Flora Wang joined DIGITIMES in 2024 and covers PCB, passive components, and semiconductor packaging and testing industries. She holds a Master's degree in Digital Journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Test interface supplier Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. (CHPT) reported its June 2026 revenue, marking its sixth consecutive monthly revenue record as demand from the market remained strong. The company also...
Advantest said it has partnered with OpenLight to develop a scalable silicon photonics (SiPh) test solution for mass production environments. The announcement comes as artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance...
Volatile precious metal prices weighed heavily on passive component suppliers in early 2026, but the cost pressures have also created unexpected order-transfer opportunities for Taiwanese manufacturers.
Taiwan's passive component suppliers are entering the second half of 2026 with stronger order momentum, as demand from AI data centers, networking equipment, power systems, and automotive electronics helps offset...
Despite rising concerns over memory price hikes, Apple's PCB supply chain has seen little change to the company's 2026 order pull-in schedule as of the second quarter, according to people familiar with the PCB industry.
Leading passive components supplier Yageo is reportedly set to raise capacitor prices across the board from July 1, according to supply chain sources. The price hikes will cover tantalum capacitors, multilayer ceramic...
Cloud AI demand is reshaping the seasonal cycle of the semiconductor industry, with capacity tightness spreading from front-end manufacturing to back-end packaging and testing. Since late 2025, outsourced semiconductor...
As the AI wave drives rapid growth across the global semiconductor industry, the upstream electronic materials supply chain has become a key bottleneck for AI-related shipments. To keep pace with AI investment, Qnity...
Asia Neo Tech has announced a 15-year technology licensing agreement with US-based Brooks Automation to cooperate on FOUP (front-opening unified pod) cleaning equipment and expand its reach into global markets. The two...
Fulltech Fiber Glass is raising prices for its glass fiber cloth lines amid higher raw material, energy, transportation, and manufacturing costs that are squeezing margins. The move underscores broader pressure across...
As Taiwan becomes the core of the global AI hardware supply chain, Qnity — the century-old company spun off from US chemicals giant DuPont and separately listed — is likewise expanding its production capacity investment...
Taiwanese electronic components manufacturer Yao Sheng Electronic held its 2026 annual shareholders meeting on June 25, noting that its transformation strategy in recent years has focused on optimizing its profit...
ShunSin Technology Holdings, Foxconn's semiconductor packaging and testing subsidiary, is accelerating its transition toward co-packaged optics (CPO). The company's latest appointment of a former TSMC executive as an...
LinkCom Manufacturing held its 2026 annual general meeting and said rapid AI adoption is driving demand for its magnetic components in high-speed networking, AI data-center power, silicon photonics power systems and LEO...
Jih Lin is seeing stronger business momentum as higher power consumption per AI server rack drives data-center power management toward 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) architectures, boosting the power...
ShunSin, a Foxconn-affiliated packaging and testing company, held its 2026 annual general meeting, with chairman Shang-Yi Chiang presiding. Chiang said ShunSin will leverage its packaging, testing, and optoelectronic...
Sigurd is expanding testing and packaging capacity as AI demand and steady customer orders keep its facilities fully utilized. For global readers, the move underscores how supply chains for silicon photonics (SiPh), AI...
ASE Holdings COO Dr Tien Wu said the global semiconductor industry is growing faster than expected on the back of AI investment, with demand so strong that the capacity the company had built over the past few years was...
ADATA Technology is stepping up discussions in Thailand amid rising global demand for AI computing centers. Chairman Simon Chen's visit highlights how Southeast Asia could benefit from expanding AI infrastructure,...
The global semiconductor packaging and testing race is heating up as TSMC recently signed a 10-year agreement with Amkor to expand advanced packaging collaboration in Arizona, drawing close market attention to how the...
Strong demand for AI servers is driving higher shipments of advanced printed circuit board (PCB) products in Taiwan, but it is also tightening supply of key materials and resources, adding fresh uncertainty to the...
Fulltech, a glass fiber yarn and cloth maker, said at its 2026 annual general meeting that demand for next-generation AI servers and high-speed switches is lifting specifications and demand for upstream PCB materials....
Demand for high-end fiberglass cloth is surging on the AI boom, and orders from copper-clad laminate (CCL) customers are leaving the world's two largest suppliers, Nittobo and Taiwan Glass, short of capacity. In...
Demand in the passive component market has rebounded alongside the rapid buildout of AI data centers. While Japanese suppliers continue to lead in technology, their capacity expansion has struggled to keep pace with...
