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Thursday 3 September 2026
Solomon leverages AI vision and optical tech to tap semiconductor inspection market
Solomon Technology, a Taiwanese artificial intelligence (AI) 3D vision company, is showcasing two key inspection applications that integrate its core AI vision and optical technologies...
Thursday 3 September 2026
TSMC doubles down on equipment purchase as AI demand is outpacing semiconductor supply chain planning
TSMC says surging AI demand is stretching the global chip industry beyond its usual planning cycle, with fast-changing procurement needs, labor shortages, and infrastructure constraints...
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 SustainTek, formed in September 2025 through the merger of AUO Envirotech and AUO Digitech, is expanding across the semiconductor supply chain and has reportedly entered...
Thursday 3 September 2026
China packaging specialist SJSemi reaches 3.3-reticle 2.5D scale for AI, HBM integration
Chinese advanced packaging provider SJ Semiconductor (SJSemi) has expanded its silicon-interposer-based 2.5D packaging platform to 3.3 times the standard reticle size, enabling denser...
Thursday 3 September 2026
AI substrate shortages widen as Unimicron signals capacity support through 2029
Unimicron chairman SC Chien said the company is working to ease the tightening shortage of AI substrates as MediaTek seeks capacity support for the next three years, during a public...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Lutnick confirms chip tariffs are coming, with relief tied to manufacturing in America
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has confirmed that the Trump administration is preparing a new round of semiconductor tariffs built around an exemption for companies that manufacture...
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
SK Hynix wafer purchases jump 104% on AI demand
SK Hynix boosted its silicon wafer purchases in the second quarter of 2026 by more than doubling spending from the previous quarter as it moved early to secure raw materials amid rising...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Samsung to add 1,612 new equipment units at Vietnam chip plant
Samsung Electronics is set to install 1,612 brand-new critical semiconductor back-end processing tools manufactured in South Korea at its factory under construction in Vietnam's Thai...
Thursday 3 September 2026
LCY Advanced Materials launches wet chemicals for AI chip packaging
LCY Advanced Materials unveiled a new wet chemical solution for next-generation high-density interconnects at the SEMICON Taiwan 2026 Heterogeneous Integration International Summit,...
Thursday 3 September 2026
SEMICON Taiwan 2026: Physical AI drives new demand for multimodal robot sensing
The rise of physical AI is creating a new wave of demand for advanced sensors as robots move from controlled demonstrations toward practical deployment. Industry experts at SEMICON...
Thursday 3 September 2026
Yield has been semiconductor industry's oldest question; now it's Microsoft's test for AI
Microsoft brought the semiconductor industry's own measure of success back to it on Wednesday, and argued that AI will be judged by it.
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Lam Research exec says automated preventive maintenance key to fabs of the future
A senior Lam Research executive told an industry audience this week that the next major leap in semiconductor manufacturing will not come from removing humans entirely from fabs, but...
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem has the UK taking notes
The UK wants to understand how Taiwan built such a successful semiconductor ecosystem, said Andy McLean, CEO of the UK Semiconductor Center, at a forum organized by Taiwan's Ministry...