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Monday 22 December 2025
Protection component prices stabilize: Thinking Electronic pins 2026 growth on AI

Record-high precious metal prices upstream are tightening cost pressure across the passive components industry, but the impact on protection...

Monday 22 December 2025
Memory supercycle exposes T-Glass constraint, tightening BT substrate supply
As the global memory industry enters a supercycle driven by structural supply shortages, BT substrates for memory chips are also tightening. Taiwan-based IC substrate makers Kinsus...
Monday 22 December 2025
AP Memory sets 2026 mass production timeline for S-SiCap discrete silicon capacitors

AP Memory is expanding into AI servers and high-performance computing, with its S-SiCap roadmap delivering concrete progress. Fourth-generation...

Monday 22 December 2025
Apaq Technology sees strong growth in solid capacitors driven by AI demand
Apaq Technology reported a sharp rise in demand for solid capacitors, fueled primarily by AI servers and AI PCs, during an investor briefing on December 17. General Manager ST Lin...
Monday 22 December 2025
Rafael Micro pivots to optical links and ASICs for 2026 growth

Rafael Microelectronics is positioning optical communications and custom ASIC services as the twin pillars of its growth strategy heading into 2026,...

Friday 19 December 2025
Taiwan makes silicon photonics a pillar of its new national AI strategy

Taiwan is seeking to anchor itself at the center of the next wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure, with silicon photonics elevated...

Friday 19 December 2025
China eases rare earth export curbs as shipments rebound
China has begun easing restrictions on rare earth exports by approving a series of general licenses for qualified suppliers, according to the Ministry of Commerce on December 18,...
Thursday 18 December 2025
AI servers and semiconductors drive Taiwan PCB peak season; TPCA forecasts 11% growth in 2025
Taiwan's printed circuit board (PCB) industry is set for robust growth in 2025, supported by strong demand from AI servers amid a weakening traditional smartphone market. The Taiwan...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Niching targets multi-year vapor chamber upswing, insulates margins against metal costs
Niching Industrial Corp., a supplier of semiconductor packaging and testing materials, said revenue in 2025 is likely to hit a record high, driven by rising cooling demand from AI...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Leatec faces resistor substrate price war, pivots to automotive and semiconductor applications

Leatec Fine Ceramics, an upstream supplier of ceramic materials for passive components, held an in-person investor conference on December...

Thursday 18 December 2025
Murata to mass-produce VPD power modules for AI servers in 2026
Murata Manufacturing plans to start mass production of AI server power modules in 2026 and is coordinating with major cloud service providers. The company expects the business to...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
UMC backs Unimicron expansion to reinforce IC substrate supply as AI demand rises

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) announced on December 17 that it will participate in the capital increase of its affiliate, IC...

Wednesday 17 December 2025
Viking Tech's alloy resistors win major OBC order, extended material lead times push volume shipments to 2Q26
Automotive-grade thin-film resistor maker Viking Tech held an in-person investor conference, where VP Shun-he Li reported that demand for ultra-low-resistance alloy resistors continues...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Viking raises thin-film inductor prices by 10-40% in 1Q26 amid surge in metal cost and network demand
Viking Tech, a leading automotive-grade thin-film resistor manufacturer, announced it will increase prices for its thin-film inductors by 10% to 40% starting in the first quarter...
Tuesday 16 December 2025
CMI outlines stable orders and expansion plans amid rising costs and capacity challenges
Flexible printed circuit (FPC) manufacturer Complex Micro Interconnection (CMI) reported stable order intake across industrial, commercial, consumer, and automotive sectors during...