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Tuesday 7 April 2026
Price wars and vertical integration reshape China's auto industry
China's auto market is undergoing a structural shift in the first quarter of 2026. While joint-venture giants such as Volkswagen and Toyota have posted strong sales, a deeper divergence...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
China's auto sales shift, but price war shows no sign of ending

China's auto market showed a notable shift in the first quarter of 2026, with Volkswagen, Geely, and Toyota returning to the top of the...

Tuesday 7 April 2026
Google's chip revisions raise questions for MediaTek's growth plans

Recent reports suggest that Google has once again made engineering changes to its Tensor Processing Unit, or TPU, pushing the chip's tape-out...

Tuesday 7 April 2026
Foxconn posts strong March revenue, expects 2Q26 growth despite seasonal trends
Foxconn reported a robust consolidated revenue of NT$803.7 billion (approx. US$25.1 billion) in March 2026, driven by sustained demand for AI cloud products and restocking across all...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Weekly news roundup: China's special AI chip supply ends; TSMC plans 12 fabs in Arizona
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 30-April 5, 2026:
Tuesday 7 April 2026
AMT expands into medical and e-paper amid geopolitical uncertainty
Industrial touch panel maker Apex Material Technology (AMT), whose core business spans industrial control and medical applications, accounting for up to 90% of its operations, will...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Acer's smart mobility sector to hit double-digit growth in 2026
Acer's smart mobility strategy is beginning to show results. The company expects the overall industry to rebound in 2026 and anticipates its smart mobility to expand, with full-year...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Canada welcomes Chinese EVs as US draws hard line
In January 2026, Canada reached an agreement with China to allow the annual import of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), replacing tariffs that had previously reached as high...
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Tescan Showcase Integrated Failure Analysis Solutions at SEMICON China 2026

Tescan will showcase its integrated semiconductor failure analysis solutions at SEMICON China 2026, covering key stages from non-destructive testing and defect exposure...

Monday 6 April 2026
Smartphone order cuts hit IC design as recovery pushes to 2027
Market sentiment toward the 2026 smartphone outlook has turned increasingly pessimistic. On the supply side, rising component costs have expanded beyond memory to include across-the-board...
Monday 6 April 2026
China 2.5D packaging demand surges, supporting Korean backend equipment growth
China's semiconductor equipment market is emerging as a critical growth engine for South Korean suppliers, driven by accelerating AI deployment and tighter restrictions on US vendors...
Sunday 5 April 2026
Apple pricing seen as key to 2026 smartphone slump
The global smartphone market is set for its steepest decline in more than a decade in 2026, as surging memory prices drive up device costs and weaken demand, according to the International...
Sunday 5 April 2026
DDR4 16Gb spot price falls after 2,200% surge as memory market polarizes
After soaring more than 2,200% over the past year, DDR4 16Gb spot prices have finally begun to decline, signaling a growing polarization in the memory market in the first quarter of...
Saturday 4 April 2026
Semco raises ABF substrate prices as AI server demand surges
The explosive growth in artificial intelligence (AI) servers and high-performance computing (HPC) is driving up the value of key components like ABF substrates. With ongoing bottlenecks...
Saturday 4 April 2026
Exclusive: Nanya Tech revenue hits record on DRAM price surge; Kioxia clarifies investment intent
Nanya Technology Corporation (NTC) reported March 2026 revenue of NT$18.17 billion (approx. US$568.15 million), up 16.42% month-over-month and 560.04% year-over-year. First-quarter...