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Sunday 5 July 2026
Component inflation weighs on manufacturing momentum as Taiwan PMI growth moderates
Surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers has driven shortages and sharp price increases for conventional memory, while microcontroller (MCU) suppliers have...
Sunday 5 July 2026
AI, HPC test interface demand drives CHPT June revenue to new monthly high

Test interface supplier Chunghwa Precision Test Tech. Co., Ltd. (CHPT) reported its June 2026 revenue, marking its sixth consecutive...

Sunday 5 July 2026
Advantest and OpenLight join forces on silicon photonics test platform for mass production
Advantest said it has partnered with OpenLight to develop a scalable silicon photonics (SiPh) test solution for mass production environments. The announcement comes as artificial intelligence...
Saturday 4 July 2026
Infineon wins fourth German patent ruling against Innoscience, as GaN fight flares in Shanghai
Germany's District Court Munich I ruled on July 3 that Innoscience infringed Infineon Technologies' gallium nitride (GaN) patents, barring the Chinese chipmaker from importing, selling,...
Saturday 4 July 2026
Machvision's June revenue hits another record due to AI demand
Machvision posted another record monthly revenue in June 2026, as surging demand for AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced packaging continued to lift orders for...
Saturday 4 July 2026
TSMC's median pay trails four smaller IC design houses, filings show

Fabless chip designers dominate the upper ranks of Taiwan's newly disclosed non-managerial employee pay data for fiscal year 2025,...

Saturday 4 July 2026
China's CR Micro raises power chip prices as Chinese suppliers push fresh hikes

China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), a Chinese power semiconductor integrated device manufacturer, has notified customers and...

Saturday 4 July 2026
Samsung and SK Hynix seek substrate price cuts for the second half of 2026
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly pressing South Korean semiconductor substrate suppliers to lower prices for the second half of 2026, even as memory demand remains in...
Saturday 4 July 2026
Commentary: Korea's KRW800tn chip bet risks US fab pressure while Apple profits from memory shock
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have announced the country's largest-ever semiconductor expansion plan, while soaring memory prices have opened...
Saturday 4 July 2026
Thinking wins varistor orders as Japanese rival exits amid silver prices hikes

Volatile precious metal prices weighed heavily on passive component suppliers in early 2026, but the cost pressures have also created...

Friday 3 July 2026
Infineon China pushes back after GaN products removed at Shanghai electronics show

Infineon China said on July 3 that it is pursuing legal remedies after several gallium nitride (GaN) products became the subject of a removal...

Friday 3 July 2026
Apple plans five iPhone launches to capture market share amid component shortages

Apple is reportedly planning to launch at least five new models by this time next year, with the company expanding its foldables' production...

Friday 3 July 2026
Chinese NOR Flash supplier Giantec raises prices 25% as memory market risks persist

China's memory price rally continues to gather momentum. Giantec Semiconductor Corporation, a Chinese NOR flash supplier, recently...

Friday 3 July 2026
South Korea bets on southwest semiconductor cluster, but key hurdles remain
South Korea on June 29 unveiled a large-scale investment plan for the country's Honam region in the southwest, which mainly covers the city of Gwangju and North and South Jeolla provinces,...
Friday 3 July 2026
Medical demand, multimedia shipments drive Sonix recovery as drone strategy gains traction
With supply chain inventory normalization largely complete, Sonix Technology (Sonix) has seen business momentum recover. The MCU supplier is benefiting from resilient demand for microcontrollers...