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Monday 2 February 2026
Chinese process control powerhouse Jingce targets nearly triple profit growth in 2025
Wuhan Jingce Electronic Group forecasts net profit of CNY80 million to CNY90 million (approx. US$11.5 million to US$13 million) for 2025, representing year-over-year growth of 181.97%...
Monday 2 February 2026
Semco's Tianjin MLCC plant capacity runs flat out on EV, AI server expansion
Rising automotive electronics demand has pushed Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco)'s Tianjin plant to full capacity across its multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) production lines,...
Monday 2 February 2026
Kioxia targets data center NAND as rivals chase HBM
Kioxia Holdings sees an opportunity to expand its presence in high-density storage for AI data centers as rivals direct resources to other segments. The company's incoming president...
Monday 2 February 2026
China breaks into the global top 20 with a trio of chipmaking equipment suppliers
China's drive to localize its semiconductor supply chain is reshaping the global chipmaking equipment industry, with three domestic suppliers now ranking among the world's top 20 for...
Monday 2 February 2026
Sanctioned YMTC fast-tracks Wuhan Phase III NAND fab for early 2H26 mass production
China's YMTC is fast-tracking construction of its Wuhan Phase III NAND flash fab, bringing its mass production target forward to the second half of 2026, roughly a year ahead of the...
Monday 2 February 2026
LG shifts TV production to Vietnam, expands webOS reach

LG Electronics is formalizing a shift in its television manufacturing strategy, extending outsourcing beyond China to Vietnam as part...

Sunday 1 February 2026
China controls 80% of global AI glasses production
China has become the primary manufacturing and innovation hub for AI glasses, backed by an integrated supply chain. Omdia and IDC forecast global shipments exceeding 10 million units...
Saturday 31 January 2026
Shenzhen Ingchips joins domestic chipmakers in raising prices as cost pressures mount

Shenzhen Ingchips Technology has joined Goke Microelectronics and Cmsemicon in announcing price increases, highlighting mounting cost...

Saturday 31 January 2026
LG Display plans KRW 2 trillion OLED investment in 2026, but holds back on next-gen IT panels

LG Display, fresh off its first profitable year in four years, is preparing to step up investment in 2026 as it seeks to strengthen its...

Saturday 31 January 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix target surging growth in automotive memory market for autonomous driving systems
Automobiles are rapidly transforming into servers/smartphones-on-wheels with the advancement of autonomous driving technologies, which has led to a surge in demand for automotive memory...
Saturday 31 January 2026
China claims 64% of ESS battery market as South Korea scrambles to launch a comeback
The global energy storage system (ESS) market based on lithium-ion batteries expanded in 2025. According to ET News and Ddaily, SNE Research reported that global...
Friday 30 January 2026
China approves DeepSeek's Nvidia H200 chip purchase, but conditions still pending
China has given its leading AI startup DeepSeek approval to buy Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips, with regulatory conditions still being finalized, according to Reut...
Friday 30 January 2026
SanDisk sees sevenfold profit surge in 2QFY26, extends Kioxia JV
SanDisk delivered a strong fiscal second quarter in 2026, reflecting accelerating demand across data centers, industrial applications, and consumer electronics, driven by the ongoing...
Friday 30 January 2026
Hyundai and Kia hit hardest by Korea-US tariffs
Hyundai Motor Group's vehicle brands Hyundai and Kia saw their combined revenue exceed KRW300 trillion (US$208.6 billion) for the first time in 2025, breaking a record high. Even so,...
Friday 30 January 2026
China's 15th Five-Year plan targets space mining, space tourism
Following its official proposal to "take computing power to space," China has unveiled a more concrete roadmap for future aerospace development as part of its 15th five-year plan.