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Thursday 29 October 2026
LB Semicon to expand PMIC capacity under 10-year Qualcomm deal
South Korean semiconductor packaging and testing company LB Semicon reportedly plans to invest KRW30 billion (approx. US$22.4 million) to expand its power management IC (PMIC) back-end...
Thursday 29 October 2026
SDC chief meets Applied Materials executives amid FMM-free OLED push
Samsung Display (SDC) President Lee Chung-hwan recently met with senior executives from US equipment maker Applied Materials as SDC accelerates development of fine metal mask (FMM)-free...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Commentary: China's luxury cars reshapes market, causing global brands to lose ground
China's luxury car market is undergoing a major brand reshuffle. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Porsche all recorded significant sales or delivery declines in China in the third quarter...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Taiwan's Ministry of Environment deploys digital twin to simulate urban cooling
Taiwan's Ministry of Environment (MOENV) will establish an urban forestry smart governance demonstration site around National Taipei University of Technology and the cultural site...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix invest KRW110 trillion as memory supply boost slips to 2028
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are undertaking their largest-ever equipment investments in 2026, but the memory supply increase is not expected to materialize until 2028. By then,...
Thursday 29 October 2026
China's auto supply chain shifts from price wars to value competition
China's cooling auto price war is creating an opportunity for the automotive supply chain to upgrade, as regulators tighten oversight of the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry and curb...
Thursday 29 October 2026
SenseCore captures nearly half of China's neocloud market as heterogeneous chips boost compute efficiency
As Elon Musk predicts that more than 200 new cloud providers, or neoclouds, face impending bankruptcy or acquisition in a global market consolidation, a new report from Frost &...
Thursday 29 October 2026
LGD invests in Guangzhou for world's first 111-inch OLED line
LG Display (LGD) is increasing its investment to upgrade its OLED plant in Guangzhou, China, with plans to build the world's first dedicated 111-inch OLED module production line. The...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Memory surge leaves CPI stable, hits consumer electronics hardest
Soaring memory prices have pushed some IC design firms to develop and manufacture their own SRAM as a substitute for DRAM, while electronics assemblers and brand manufacturers that...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung EUV data leak case: researcher in university partnership indicted
Samsung Electronics' next-generation semiconductor process data was allegedly removed without authorization by a university-industry research partner in South Korea, raising concerns...
Thursday 29 October 2026
AI, semiconductors drive foreign investor gains, weakening Taiwan dollar
Taiwan's AI and semiconductor stocks have delivered substantial gains for foreign investors, who have recently taken profits, converted the proceeds into US dollars, and repatriated...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Team Group earnings per share surges 1,483% in 3Q26 as new plant targets 50% capacity boost
Memory module maker Team Group reported record third-quarter results for 2026, with earnings per share soaring 1,482.55% year-over-year, while its board approved plans for a new plant...
Thursday 29 October 2026
LG Electronics ties AI cooling and robot plans to new plants and a 2030 humanoid target
LG Electronics used its third-quarter earnings call on October 28 to add physical milestones to its two main AI bets. In data center cooling, it named a US production site and new...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Foxconn Tech Day 2026: Three EV signals to watch
Foxconn Technology Day (HHTD) is set to take place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center on October 30, with "Accelerating Intelligence" as its theme for 2026. While AI infrastructure...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Global Technology's first automotive chip headed for Hyundai, Kia
South Korean chip designer Global Technologies (GT) has secured a place in Hyundai Motor and Kia's supply chain with its first automotive semiconductor product, a smart LED module...