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Saturday 10 October 2026
Zhen Ding posts record September sales on mobile demand and AI applications
Zhen Ding Technology said September 2026 consolidated revenue reached NT$26.358 billion (US$825.13 million), up 36.13% year over year and 27.54% from August, setting a monthly record...
Saturday 10 October 2026
Semco moves glass substrates to package-level testing
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has reportedly completed initial reliability testing of its 100mm glass substrates and moved to package-level verification using customer chips, marking...
Saturday 10 October 2026
JNTC bets US$259 million on glass substrates ahead of 2028 ramp
South Korea's JNTC plans to invest KRW347 billion (approx. US$259 million) in glass substrate manufacturing as it reports a sharp reduction in copper-filling time for thick glass cores,...
Friday 9 October 2026
Formosa Smart Energy teams up with CXIT on AI data center push
Formosa Smart Energy (FSET) is moving into AI data centers and will partner with Chuang-Xi Information and Technology (CXIT) to build one at Formosa Plastics Group's Mailiao industrial...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Bloom Energy SOFC system to support AOI's Taiwan expansion

Taiwan-based energy solutions provider Leadray Energy has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) on-site power generation...

Thursday 8 October 2026
Hanmi wins rare Samsung order amid US$5 billion chip substrate expansion
South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor has secured a KRW24.48 billion (approx. US$18.3 million) equipment order from Samsung Electro-Mechanics, a rare deal with a Samsung Group affiliate...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Viking Tech lead times stretch to 6 months; orders seen into 2H27
Viking Tech said demand from AI, data centers, server power, military, and aerospace applications has kept capacity fully loaded as it enters the fourth quarter of 2026, with its book-to-bill...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Doosan bets big on China as CCL prices climb
South Korea's Doosan is directing more than half of its record KRW968.4 billion (approx. US$724 million) copper-clad laminate (CCL) investment to China, positioning itself closer to...
Thursday 8 October 2026
GlobalWafers September revenue rises 7.65% on stronger demand
GlobalWafers' September and third-quarter sales showed a mixed picture for the semiconductor materials supplier, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related demand helping offset a lingering...
Thursday 8 October 2026
Laster revenue falls as AI-driven component shortage delays automotive shipments
Laster said shortages of key components have delayed automotive order shipments, underscoring how global demand for AI-related parts is rippling into other industries. The impact trimmed...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: HBM expansion raises the bar for memory offload
The boundary for adopting external capacity is changing, as workloads that previously needed memory offload because of insufficient high-bandwidth memory (HBM) can now run directly...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Commentary: Largan earnings call spotlight — CPO, expansion and 4Q26 order momentum
Largan Precision will hold its earnings call on October 8, when the optical lens maker is due to report third-quarter results and outline its fourth-quarter outlook. With September...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Hwacom shifts semiconductor business to SureWin, targets post-quantum security
Hwacom Systems has shifted its semiconductor-focused business to subsidiary SureWin, targeting growing demand from chipmakers for AI deployment, data governance, and cybersecurity,...
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AI supercycle, pricing, and Terafab top the agenda ahead of TSMC's earnings call
TSMC will hold its third-quarter earnings call on October 15 this year.
Wednesday 7 October 2026
AI data center expansion is hitting new limits on power, land, and public consent
The global race to build data centers for artificial intelligence is entering a more difficult phase. Demand for computing capacity remains strong, but new projects increasingly face...