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Friday 14 August 2026
China PCB makers pour billions into AI server, HPC, optical markets
Chinese printed circuit board (PCB) makers are stepping up investment in higher-value markets including AI servers, high-performance computing (HPC) and optical communications. Following...
Friday 14 August 2026
SMIC's pricing power arrives as AI pushes mature-node work into China
China's largest contract chipmaker has spent most of the past two years increasing volume without much to show for it in terms of margins. The June quarter broke that pattern. Semiconductor...
Friday 14 August 2026
Samsung chip design embraces AI, but loss of control and hallucinations remain a problem
The AI wave is sweeping through the chip industry, but hallucinations, loss of control, and cybersecurity risks remain unresolved even as efficiency leaps. Youngsik Kim, head of the...
Friday 14 August 2026
SK Hynix advances Yongin fab construction for 2027 cleanroom launch
SK hynix has pushed construction of its semiconductor campus in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, to 87% completion as it targets February 2027 for the start of operations at...
Friday 14 August 2026
Kioxia eyes customer trials for PCIe Gen6 optical SSD

Kioxia is developing a PCIe Gen6 optical SSD and hopes to work with customers on its next prototype, as the Japanese memory maker tackles...

Friday 14 August 2026
Rapidus targets 8-reticle interposers by 2030
Rapidus expects interposers for high-performance chips to reach eight-reticle scale by around 2030, as larger chiplets and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) push advanced packages toward...
Friday 14 August 2026
Samsung and SK hynix push AI deeper into fabs as semiconductor manufacturing enters autonomous era
As the world enters an AI-powered era where the persistent need for more complex architectures is driven by rising demands for higher computing performance, one bottleneck confronting...
Friday 14 August 2026
China's video AI dominance paves the way for world model boom

Chinese AI video-generation models are taking the world by storm. This competitive edge is not only disrupting Hollywood, but could...

Friday 14 August 2026
Gem Terminal's second-quarter profit hits 16-quarter high on copper and connector demand
Gem Terminal Industry said its net profit in the second quarter of 2026 reached a 16-quarter high as niche products and improved production efficiency in Taiwan and Vietnam lifted...
Friday 14 August 2026
ATEN lifts second-quarter profit on higher sales, pricing, utilization
ATEN International said its second-quarter 2026 revenue rose 19% year-over-year, while gross margin improved to 62% from 59% and pretax profit jumped 235%. The Taiwan-based keyboard-video-mouse...
Friday 14 August 2026
Hyundai's robot foundry bet outpaces its local supply chain

Hyundai Motor Group and the South Korean government are accelerating a KRW9 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) robot and AI investment...

Friday 14 August 2026
Taiwan Microloops posts record July revenue as AI cooling demand lifts second-half outlook
Taiwan Microloops reported stronger second-quarter and first-half 2026 results, supported by rising shipments of cooling modules for AI server customers. The Taiwan-based supplier...
Friday 14 August 2026
Kaori Heat Treatment to invest NT$3 billion in Taiwan and Thailand expansion
Kaori Heat Treatment has approved a major capacity expansion in Taiwan and Thailand as demand rises for AI cooling components and fuel cells. The heat-treatment maker said its board...
Friday 14 August 2026
Korea's CNT pellicle race heats up as aweXome Ray pushes toward EUV commercialization
As South Korea's major memory manufacturers race to secure next-generation lithography technologies for increasingly advanced process nodes, the approaching High-NA EUV era is adding...
Thursday 13 August 2026
China AI chip market nears 90% domestic share in 2026—Huawei on course to eclipse Nvidia

China's high-end AI chip market could become almost entirely domestic in 2026, with local solutions expected to take nearly 90% of...