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Semiconductor Back-End
NVIDIA’s 2027 CoWoS Supply Forecast Raised 69% to 1.1 Million Interposers; AMD to See Over 50% Growth: KeyBanc Asia Supply Chain Checks Reveal Strong Demand
TipRanks USA Overview KeyBanc analyst John Vinh's Asia supply chain checks reveal strong, persistent demand across the semiconductor ecosystem. NVIDIA's 2027 CoWoS supply forecast for Rubin and Rubin Ultra was raised 69% to 1.1 million i... -
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Rapidus and Cadence Partner on Agentic AI for Advanced SoC Design, Driving System-Level Co-Optimization
Las Vegas Sun USA Overview Japan's Rapidus announced a partnership with Cadence to drive system-level co-optimization for Agentic AI-enabled advanced SoC (System-on-Chip) design. This collaboration emphasizes tight integration across sem... -
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AI-Driven Advanced Packaging Orders Surge, Widening ABF Carrier Board Supply-Demand Gap, Benefiting Industry with Both Volume and Price Increases
AlphaWire International Overview Nomura Securities reports the semiconductor packaging substrate industry is experiencing a strong AI-driven recovery, with global packaging substrate shipments up 36% year-on-year in June 2026. This growt... -
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Japan’s Rapidus Partners with IBM on 2nm Semiconductor Manufacturing to Bolster Indo-Pacific Supply Chain Resilience
Geopolitical Analysis / Think Tank International Overview Japan's Rapidus, in partnership with IBM, aims to establish 2nm advanced semiconductor manufacturing in Japan, strengthening the Indo-Pacific supply chain, including ASEAN countri... -
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TSMC Achieves Record Q2 Revenue of $40.2B with 67.7% Gross Margin, CoWoS Fully Booked Through 2026, and Maps 14-Reticle Packaging
LongYield - Substack International Overview TSMC reported record Q2 2026 consolidated revenue of $40.20 billion and a gross margin of 67.7%, driven by robust AI chip demand and leading-edge nodes (7nm and below accounting for 77% of wafe... -
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TSMC’s N3 Node and Expanding CoWoS Capacity Solidify Nvidia’s Future, While HBM4 Multi-Vendor Qualification Reduces Supply Risk
Seeking Alpha USA Overview TSMC and ASML's raised guidance confirms persistent AI infrastructure demand-supply imbalance. TSMC's N3 node, utilized for Nvidia's Rubin GPUs, is fully booked, and CoWoS advanced packaging capacity is expandi... -
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TSMC Leads in Data Center Co-Packaged Optics, While Samsung Pursues Future AI Packaging with HBM, Logic, and SiPh Integration in ‘2.xD’ Technology
KuCoin International Overview TSMC leads the data center co-packaged optics (CPO) switch market, with Broadcom and NVIDIA already sampling or shipping CPO switches based on TSMC's technology. Concurrently, Samsung is developing '2.xD' ad... -
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HBM Supply Crunch Deepens: DRAM Wafer Production and Advanced Packaging/Test Emerge as Dual Bottlenecks Amid Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron Rivalry
Industry Analysis International Overview High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), central to AI, faces dual bottlenecks in both DRAM wafer manufacturing and advanced packaging/test capacity. HBM achieves high bandwidth and energy efficiency through ... -
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Rapidus to Establish 2nm AI Chip Mass Production by 2027, Bolstering Japan’s Semiconductor Ecosystem
DataM Intelligence International Overview Japan's Rapidus, backed by government and private funding, aims to establish domestic 2nm advanced semiconductor manufacturing and mass produce AI chips by 2027. This initiative will stimulate de... -
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Applied Materials Highlights MES’s Critical Role in Recovering Capacity and Managing Complexity for Advanced Packaging and Test Facilities
Applied SmartFactory Solutions (Applied Materials) USA Overview Applied Materials emphasizes the crucial role of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) in advanced packaging and test (ATP) facilities for capacity recovery, loss reduction,...