsung SDI reportedly booked out for two years as US restrictions and China slowdown reshape ESS market
As energy storage system (ESS) battery orders continue to accumulate at South Korean manufacturers, expectations are growing that market conditions could improve further. The outlook...
Friday 18 September 2026
Chip equipment makers face waits of up to 40 months for critical parts
The semiconductor industry's capacity crunch is moving deeper into the equipment supply chain, with shortages of specialized components stretching delivery times as chipmakers accelerate...
Friday 18 September 2026
Mobile SoC battle for 2026 centers on NPUs

More technical details on 2026 mobile systems on a chip (SoCs) from major vendors are emerging, and the biggest changes in chips such...

Friday 18 September 2026
ByteDance builds strong supply chain force to master emerging hardware ecosystems beyond core demand

The Chinese smart glasses sector is rapidly consolidating around the principle that "subtraction is king." Rather than rushing unproven...

Friday 18 September 2026
NCSIST showcases military tech at Taiwan Innotech Expo 2026
As countries worldwide accelerate efforts to develop homegrown defense technology capabilities, Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) showcased...
Friday 18 September 2026
Foldable smartphone panel shipments fall 13% in 1H26 as market shifts to in-fold designs
Global foldable smartphone panel shipments declined 13% year-over-year in the first half of 2026, with the contraction concentrated in clamshell products, according to Counterpoint...
Friday 18 September 2026
Taiwan central bank keeps rates unchanged as inflation stays contained
Taiwan's central bank left interest rates unchanged on the 17th, saying inflation remains manageable and the economy is still growing steadily. The decision came as the US Federal...
Friday 18 September 2026
Global chipmakers answer India's pitch with equipment, materials, and R&D — not fabs
The multinationals that filled Semicon India 2026 committed to almost every layer of the semiconductor value chain except the one India most wants: nobody announced a new fab. Applied...
Friday 18 September 2026
Tata Electronics put 16 MoUs on the record at Semicon India, join hands with Nexperia
Tata Electronics has attached a headline number to its supplier-recruitment drive at Semicon India 2026 — 16 memoranda of understanding — but only five have been documented...
Friday 18 September 2026
Modi says India's chip mission has reached commercial production as Semicon 2.0 lifts the purse to US$13.5 billion
India's government used the opening of Semicon India 2026 to reframe what it is asking the industry to believe: not that fabs will be built, but that they are already shipping. Prime...
Friday 18 September 2026
Housing slump and plant builds diverge as Tung Ho Steel sees AI demand support
Electric-arc furnace steelmaker Tung Ho Steel said Taiwan's real-estate slowdown has dragged down rebar orders in 2026, while high-tech investment and plant construction have strongly...