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Thursday 27 November 2025
Sunic's deposition tools clear top rating, enabling BOE's 8.6-gen OLED expansion
BOE Technology has advanced its 8.6-generation OLED production line after South Korea's Sunic System passed BOE's highest-level stability assessment for its deposition equipment,...
Thursday 27 November 2025
SK Hynix reportedly to debut industry's fastest 48Gbps GDDR7 memory at ISSCC 2026
SK Hynix is reportedly set to unveil the fastest graphics double data rate 7 (GDDR7) memory with a data rate of 48 gigabits per second (Gbps), aiming to boost its competitiveness...
Thursday 27 November 2025
Foxconn aims to double Vietnam revenue as AI server demand surges
Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII) plans to double its revenue in Vietnam to US$20 billion in 2026, driven largely by surging demand for AI server systems and components purchased...
Thursday 27 November 2025
Fusion Worldwide: The Three Resources That Actually Gate AI Progress Right Now

From TSMC to SK hynix, every Q3 2025 earnings call delivered the same sobering message, the AI build-out is being throttled by three physical choke points that no amount...

Thursday 27 November 2025
Samsung elevates younger tech execs in largest promotion wave since 2021
Samsung Electronics approved 161 promotions in its 2026 reshuffle — 51 vice presidents, 93 managing directors, 1 Fellow, and 16 Masters — marking its largest wave since...
Thursday 27 November 2025
MediaTek research earns global recognition as CEO prepares plenary talk for ISSCC 2026
MediaTek announced that numerous company research papers have been accepted at leading global academic conferences in semiconductors, artificial intelligence (AI), and communications...
Thursday 27 November 2025
Anpec experiences spillover effects from memory price increases
Power management IC (PMIC) supplier Anpec Electronics held its investor conference on November 24, 2025, stating that multiple product lines for 2026 have already passed the design-in...
Thursday 27 November 2025
Apple's 2026 iPad mini to get OLED display, Samsung exclusive supplier
Apple is reportedly set to equip its 2026 iPad mini with an OLED display for the first time, with Samsung Display slated as the exclusive supplier, according to ET News....
Thursday 27 November 2025
Taiwanese firms expand 5G glass fiber capacity to challenge Japan's dominance
The surge in global AI infrastructure demand is driving major upgrades in PCB material specifications, but it has also exposed supply shortages of critical upstream materials such...
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Taiwan unveils US$40B defense boost to accelerate kill chain capabilities and secure key supply chains
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te Lai has proposed an additional NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) defense budget to accelerate asymmetric warfare development, expand AI-enabled kill...
Wednesday 26 November 2025
Global wafer foundry industry, 2026 and beyond

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Wednesday 26 November 2025
Taiwan boosts 2026 budget for 5 trusted industries, semiconductors and AI in spotlight
National Development Council (NDC) minister Chun-Hsien Yeh has pointed out that shifting global geopolitical risks are disrupting supply chains. To adapt, Taiwan aims to seize the...
Wednesday 26 November 2025
DDR4 supply crunch pressures margins for industrial and consumer electronics
The ongoing shortage of memory chips is sending ripples through the industrial-computer, networking, and consumer-electronics sectors, raising costs and straining profit margins....
Wednesday 26 November 2025
China submits 96 papers to top chip design conference, nearly double US and South Korea
The International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) will take place from February 15 to 19, 2026, in San Francisco, US, with MediaTek CEO Rick Tsai delivering the opening keynote...
Wednesday 26 November 2025
0.18-micron tech makes a comeback in IC design research
While TSMC is actively building and expanding 2nm fabs and MediaTek's chips are advancing to the 3nm process node, the long-overlooked 0.18-micron technology is unexpectedly making...