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Tuesday 11 August 2026

China's Long March 7A rocket explodes 85 seconds after liftoff in rare launch failure

China's Long March 7A Y18 rocket exploded in mid-air shortly after launching from Wenchang, Hainan, on the evening of August 10, with its ChinaSat-4B satellite payload believed to...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Amkor reportedly weighs China stake sale as multinationals reassess footprint

Amkor Technology is exploring options, including the sale of a stake in its China business, according to people familiar with the matter, adding the US chip packaging and testing giant...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Samsung races to qualify Taylor fab as 2nm demand turns US capacity into a strategic asset

Following growing momentum behind large-scale infrastructure buildouts in South Korea, the industry is witnessing an aggressive wave...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

YAGEO, Walsin post record July sales as AI demand lifts passive components

YAGEO and Walsin Technology reported strong July 2026 revenue as artificial intelligence demand continued to lift Taiwan's passive components sector. Both companies said orders from...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

China silicon wafer expansion accelerates: Eswin scales 12-inch capacity, Lion Micro consolidates 6- and 8-inch assets

China's silicon wafer industry is entering a new phase of simultaneous capacity expansion and consolidation, with Xi'an Eswin Material...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Weak China auto demand sends parts maker Hiroca deeper into North America, Japan

Hiroca Holdings reported consolidated revenue of NT$370 million (approx. US$11.5 million) for July, down 17.2% from the previous month and 16.7% from a year earlier. Consolidated revenue...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Jiuhan lifts first-half profit 400% on NT$11 billion order book

Jiuhan System Technology reported record second-quarter and first-half 2026 revenue and profit on strong demand tied to advanced semiconductor manufacturing and AI infrastructure....

Tuesday 11 August 2026

UMC revenue climbs to a 45-month high as wafer prices rise

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) reported July 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$23.84 billion, up 1.8% from June and 18.98% from a year earlier, marking the highest level in...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

China's AMIES lands repeat orders for 350nm lithography system

Shanghai-based AMIES Technology has secured repeat volume orders for its domestically developed AST6200 350nm stepper projection lithography...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Memory crunch pushes Apple toward China—and into Washington's security dilemma

Apple's unusual interest in testing CXMT memory and redirecting part of its procurement toward China has rattled Washington, given...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

Samsung set to double BOE TV panel orders as Korean TV makers reshuffle suppliers

Samsung Electronics is expected to double its purchases of TV LCD panels from BOE in 2026 while cutting orders from CSOT, as Samsung...

Tuesday 11 August 2026

PSA, NTUT sign NT$50 million AI research and talent deal

Passive System Alliance (PSA) Group and National Taipei University of Technology have signed a three-year industry-academia agreement worth NT$50 million to advance artificial intelligence...

Monday 10 August 2026

SK Hynix weighs stake sale in US$3B Chongqing chip packaging plant

SK Hynix is considering options for its semiconductor packaging and testing facility in Chongqing, China, including bringing in an...

Monday 10 August 2026

Commentary: What the DeepSeek-Unitree tie-up reveals about China's hard-tech financing

DeepSeek's participation in Unitree's Shanghai STAR Market IPO was made at the corporate level, not personally by founder Liang Wenfeng...

Monday 10 August 2026

Samsung HBM4 yield nears 80% as production race with SK Hynix heats up

Samsung Electronics has reportedly pushed the production yield of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) close to 80%, marking...

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