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Tuesday 10 November 2026
Foxconn extends vertical integration across 5 battery layers
Young Liu, chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), repeatedly highlighted the company's strength in vertical integration at Hon Hai Tech Day 2026 (HHTD26), underscoring progress...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Sharp eyes AI server deliveries in Japan as early as March 2027
Sharp said it could begin delivering its new AI servers to customers as early as March 2027, leveraging parent company Foxconn's procurement and manufacturing capabilities to target...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Mitsui Chemicals to acquire JSR for US$11.6 billion, targeting semiconductor materials growth
Mitsui Chemicals plans to acquire semiconductor materials maker JSR in a transaction valued at JPY1.84 trillion (approx. US$11.6 billion), including assumed debt, as it seeks to strengthen...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
AI boom drives photomask outsourcing despite IP fears, Tekscend says
Memory chipmakers have long been reluctant to outsource sensitive photomask production over intellectual property concerns, but growing artificial intelligence (AI) demand and capacity...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Winbond to run Infineon flash unit as independent, fabless Spansion brand
Winbond Electronics will revive the Spansion brand for the NOR Flash and F-RAM business it is buying from Infineon Technologies and run it as a fully independent, fabless company,...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Phison Electronics' AI business tops 50% of revenue in 3Q26
Phison Electronics' AI business contributed more than 50% of total revenue in the third quarter of 2026, as demand for AI infrastructure and enterprise storage continued to grow. The...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Seoul court rejects LG Chem bid to halt Ronbay unit's cathode output, report says
A Seoul court has dismissed LG Chem's request for a preliminary injunction that would have halted production and sales of certain cathode materials by JS Energy, the South Korean subsidiary...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Hanwha Semitech taps new CEO as chip equipment sales more than double in 3Q26
Hanwha Semitech has named chief business officer Kim Jin-woo as its incoming CEO after semiconductor equipment revenue more than doubled in the third quarter of 2026. The South Korean...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Himax sees 4Q26 auto DDI orders plunge
Himax Technologies expects fourth-quarter 2026 revenue decline after automotive customers reduced orders following inventory restocking, highlighting the volatility of semiconductor...
Monday 9 November 2026
Megaspeed chip smuggling probe puts Nvidia NCP certification under scrutiny
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang appears to have become a target of Chinese intelligence activity, while his admission of an extramarital affair has drawn attention to his relationship with...
Monday 9 November 2026
Microsoft reportedly phasing out Oracle compute, reassessing cloud deals
Microsoft is phasing out a rented compute capacity agreement with Oracle after deciding not to renew a contract with the cloud provider. The separation is a part of a larger rethinking...
Monday 9 November 2026
Taiwan's Everlight Chemical revenue rises on electronic chemicals growth
Everlight Chemical's consolidated revenue reached NT$737 million (US$22.4 million) in October 2026, up 26.2% from NT$584 million a year earlier, driven by a 75% year-over-year increase...
Monday 9 November 2026
Taiwanese ICT manufacturer Wah Hong accelerates AI cooling as memory hikes hit electronics
Higher memory prices caused by tight supply weakened demand for consumer electronics, while investment in Wah Hong Industrial's thermal management division weighed on overall third-quarter...
Monday 9 November 2026
MediaTek, Qualcomm shift focus to cloud AI as smartphones stall
Qualcomm and MediaTek, the two leading smartphone SoC makers, are turning their attention to cloud AI ASICs as the global smartphone market faces what could be its sharpest decline...
Monday 9 November 2026
TSMC reaffirms foundry focus after report of 3D DRAM plans for Nvidia
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has pushed back on a report that it is weighing a move into advanced memory chip manufacturing, saying it remains focused on its contract...