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Wednesday 9 September 2026

Samsung's Taylor fab reportedly fully booked before 2nm production begins

Samsung Electronics' Taylor foundry fab in Texas has reportedly reached full booking before 2nm volume production begins, signaling stronger demand for the company's incoming US advanced-node...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

IDA Partners with Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry to Advance Global Talent Strategy

As graduation season arrives, Taiwan's semiconductor industry once again enters its annual competition for talent. Driven by declining birth rates and surging demand...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Lotte Energy Materials pivots from EV weakness to AI, ESS copper foil

Cooling electric vehicle demand is forcing South Korean copper foil makers to rethink capital and capacity. Lotte Energy Materials has sold a 90% stake in its architectural exterior...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

LCD supply could tighten by 2028 as Taiwan sells its fabs to chipmakers

LCD panel supply could tighten around 2028 as Taiwan manufacturers exit the segment faster than expected, while China uses profits from LCD to ramp OLED investment. The shift is being...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Kian Shen eyes stronger 3Q26 on chassis, lightweight frames, Lean3

Taiwan's Kian Shen is counting on chassis, lightweight panel frames, and the Lean3 electric vehicle to drive growth, with third-quarter 2026 performance expected to improve from the...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Ma-tek August revenue hits record, eyes U.S. FA, MA service in 2027

MA-tek, a semiconductor testing and analysis company, reported August revenue of NT$565 million, up 17.78% from a year earlier and marking a record high for the sixth straight month...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

AIDC wins 20-year Bombardier contract to expand business jet work

Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) said on September 7 that it won a 20-year full-life-cycle contract from Canadian aerospace group Bombardier for the Challenger 3500...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

LG's robot actuator push turns appliance know-how into a physical AI supply-chain bet

As humanoid robots increasingly move from demonstrations toward factories and commercial deployments, competition is expanding beyond finished robots into the components that determine...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

US chip investment push puts ownership at center of Korea's $200 billion deal

A US push for additional Korean semiconductor manufacturing investment has entered bilateral negotiations just as the first project under...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Samsung speeds silicon photonics test plan with TSMC-vetted probe vendors

Samsung Electronics has moved to accelerate its silicon photonics push by using the same test partners selected by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. for key validation work, according...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Advantech to open North America HQ and expand US manufacturing

Advantech will open its new North America headquarters campus in Tustin, California, on October 21, Taipei time, adding localized manufacturing and service capacity as demand linked...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Renewable power shortage puts Taiwan's chip cluster under scrutiny

As semiconductor and AI infrastructure expansions elevate Taiwan's strategic profile on the global stage, mandates for a "green chip" supply chain are intensifying pressure on major...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Samsung allocates more than half of 4nm foundry capacity to HBM4

Samsung Electronics is allocating more than half of its 4nm foundry capacity to base dies for sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) as it accelerates shipments to major AI...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

ViTrox rides AI demand, expands Taiwan push as Malaysia semiconductor base grows

After several years away from SEMICON Taiwan, Malaysia-based inspection equipment maker ViTrox returned to the show this year and has already confirmed plans to exhibit again next...

Tuesday 8 September 2026

Sercomm revenue surges past 3Q25 on North America upgrades

Sercomm Corporation reported August revenue of NT$7.044 billion on the 7th, up 45% year-over-year, extending its run of monthly sales above NT$7 billion(US$222.1 million) to a third...

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