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Sunday 6 September 2026
Hanmi's 2.5D bonders pass Taiwan foundry qualification as packaging outsourcing expands
South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor has reportedly begun supplying 2.5D packaging bonders to an unnamed Taiwanese foundry after the equipment passed mass-production qualification, giving...
Sunday 6 September 2026
Tongtai doubles semiconductor orders on AI data-center demand
Facing rapid demand expansion across the semiconductor and AI industries, Tongtai Group (TT Group) has aggressively promoted an import-substitution and localization strategy in recent...
Sunday 6 September 2026
Podcast highlights: SoIC vs CoWoS, HBM5 hybrid bonding, and EMIB-T's yield problem
In a podcast, DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin said hybrid bonding is drawing fresh attention at SEMICON Taiwan 2026 and could become a key driver of advanced packaging capacity expansion...
Sunday 6 September 2026
Taiwan chip equipment maker Scientech sees orders into 2028, may turn away customers in 2027
AI and high-performance computing (HPC) demand is extending order visibility for Taiwanese semiconductor equipment supplier Scientech into 2028, while capacity constraints may force...
Sunday 6 September 2026
Trumpf CTO says advanced packaging reshapes semiconductor equipment race
AI and high-performance computing (HPC) demand is changing the semiconductor industry's technology and investment priorities. As chip power consumption, computing density, and data...
Saturday 5 September 2026
NYCU wins Nobel laureate for Taiwan job card
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) has recruited 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Arieh Warshel to work in Taiwan, and the National Development Council (NDC) has...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Semicon Taiwan 2026: A windmill in the die bonder, and a Dutch bet on photonics
Dutch equipment maker ITEC used Semicon Taiwan to promote a die-bonding architecture that it says triples throughput over earlier versions of the design by removing the largest source...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Taiwan semiconductor output targets NT$8 trillion
As Semicon Taiwan kicked off at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced that, based on forecasts compiled from multiple research institutions,...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Topco targets optical comms, cooling as copper gives way
System integration remains a key hurdle as the AI chip industry pushes for higher power efficiency and faster transmission speeds, drawing intense attention to when short-reach optical...
Saturday 5 September 2026
TSMC's 3D packaging roadmap: engineering AI chips to think like the human brain
TSMC is steering the future of artificial intelligence toward high-density three-dimensional advanced packaging designed to mimic the architectural connectivity of the human brain,...
Saturday 5 September 2026
SiPh, optical lens demand ignite laser race
Silicon photonics (SiPh) is emerging as a core theme at SEMICON Taiwan 2026, and while the sector is still in an early, fast-growing stage, production-line investments are already...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Marketech profits hit record in 1H26 on overseas orders
Marketech International Corp. (MIC) posted record results in the second quarter of 2026, with consolidated revenue of NT$21.2 billion (approx. US$668.6 million), up 48.2% quarter-over-quarter...
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
From chips to physical AI: Experts urge Taiwan-US push for trusted drone supply chains at Semicon Taiwan 2026
Trustworthy supply chain concerns are extending beyond semiconductors to drones and other autonomous systems, now emerging as national strategic industries. At a Semicon Taiwan 2026...