With TSMC and NVIDIA signaling booming AI demand, the supply chain is heating up and key materials are facing imminent price hikes. According to Commercial Times, BT substrate prices have been climbing since July, and prices for high-end fiberglass fabrics used in IC substrates are also set to rise ...

According to a TechNews report citing Nikkei, Japanese food and biotech company Ajinomoto plans to invest at least JPY 25 billion (approximately USD 166 million) by 2030 to boost production capacity of Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF)—a key material used in semiconductor substrates—by 50%. As th...

ChatGPT's debut has sparked a thrilling spec upgrade in the server market, which has breathed new life into the supply chain and unlocked unparalleled business opportunities. Amidst all this, the big winners look set to be the suppliers of ABF (Ajinomoto Build-up Film) substrates, who are poised to ...

In the post-Moore's Law era, chiplet design has been burgeoning as the mainstream architecture. With the widespread adoption of EUV technology by foundries on process nodes of 5nm and below, the cost of semiconductor fabrication has skyrocketed. The cost of the 5nm process has grown by almost 1x ...