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Digitimes September 21, 2026 By DIGITIMES neutral

Tower Semiconductor to make Japan its largest optical chip base

Tower SemiconductorAI / LLMSemiconductorsManufacturingSupply ChainData Center
<p class="P1" data-start="2500" data-end="2780">Tower Semiconductor plans to make Japan its largest manufacturing base for optical communications semiconductors after expanding silicon photonics (SiPh), silicon germanium (SiGe), and advanced packaging capacity in the Hokuriku region, as demand from AI data centers accelerates.
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