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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
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German automotive supplier and chipmaker Bosch has begun sample production at its first US semiconductor factory after finalizing an agreement for up to US$225 million in federal funding. Commercial production of silicon carbide chips at the Roseville, California, site is expected to begin in 2026.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Taiwan's silicon foundry industry posted a strong performance in June 2026, with aggregate revenue reaching US$15,131.2 million, up 5.9% from May and 54.0% from a year earlier — underscoring the sector's continued ride on AI and advanced-node chip demand.
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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.
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Chinese chip designer Ingenic Semiconductor expects its net profit for the first half of 2026 to surge between 431% and 531% year-over-year, to a range of CNY1.079 billion (approx. US$159.14 million) to CNY1.282 billion, as a memory-market super-cycle drives up prices for its DRAM and Flash products, according to a preliminary earnings filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on July 13. That compare
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Taiwan's AI hardware supply chain remained strong in June, as substrate and CCL makers posted sharp annual gains driven by demand for AI servers, ASICs, and high-performance computing. The latest sales data suggest the upgrade cycle is broadening beyond one segment, with advanced ABF substrates and high-end CCL benefiting from higher specifications, better pricing, and rising AI content. For inves
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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
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Intel is doubling down on Ireland as the anchor of its European manufacturing base, committing EUR5 billion (US$5.7 billion) to expand its Leixlip campus barely a year after scrapping far larger fab projects in Germany and Poland. The move signals that, under a turnaround intended to align capacity with real demand, the chipmaker sees consolidated, upgraded capacity in a proven site — rather than
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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.
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2026-07-14
Trusval Technology posted record revenue in the second quarter and first half of 2026, supported by demand tied to global AI infrastructure buildouts and continued expansion of advanced process and advanced packaging capacity by semiconductor makers. The company said order visibility has now extended through 2027.
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Intel is developing a new memory architecture aimed at challenging the dominance of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), with commercialization targeted for around 2030. Although the path is fraught with ecosystem barriers and compatibility hurdles, Intel's parallel development of Z-angle memory (ZAM) and cross-batch memory (XBM) underscores its determination to re-enter the DRAM market, as it simultaneou
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US President Donald Trump recently claimed that Taiwan's TSMC will double the size of its Arizona fab project, reviving attention on his goal of raising the US share of the global chip market to 50% before the end of his term. TSMC declined to comment on the report, but investors may press the company on the issue at its second-quarter 2026 earnings call.
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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.
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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
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