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Thursday 1 October 2026
Taiwan extends fuel freeze, seeks extra subsidies for CPC, Taipower
Taiwan's Executive Yuan has moved to extend price controls and seek additional subsidies for CPC Corporation and Taiwan Power Company as Middle East conflict has lifted global oil...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Shinko Electric acquires JDI's Mobara Fab to expand AI packaging capacity
Shinko Electric Industries announced on September 30 it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire the Mobara Fab from Japan Display (JDI) in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture. The transaction...
Thursday 1 October 2026
DB HiTek raises foundry prices by up to 30% as Chinese demand strains 200mm capacity
DB HiTek has raised foundry prices by as much as 30%, with Chinese customers facing the steepest increases as rising orders push the South Korean foundry's 8-inch capacity close to...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Ascend now ahead of Nvidia in China, with domestic supply driving AI chip substitution, says Huawei chairman
Huawei rotating chairman Eric Xu said the company's Ascend AI accelerators have surpassed Nvidia in both sales and market share in China, highlighting how US export controls on advanced...
Thursday 1 October 2026
China's 'BEST' fusion reactor enters the engineering endgame
China's next-generation fusion programme has entered a new engineering phase with the formal opening of the campus for the Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST)...
Thursday 1 October 2026
China's share of global solar module demand falls below 40% as Europe, India gain ground
The global solar module market is undergoing a significant geographic shift in 2026. China remains the world's largest source of module demand, but its share of global shipments is...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Analysis: China's AI data center buildout vaults to No. 2 as Big Tech capex races toward US$100 billion

China's rapid expansion of AI applications is driving a fresh wave of data center construction. SemiAnalysis estimates that the country has already...

Thursday 1 October 2026
China's chip-tool localization accelerates: ACM Research backlog jumps 88%
ACM Research (Shanghai)'s order backlog has surged alongside China's semiconductor equipment expansion, giving the Shanghai-listed chip-tool maker a larger base of future deliveries...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung raises Galaxy S26 prices in South Korea seven months after launch
Under pressure from rising memory prices, Samsung Electronics has raised the South Korean launch prices of its Galaxy S26 series about seven months after release. Most models went...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Huawei makes Mate 90 showcase for its Tau chip strategy
Huawei unveiled its Mate 90 smartphone series on October 1, with Richard Yu, Huawei executive director and chairman of the Consumer BG, introducing the new devices alongside a new...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Neweb Information targets late-October listing on Taipei Exchange
Neweb Information, a Taiwan-based IT systems integrator, is targeting a late-October listing on the Taipei Exchange. Long focused on enterprise core systems, the company has expanded...
Thursday 1 October 2026
MG Taiwan details recall after MG ZS scores zero stars in TNCAP test
The Taiwan New Car Assessment Program (TNCAP) on September 30 released its third-quarter ratings, publishing the MG ZS assessment under its second-edition protocol, which gave the...
Thursday 1 October 2026
BOE eyes closer ties with Samsung, LG as it pushes into chip packaging
China's BOE Technology is seeking closer ties with Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics as the display maker expands beyond panels into semiconductor glass substrates and advanced...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Samsung AI Forum 2026 puts agentic AI at center of transformation across devices, robotics, and chipmaking
Samsung Electronics brought global AI experts and researchers together in Seoul on September 30 for the Samsung AI Forum 2026, exploring how agentic AI and physical AI can deliver...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Taiwan launches joint cybersecurity audits for government IT service providers
Taiwan's Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) has launched a joint cybersecurity audit initiative aiming to reduce repeated inspections on vendors that provide the government with IT...