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Tuesday 3 November 2026
South Korea urged to link chip fab support to local suppliers
South Korea should tie government support for new semiconductor fabs to commitments that benefit domestic chip designers, equipment makers, and packaging suppliers, a state-funded...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Nvidia selects Taipei tech park for overseas headquarters
Premier Jung-tai Cho said on November 3 that Taiwan's government provided Nvidia with timely support in three areas—budget, legal frameworks, and policy—to establish its...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Apple's iPhone Duo launch lifts Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 sales in South Korea
Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Z Fold 8 weekly sales in South Korea increased by more than 20% in the week after Apple launched its first foldable iPhone Duo, according to Seoul Economic...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
TDK invests JPY100B in physical AI sensors, targets 2029 production
Electronic components maker TDK will invest about JPY100 billion (US$633.5 million) to renovate an existing factory in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, and expand magnetic sensor...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Samsung reportedly plans Galaxy-style TV lineup for 2027
Samsung Electronics is considering a major overhaul of its TV lineup for 2027, replacing technology-based product names with three tiers modeled on its Galaxy smartphones as it looks...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Mitsui Kinzoku raises ultrathin copper foil capacity target for third time as optical demand surges
Japan's Mitsui Kinzoku has announced its third capacity expansion plan since the start of fiscal 2026 for MicroThin, its ultrathin copper foil used in optical communications equipment...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
China's chip packagers ride AI demand, price hikes, but investment gains, capex cloud the profit picture
China's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) companies entered the fourth quarter with rising sales, high utilization, and an industry-wide price upturn. Their third-quarter...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Samsung to exit 8-inch foundry business by 2030, report says
Samsung Electronics plans to shut down its remaining 8-inch foundry lines by the end of 2030, forcing South Korean chip designers to seek alternative manufacturing capacity as competing...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
China's anti-price-war drive fails to ease solar overcapacity as four industry giants remain in the red
China's leading solar manufacturers have reported their third-quarter 2026 financial results, showing signs of improving profitability but continued heavy losses, underscoring the...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
China's memory chipmakers extend their boom into the third quarter as capacity, policy risks build
China's memory chip industry heads into the final quarter of 2026 riding a global supply shortage: its leading DRAM maker booked more than CNY54 billion (US$8.11 billion) in third-quarter...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Micron dismisses 4F-squared DRAM as CXMT presses ahead — why Samsung, SK Hynix remain divided
Micron Technology and China's CXMT have taken sharply different approaches to next-generation DRAM scaling, exposing a divide over the commercial viability of 4F-squared memory-cell...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Nvidia strengthens South Korea ties at AI Day Seoul
Nvidia will showcase its expanding partnerships with South Korean companies at AI Day Seoul, where Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will present semiconductor development cases using...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
China’s tech self-sufficiency drive keeps overcapacity in place
China’s push for technological self-sufficiency will continue expanding its industrial overcapacity and exporting it worldwide, according to Roy Chun Lee, senior deputy executive...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics starts mass production of ADAS MLCCs
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has begun mass production of a miniature, ultra-high-capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS),...
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Samsung reportedly in talks with Nidec to develop robot motors
Samsung Electronics is reportedly in talks with Japanese motor maker Nidec to jointly develop robot motors as the South Korean company expands its humanoid robotics business and pushes...