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Krafton PUBG Asia event ends early after fairness row, Day 3 cancelled

Krafton ended its PUBG: Battlegrounds Asia regional event early by cancelling the final schedule after a dispute over fairness. It removed two Vietnam participants from the remaining matches and revoked their PUBG partner status. Korean participants boycotted Day 2 in protest over tournament operations. Some sponsors paused related promotions and sponsorships. The organiser will not confirm final rankings and will pay the $70,000 prize pool equally to all regions.

Industry

As AI chips grow, packaging substrates shift from round wafers to square panels

As AI chips grow in area, investment is starting at home and abroad to switch packaging bases from round wafers to large square substrates. Using square panels can process 5 to 6 times more chips at once than wafers, raising area utilisation to 87 percent from 57 percent. Competition is also intensifying between Taiwan and South Korean companies over panel-level packaging, a process that reassembles cut chips on a panel and builds moulding and redistribution layers.

Industry

Taiwan-led semiconductor security standard SEMI E187 launches, first certified products due this year

The certification mark for the semiconductor cybersecurity standard SEMI E187 has been unveiled, moving the certification system from drafting to verification. Taiwan\'s Ministry of Digital Affairs and SEMI revealed the mark at a security forum during Semicon Taiwan 2026. Taiwan expects the Taipei Computer Association to become the first verification body accredited by the Taiwan Accreditation Foundation as early as October. A first product could obtain the mark before year-end.