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2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
All 13 tracked sub-sectors of Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain recorded positive year-over-year revenue growth in June 2026, according to monthly revenue filings, pointing to an industry-wide upcycle rather than gains concentrated in a single segment.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Shanghai AtomIC Technology has launched what it describes as the world's first 8-inch pilot line for two-dimensional semiconductors, marking a shift from laboratory research to engineering validation, small-batch tape-outs and early industrialisation.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Integrated Service Technology Inc. (iST) reported June 2026 consolidated revenue of about NT$426 million (US$13.24 million), up 10.47% from May and down 1.56% year on year. The Taiwan-based chip validation and analysis provider said the result reflected stronger demand tied to AI chip validation and a spillover effect from capacity constraints at packaging and testing plants.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
C Sun said its 2026 revenue growth will be led by advanced packaging and advanced printed circuit board equipment as AI infrastructure spending continues to support industrial investment demand. The PCB and semiconductor equipment maker said the outlook remained positive as foundry, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test, IC substrate, and high-end multilayer board customers increased capital
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Ion Electronic Materials reported June 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$51.852 million (US$1.61 million), up 30% from a year earlier, as demand for advanced gases continued to expand. First-half consolidated revenue reached NT$315 million, down 3% from the same period in 2025, mainly because equipment revenue was absent.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) is moving into silicon photonics, positioning itself to address one of the defining bottlenecks in artificial-intelligence data centers: the speed at which chips can talk to one another. In doing so, the mature-node specialist is turning Singapore into a manufacturing base for a technology that uses light rather than electrical signals to move data across AI clus
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor (TASC) has announced senior management changes at its group companies as ProAsia Semiconductor (PASC) prepares for a Taiwan Innovation Board listing, now expected in the first or second quarter of 2027. The overhaul is aimed at meeting listing requirements on corporate governance, independence, and the rule that senior executives cannot hold concurrent cross-company roles
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
China has nine years left to meet its goal of becoming a global science and technology powerhouse by 2035.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
South Korea's exports surpassed US$100 billion in a single month for the first time in June 2026, raising expectations that the country could exceed US$1 trillion in annual exports this year. While the milestone underscores the strength of South Korea's export sector, it has also renewed debate over the economy's growing dependence on semiconductors.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Taiwan's IC design companies are stepping up investment in AI imaging solutions, with both industry leaders and smaller players accelerating development to capture emerging opportunities in the fast-growing market.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
As the world enters an AI-centric era, the global race for technological leadership is no longer defined only by who can build the most advanced models. It is increasingly shaped by who can secure compute, deploy infrastructure at scale, reduce energy constraints, and turn research into commercial capability.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Reports that Meta is considering leasing out idle AI computing capacity have rattled investors. But treating Meta's predicament as a warning sign for the entire AI industry is a classic case of overgeneralization.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Rambus has introduced a new DDR5 9600 server RDIMM chipset aimed at faster, denser data center memory systems. The move matters beyond one supplier because higher bandwidth and better power efficiency are becoming essential for AI inference, cloud computing, and HPC platforms used by businesses and consumers worldwide.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Quartz component suppliers are raising prices as higher raw material costs from gold wire and ceramic bases squeeze margins. Industry sources said ceramic base prices could climb by double-digit percentages, in some cases even doubling, pushing makers to pass on some of the increases.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Samsung Electronics is developing advanced packaging technology that combines high-bandwidth memory (HBM), logic chips and silicon photonics (SiPh) as it seeks to address the rising power consumption and data-transfer bottlenecks facing AI data centers.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
The AI boom is tightening an important but often overlooked part of the chip supply chain, with global readers likely to feel the effects through higher costs, delayed capacity, and uneven access to advanced processors. As demand for CPUs, GPUs, and ASICs rises, ABF substrate supply is tightening, and the squeeze is expected to last for years.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Gudeng Precision Industrial Electronics reported record June revenue and its highest quarterly sales in the second quarter of 2026, driven by stronger demand for EUV mask carriers and 12-inch wafer carriers as advanced-node manufacturing accelerated. The Taiwan-based supplier said momentum should remain strong in the second half of 2026, keeping full-year results on pace to challenge another high.
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
China's semiconductor packaging and testing firm Tianshui Huatian Technology said on July 14 it expects first-half 2026 net profit attributable to shareholders of CNY750 million (approx. US$110.62 million) to CNY850 million, up 231.16% to 275.31% from CNY226 million a year earlier, according to a forecast filed with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Diluted earnings per share are seen at CNY0.2290-0.25
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Six-inch silicon carbide (SiC) substrates, a third-generation semiconductor product that has faced oversupply and falling prices for the past two years, have clearly bottomed out and are even starting to recover as capacity remains constrained and demand emerges across multiple sectors. Semiconductor distributors say supply is now tight, and customers who want to buy more must pay more, with new o
2026-07-14
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2026-07-14
Liying said revenue reached a quarterly record of NT$108 million in the second quarter of 2026, crossing the NT$100 million (US$3.11 million) mark for the first time as strong demand for AI chips kept semiconductor utilization rates high. The company also reported record first-half revenue of NT$206 million, reflecting continued demand for its circular-economy services tied to waste hydrofluoric a