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Monday 13 April 2026
Weekly news roundup: Shortages spread to MLCCs; SK Hynix reportedly in talks with Microsoft and Google
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of April 6-April 13, 2026:
Monday 13 April 2026
Supreme Court ruling stalls Taiwan-US trade deal, zero-tariff car imports in limbo
Taiwan and the US signed the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) on February 13, 2026, capping 10 months of negotiations. The deal set a reciprocal tariff of 15% without stacking and...
Monday 13 April 2026
Taiwan ramps up science park expansion as TSMC growth pushes capacity limits
Powered by surging semiconductor investment—led by TSMC—Taiwan's science parks are nearing full capacity, accelerating government efforts to expand land, infrastructure,...
Monday 13 April 2026
TPK and ASE to launch advanced semiconductor TGV packaging with 3Q26 pilot line
Touch panel maker TPK is partnering with semiconductor packaging giant ASE to enter the advanced through-glass via (TGV) packaging technology sector, focusing on developing glass substrates...
Monday 13 April 2026
FormFactor and MPI vie to break SiPh test bottleneck as ficonTEC reportedly exits
As AI data centers officially enter the silicon photonics (SiPh) era, the industry faces severe challenges in testing accuracy and throughput on the path toward mass production of...
Monday 13 April 2026
AI memory crunch revives DDR3 in PC market
AI demand is squeezing global DRAM supply to the point where the PC market is turning back to decade-old technology. Shortages in DDR5 and DDR4 have pushed prices high enough to revive...
Monday 13 April 2026
India roundup: Domestic chip firms anchor India's semiconductor ambitions

India is advancing its semiconductor ecosystem via design alliances and acquisitions, while recalibrating...

Monday 13 April 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: US MATCH Act tightens export noose while Intel swaps debt for control and Nvidia co-opts rivals
The semiconductor industry is undergoing coordinated shifts that could reshape equipment flows, corporate financing, and supplier relationships in the AI era, according to DIGITIMES...
Monday 13 April 2026
SAS Group's green and AI pivot gains traction
SAS Group's strategic shift into renewable energy, AI-related semiconductor materials, and automotive components signals growing resilience for global energy and tech supply chains,...
Monday 13 April 2026
Nan Pao posts record March and 1Q26 revenue driven by semiconductors and new products
Nan Pao Resins Chemical Group reported a historic revenue high for March, reaching NT$2.4 billion (approx. US$75.3 million), up 17.4% year-over-year, fueled by raw material price fluctuations...
Monday 13 April 2026
Taiwan's chip program covers 200+ high-end devices to boost advanced IC design talent
The Chip-based Industrial Innovation Program (Taiwan CBI), a decade-long, NT$300 billion (US$9.4 billion) initiative launched by the Executive Yuan to support academic and research...
Sunday 12 April 2026
US expands tech curbs on China with MATCH Act and FCC testing ban proposal

US lawmakers from both parties have recently introduced a new bill aimed at further restricting China's access to advanced semiconductor...

Sunday 12 April 2026
China's Hwatsing ships 1,000th CMP system, targets advanced chip manufacturing growth

Hwatsing Technology has emerged as one of China's most prominent domestic suppliers of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) equipment,...

Sunday 12 April 2026
Why some ASIC design service firms are missing out on the AI boom?
Taiwan's ASIC design service providers delivered sharply divergent results in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring how exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) demand does not translate...
Saturday 11 April 2026
Samsung Exynos 2700 benchmark leak offers early look at 2nm SF2P performance
Samsung's next-generation mobile processor, the Exynos 2700, has appeared in early benchmark tests, offering one of the first real-world signals of how its second-generation 2nm process...