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Wednesday 28 October 2026
Simmtech steps up SOCAMM investment as BT substrate supply tightens
Major package substrate makers, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco), are concentrating capital spending on large, high-layer-count ABF substrates, while capacity expansion...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Cambricon profit jumps 131%, CEO says firm never gave 1 million-chip forecast
Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies reported a 131.49% increase in net profit attributable to shareholders for the first nine months of 2026, while revenue more than doubled...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
TLB develops SOCAMM3 substrates; Vietnam plant to break ground
South Korean memory module substrate maker TLB has begun developing substrates for SOCAMM3, a next-generation low-power memory module for AI servers, with two major memory customers...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Samsung DX division opens Suzhou robotics R&D hub
Samsung Electronics' Device eXperience (DX) division has established its first overseas research and development site for manufacturing technology in Suzhou, China, leveraging the...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
FarEasTone, Elveo Mobile expand satellite-to-phone connectivity in Taiwan
FarEasTone Telecommunications signed a cooperation agreement with Direct-to-Device (D2D) satellite communications provider Elveo Mobile on October 27 to expand satellite-to-phone services...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
CXMT reportedly prioritizes China demand, rejecting Apple's DRAM inquiry
China's CXMT has reportedly declined Apple's inquiry about purchasing DRAM, prioritizing supply to domestic customers instead. As global memory supplies tighten and prices rise, the...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Chinese EVs push imported models ahead of South Korean vehicles
Imported electric vehicles captured more than half of South Korea's new electric passenger-car registrations during the first nine months of 2026, marking the first time the share...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
PSMC capacity crunch holds back Jeju Semiconductor's growth
South Korean memory chip designer Jeju Semiconductor is struggling to secure enough wafer capacity from Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC), limiting its sales growth...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
China AI token debate highlights challenge of monetizing compute
More than half of China's AI token usage is reportedly concentrated in short dramas and video generation, but ByteDance's Doubao has disputed the figure, saying video-generation models...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Fujifilm expands South Korean capacity to meet AI chip demand
Fujifilm Electronic Materials is expanding its advanced semiconductor materials footprint in South Korea by increasing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photoresist capacity in Pyeongtaek...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix eye 2Q27 shipments of 8-layer HBM4 to Nvidia
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are targeting the second quarter of 2027 to begin volume shipments of eight-layer HBM4 memory to Nvidia, ZDNet Korea reported on October 26,...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Inside SKT’s push to turn SK Hynix’s fabs into an AI business
South Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom (SKT) has reportedly established Hy-TF, a task force dedicated to AI collaboration with SK Hynix, to upgrade its digital-twin and...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
China supply-chain price hikes strain domestic demand
China’s semiconductor and electronics supply chains are reporting a wave of price increases, from Goke Microelectronics raising quotes for hybrid-packaged memory products to...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Fine M-Tec rejects component blame as foldable market outlook remains positive
Fine M-Tec has rejected claims that components it supplied contributed to reported display damage in Apple's first foldable iPhone, saying the issue involves multiple components and...
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Japan sets JPY100 billion push to commercialize perovskite solar cells
Japan plans to provide about JPY100 billion (US$634.1 million) over four years to support mass production of next-generation perovskite solar cells, seeking to establish a domestic...