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Thursday 12 November 2026
ABF substrate shortage to last through 2028 as Wah Lee targets next-gen products
Demand for AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and semiconductors continued to rise, driving Wah Lee Industrial's 3Q26 profit to record-high levels. Gross profit reached NT$2.06...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung, AMD team up to upgrade chip testing
Samsung Electronics and AMD are teaming up to upgrade the Korean chipmaker's semiconductor manufacturing test infrastructure, combining AMD's new EPYC Embedded 9006 processors with...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Mitsui Kinzoku bets on AI copper foil with JPY190 billion investment in Malaysia plant
Mitsui Kinzoku will invest about JPY190 billion (approx. US$1.2 billion) to build a copper foil plant near its existing Malaysia site, targeting demand from optical communications...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan mobilizes academic R&D to address post-Moore semiconductor equipment gaps
Taiwan is stepping up efforts to develop next-generation semiconductor research equipment, as conventional commercial tools increasingly fall short of emerging R&D requirements...
Thursday 12 November 2026
SoftBank takes JPY768 billion AI hit, rethinks equipment strategy
SoftBank Group (SBG) posted a JPY768 billion (approximately US$4.85 billion) net loss for the first half of fiscal 2026, from April to September 2026, its first loss in nearly two...
Thursday 12 November 2026
HKC’s Mianyang Gen 6 OLED investment faces delays
China’s HKC has again stalled its OLED expansion, with equipment orders for its Gen 6 OLED line in Mianyang, Sichuan, yet to be placed despite plans for deposition equipment...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Universities aren't factories: Can a hot-rodding spirit drive semiconductor innovation?
The National Science and Technology Council's Department of Engineering and Technologies recently issued a call for proposals encouraging academia to modify expensive semiconductor...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Aleees splits LFP cathode production between Taiwan and US
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees) plans to make lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material precursors in Taiwan and process them in the US under a North American customer...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Advantech's Korea business grows 67% in first three quarters, says incoming CEO
Advantech's South Korean business grew 67% in the first three quarters of 2026, as industrial equipment, networking and cloud infrastructure, and healthcare remained its largest local...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Powerlogic revenue falls 39% as AI chip shortages hit gaming
Powerlogic said the rapid growth of global AI applications has diverted chips and key components toward the AI market, disrupting gaming hardware supply chains and customer purchasing...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
China's Nebula project links AI chips to satellites in bid to take computing beyond Earth

Rising AI demand and constraints on power, land and cooling at terrestrial data centers are drawing international interest in space computing....

Wednesday 11 November 2026
SynPower and AblePrint to co-develop equipment to curb substrate warpage
SynPower has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with AblePrint Technology (APT) to jointly develop substrate equipment with warpage suppression annealing system (WSAS) functions,...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
China's HISIGK takes a specialty route into lithography with MEMS, AR optics
Jiangsu HISI Semiconductor (HISIGK) has prepared 14 automated lithography systems for delivery across 300mm, 200mm and 150mm wafer platforms, expanding its specialty semiconductor...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Tatung October revenue falls 8% year on year as Elitegroup shipments slip
Tatung Co. said its consolidated revenue fell 8.06% year on year to NT$3.392 billion (US$103.47 million) in October 2026, down 8% from September, as weaker shipments of some products...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Hiwin Technologies profit outpaces revenue as gross margin hits 36.3%
Driven by rising demand for AI, semiconductors, and automation equipment, Hiwin Technologies delivered strong results in the third quarter of 2026, with all three key profit margins...