禾臣新材完成过亿元B轮融资
据投资界10月29日消息，近日，安徽禾臣新材料有限公司（以下简称“禾臣新材”）完成过亿元B轮融资，由国泰君安创新投资与中车国创基金联合领投，金圆资本、派维投资等产业方共同投资，资金将主要用于8.6代空白掩模版（Blank Mask，光掩模版基板）与半导体先进制程抛光垫产能扩充，同时加大与战略客户研发配套投入，以满足市场需求。
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Egis Technology unveils AI vision, robotics, and 3nm computing platforms at 2025 Tech Day
Taiwanese semiconductor group Egis Technology held its annual “2025 Egis Tech Day” on October 28, 2025, unveiling a suite of cutting-edge innovations under the theme of “fully activated AI.”
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Shinkong InnovHub launch to boost Taiwan’s drone and tech industries
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) broke ground on October 28, 2025, for its Shinkong InnovHub, a drone base integrating R&D, testing, manufacturing, talent incubation, and flight applications. The initiative aims to energize Taiwan’s drone sector and emerging technology industries.
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Texas Instruments sees 50% YoY data center growth amid signs of slower recovery
As US semiconductor companies race to expand domestic manufacturing capacity, Texas Instruments (TI) and Micron Technology are emerging as the most aggressive investors, committing tens of billions of dollars to new fabrication facilities. While Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s “subtraction strategy” has steered the company back to revenue growth and profitability in the third quarter of 2025, continued construction delays at its long-promised Ohio plant mean that production remains a pipe dream. In contrast, Micron and TI are moving forward with massive investments in line with President Donald Trump’s “Made in the USA” initiative.
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Nexperia’s export ban sparks Brazil auto shutdown fears
Brazil’s government has warned of an impending semiconductor shortage that could halt car production within weeks, the latest fallout from the Dutch government’s takeover of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia and China’s retaliatory export ban.
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A hundred years of quantum physics — and Taiwan wants in
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics to University of California, Berkeley professor John Clarke and two other scientists for identifying macroscopic quantum tunneling and quantized energy levels in electronic circuits, two defining phenomena of quantum mechanics.
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Wistron, Nvidia bring digital twin manufacturing to the US AI supply chain
Taiwan’s Wistron Corporation is investing US$761 million to build an AI supercomputing and smart manufacturing center in Texas, as the company deepens its role in the global artificial intelligence supply chain. The advanced facility, currently under construction, is slated to begin operations in the first half of 2026.
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Glass substrates edge toward prime time in PCB and chip packaging sector
As Moore’s Law nears its physical and commercial limits, advanced packaging has become the new battleground defining the evolution of IC substrate technology and the global PCB landscape. Henry Utsunomiya, President of Fujitsu Interconnect Technologies (FICT) under Fujitsu Limited, noted that with heterogeneous integration now the dominant approach, the industry is undergoing a crucial shift from organic to inorganic substrates.
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Pegatron eyes 1Q26 production launch for Texas plant with Nvidia GB300 servers
Pegatron has revealed progress on its US manufacturing expansion, announcing that its Texas factory is set to begin mass production in March 2026. The facility will produce Nvidia’s latest GB300 or B300 AI servers, complementing Pegatron’s existing Mexico plant to flexibly support North American market demand.
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Taiwan’s 1H25 drone exports surge sevenfold as EU certification hurdles persist
Taiwan’s drone exports surged sevenfold in the first half of 2025, with Europe emerging as the largest destination. However, industry experts note that the main challenge for Taiwanese drone makers entering the European Union (EU) market lies not in production capacity but in meeting stringent international certification standards.