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Wednesday 30 September 2026
GlobalFoundries Singapore capacity utilization tops 90% as silicon photonics expansion hits equipment lead-time bottleneck
GlobalFoundries (GF) is expanding its Singapore footprint following its acquisition of local silicon photonics foundry Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), integrating 200mm and 300mm silicon...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
From EVs to AI humanoid robots: Tesla leans on Chinese manufacturing once again
Energy, AI robotics, and autonomous vehicle maker Tesla is reportedly replicating its electric vehicle (EV) playbook by turning to Chinese manufacturing to support the supply chain...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Neocloud lifts OEM buying as ODM-direct share slips below 80% in 2026
Taiwan-based server original design manufacturers (ODMs) have long been key partners for cloud service providers (CSPs) through the ODM-direct model, but the model's share is declining...
Wednesday 30 September 2026
AI boom strains PCB supply chain as materials, equipment shortages persist into 2027
Rapid growth in AI server and high-speed networking demand since the second half of 2025 has tightened supply across printed circuit boards (PCBs), integrated circuit (IC) substrates,...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Mercedes-Benz and ProLogium expand solid-state battery testing partnership
ProLogium Technology said it has signed a joint testing agreement with Mercedes-Benz, giving the automaker priority access to evaluate the battery maker's latest Gen4 cells. The companies...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
SoftBank subsidiary Saimemory taps Shinko to bring ZAM closer to commercialization
Saimemory, a SoftBank subsidiary, has brought Shinko Electric Industries into its effort to commercialize Z-Angle Memory (ZAM), adding packaging-substrate, high-density integration...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
In global semiconductor race, Singapore bets on critical, mature technologies
Amid the ongoing restructuring of the global semiconductor supply chain, Singapore is focusing on advanced packaging, heterogeneous integration, silicon photonics, and optical interconnects,...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
RoboTechnik completes Hong Kong listing to fund ficonTEC expansion in silicon photonics
RoboTechnik completed a Hong Kong listing on September 29 and began trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according to its German photonics automation subsidiary ficonTEC. The new...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Taiwan breaks ground on aerospace and drone hub, targeting 2028 completion
Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) broke ground on the Minxiong Aerospace and Drone Industrial Park on September 28, aiming to provide critical...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Column: Why Micron's US$250M venture fund is about more than HBM margins—Taiwan has a stake in it
Micron unveiled the Micron Ventures Paradigm Fund, a US$250 million venture vehicle, in mid-August 2026, as the memory maker pairs more than US$25 billion in fiscal 2026 capex with...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Samsung Foundry nears 60% 2nm yield, shifts focus to power efficiency to win customers
Samsung Electronics' foundry business has reportedly raised yield on its 2-nanometer (2nm) SF2 process to nearly 60% and is now shifting engineering work toward power efficiency and...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Advanced packaging shifts toward system integration as AI renews semiconductor talent appeal

At Singapore's Innovate Together 2026 conference on September 25, executives and researchers from A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
GlobalFoundries eyes GaN expansion to challenge TSMC in AI

GlobalFoundries (GF) is preparing a major global capacity expansion as TSMC is set to gradually exit gallium nitride (GaN) foundry services...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Exclusive: Inside Tesla's playbook for dodging First Solar's TOPCon patent traps
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar giant First Solar is widely viewed across the global solar supply chain as the most aggressive litigant in US TOPCon patent infringement disputes...
Tuesday 29 September 2026
Apple's foldable iPhone Duo faces low yields ahead of October launch
Apple's first foldable handset, the iPhone Duo, is nearing launch in October, but reports from China said production remains constrained by low yields in final assembly, panels, and...