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Digitimes September 2, 2026 By Charlene Chen negative

How Taiwan is closing its semiconductor materials gap — three shifts to watch

AI / LLMSemiconductorsManufacturing
Industry players say Taiwan's push to localize semiconductor materials did not begin in 2026. The real turning point came in 2019, when the Japan-South Korea semiconductor trade dispute exposed a structural risk: even as Taiwan concentrated manufacturing at home, key raw materials remained controlled by overseas suppliers.
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