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Tuesday 13 January 2026
Greenfiltec semiconductor AMC filter market share rises, revenue exceeds 40% in 2025
Because of slower customer orders and process optimization at its Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) facility, Greenfiltec's consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Taiwan pushes silicon photonics frontier R&D to defend semiconductor edge in AI era
Taiwan dominates advanced semiconductor manufacturing, but mounting competition in emerging technologies is exposing structural gaps. To secure its position in the AI and data-center...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
MediaTek nears NT$600B revenue in 2025, eyes automotive and ASIC growth in 2026
MediaTek recently announced its December 2025 and full-year revenue results. December revenue reached NT$51.266 billion (approx. US$1.6 billion), up 9.32% month-over-month and 22.99%...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Xiaomi's XRing strategy raises pressure on MediaTek, Qualcomm
Market sources say Xiaomi is expanding its in-house XRing chip lineup. Beyond developing the next-generation XRing O2 on TSMC's N3P process, the company also plans to extend these...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Silver, copper, and tin prices on the rise; passive component prices struggle to offset cost pressure
The passive component industry is facing price increases because of upstream metal price fluctuations. Taiwanese manufacturers have started raising prices on tantalum capacitors, with...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Trump nears Taiwan trade deal tied to massive US chip expansion
The Trump administration is nearing completion of a major trade agreement with Taiwan that would reduce US tariffs on Taiwanese goods while securing the expansion of semiconductor...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Edge AI devices drive 2026 component value surge

CES 2026, themed "AI Forward," signaled a shift by global tech giants from generative AI models and computing power toward physical AI...

Tuesday 13 January 2026
How South Korea will revive Gwangju's advanced optical industry
South Korea's optoelectronics industry once grew rapidly with Gwangju as its center, but growth slowed under competition from China. The National Assembly of South Korea recently held...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Winbond Electronics and Transcend report strong growth as memory shortage
Memory chip manufacturers Winbond Electronics and Transcend Information posted significant profit increases in late 2025, driven by heightened demand and ongoing supply constraints...
Monday 12 January 2026
Qatar, UAE join US-led Pax Silica supply chain pact
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are set to join a US-led initiative to secure artificial intelligence and semiconductor supply chains, expanding a framework Washington views as...
Monday 12 January 2026
China-style NXP model? Unigroup Guoxin buys WeEn to build a design-to-fab power chip platform

Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics has launched a stock-and-cash deal to acquire control of WeEn Semiconductors, a China-owned power semiconductor...

Monday 12 January 2026
CES 2026: Chip giants spread out, visual AI dominates the smaller players
At CES 2026, chipmakers remained at the center of attention. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su both delivered keynote speeches, while Lenovo hosted a major event at the Sphere,...
Monday 12 January 2026
Musk vows to build 2nm fab, claims industry got cleanroom wrong
Elon Musk recently declared that the semiconductor industry has erred in cleanroom design. As CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Musk promised that once Tesla establishes a 2nm process wafer...
Monday 12 January 2026
HP seeks Chinese memory suppliers as DRAM shortage bites
HP is reportedly evaluating Chinese memory suppliers as a global shortage of DRAM tightens supply for consumer devices, according to analyst commentary citing discussions with Bank...
Monday 12 January 2026
Synnex reports strong December revenue growth driven by memory prices and AI demand
Distribution giant Synnex Technology International Corp. posted robust revenue growth in December 2025, benefiting from rising memory prices and increased demand for AI server applications...