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Wednesday 22 April 2026
Applied Materials announces Advantest as innovation partner for EPIC platform in Silicon Valley
Leading materials engineering in the semiconductor industry, Applied Materials, announced today that Advantest Corporation, a leading semiconductor test equipment supplier, will join...
Wednesday 22 April 2026
CXMT HBM3 timeline slips, mass production unlikely in 2026
China's leading memory chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is facing fresh uncertainty over the commercialization timeline of its fourth-generation high bandwidth memory...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Middle East conflict drives Shin-Etsu Silicone price hike; Topco to follow suit
Global energy and petrochemical supply chains are facing disruption from the Middle East conflict, driving up costs from crude oil to downstream industrial materials. These shifts...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Semiconductor materials supply shifts to risk sourcing under price and geopolitical pressure
In 2026, critical semiconductor materials face a perfect storm of rising prices, shortages, and geopolitical disruption. Lead times for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and power...
Monday 20 April 2026
Taiwan textile firms branch into aerospace and drones with high-performance materials
Taiwan's manufacturers are no longer content with making sportswear and bicycle parts. Faced with margin pressure and slowing demand in traditional end markets, a growing number of...
Monday 20 April 2026
AI chip rivalry escalates: ABF substrate sells out for Unimicron, Kinsus, Nan Ya PCB
AI GPUs, CPUs, and ASICs are driving demand for increasingly larger sizes and higher layer counts in substrate technology. The supply-demand gap for high-end ABF substrates continues...
Monday 20 April 2026
Qilimanjaro targets analog quantum computing for AI data center integration within 10 years
The timeline for quantum computing to become commercially viable has shrunk from decades to potentially within 10 years, driven by surging AI demand. That is the view of Dr. Marta...
Friday 17 April 2026
Apple highlights record progress in recycled materials across products
Apple has announced what it describes as its highest-ever use of recycled materials across its product lineup, underscoring continued efforts to reduce environmental impact and move...
Friday 17 April 2026
With chip limits near, focus shifts to packaging and integration

As the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) pushes semiconductor performance toward new limits, the industry is confronting a fundamental...

Thursday 16 April 2026
US–Iran tensions add another reason to rethink plastic-heavy, disposable supply chains
The ongoing US–Iran conflict is raising global costs for raw materials and energy, leading to higher prices and shortages across sectors such as plastic packaging and consumer...
Thursday 16 April 2026
TSMC says Applied Materials and JSR form top-tier chipmaking team
Japanese materials giant JSR has established an advanced planarization process solution joint research center in Taiwan, with JSR representative director and CEO Hank Hori personally...
Thursday 16 April 2026
TSMC capex hits US$56 billion, reshaping global semiconductor supply chain
TSMC's capital expenditure has surged in recent years, with 2026 spending forecasted to reach a record US$52-56 billion and market expectations even suggesting an upward revision to...
Thursday 16 April 2026
JSR restarts Taiwan production as TSMC dominates advanced nodes
Japanese photoresist leader JSR officially announced on April 15 the establishment of an advanced planarization process solutions research center in Hukou, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Wednesday 15 April 2026
South Korea's 97.5% reliance on Israeli bromine puts chip supply chain at risk
Rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are stoking concerns over semiconductor materials supply chains, as key inputs such as helium and bromine face potential disruptions...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
CCL price hikes to extend through 2026 with rising glass fiber and copper foil costs

Surging demand for high-end PCBs driven by AI servers and switches is intensifying supply imbalances for upstream materials. Industry...