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Monday 7 September 2026
Every Chinese CPU maker grew in 1H26 but only one grew on processors
Revenue rose at every Chinese chip company examined in the first half of 2026 amid the domestic-substitution push, but the interim filings show three quite different businesses hiding...
Monday 7 September 2026
China's JCET seeks US$968M for AI-driven packaging expansion

JCET Group is preparing a CNY6.5 billion (approx. US$968 million) private share placement to expand advanced packaging and testing capacity...

Monday 7 September 2026
Exclusive: DIGITIMES' top 3 at K-Safety Expo 2026 shows where intelligent safety is heading — act 'before' disaster strikes
The most consequential safety technologies are often judged by what happens after something goes wrong: how fast an alarm sounds, how quickly rescuers arrive, or how effectively protective...
Monday 7 September 2026
Acer hedges memory price shock with local AI, diversification
Acer Chairman and CEO Jason Chen said Taiwan is not only a global hub for AI hardware manufacturing and technology, but also an important source of capital, as many firms issue bonds...
Sunday 6 September 2026
K-Safety Expo 2026: Safety gets smarter as six innovators win foreign media honors
The BEST OF K-SAFETY EXPO Global Media Awards on September 3 offered a revealing snapshot of where safety technology is heading: away from passive protection and toward systems that...
Sunday 6 September 2026
Hanmi's 2.5D bonders pass Taiwan foundry qualification as packaging outsourcing expands
South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor has reportedly begun supplying 2.5D packaging bonders to an unnamed Taiwanese foundry after the equipment passed mass-production qualification, giving...
Sunday 6 September 2026
K-Safety Expo 2026: Beyond AI, Korea re-engineers the human layer of industrial safety
Not every safety breakthrough spotted across the K-Safety Expo 2026 floor in Busan came with an AI camera attached.
Saturday 5 September 2026
Exclusive: South Korea's safety AI boom is being built from the top down, BEXCO says
South Korea's safety-tech sector may be increasingly filled with AI cameras, robots, drones, and predictive systems, but BEXCO general manager Tom Choi argues that the force pushing...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Samsung, SK chiefs to meet Nvidia's Huang in New York amid US investment pressure
Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee and SK Group Chairman Tae-won Chey are traveling to New York at the end of September 2026 to meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang again as Washington...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Interview: China Tier 1 supplier Jingwei Hirain shares lessons from EV race
"Demo is not a product," Jingwei Hirain president Chengjian Fan told DIGITIMES in an interview, arguing that China's new-energy vehicle industry has learned hard lessons as fast-moving...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Samsung SDI nears solid-state battery mass production, eyes China supply chain
Reports that Samsung SDI's procurement team recently visited the Chinese production facilities of battery material maker Tinci Materials have drawn significant attention within China's...
Saturday 5 September 2026
SiPh, optical lens demand ignite laser race
Silicon photonics (SiPh) is emerging as a core theme at SEMICON Taiwan 2026, and while the sector is still in an early, fast-growing stage, production-line investments are already...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Commentary: China builds three-pronged memory strategy around CXMT, YMTC, XMC
China's memory industry is shifting from a single-champion model towards a three-pronged structure. ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is building its position in DRAM, Yangtze Memory...
Saturday 5 September 2026
Taiwan auto parts makers face exit-or-overseas dilemma
Taiwan's auto market remains under pressure in 2026, and even as recent months have shown signs of bottoming out, auto parts makers remain cautious or outright pessimistic about the...
Friday 4 September 2026
South Korea taps chip windfall for next tech push
South Korea is turning a semiconductor-driven tax windfall into a broader technology investment push, directing record fiscal firepower toward chips, Nvidia's Vera Rubin computing...