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Friday 13 November 2026
Sheffield, Taiwan firms target aerospace, defense semiconductor opportunities
Special Melted Products, a UK subsidiary of Taiwan-based wire, cable, and stainless steel manufacturer Walsin Lihwa, is partnering with National Taiwan University (NTU) and the University...
Friday 13 November 2026
Analysis: The overlooked industry behind the Steel City — and the struggle to scale innovation
For generations, Sheffield's industrial identity has been forged in steel. Yet behind that familiar legacy, a less visible technological transformation has been unfolding for decad...
Friday 13 November 2026
Exclusive: Made in Britain, enabled by Taiwan — the hidden dependencies behind critical chips
Imagine a maintenance robot operating inside a fusion reactor, exposed to temperatures reaching 600 degrees Celsius and intense radiation, with an expected service life of 25 years...
Friday 13 November 2026
Exclusive: Can quantum computers escape the laboratory? Aegiq reimagines computing's industrial future
Inside a refurbished industrial building in Sheffield, a quantum computing laboratory is preparing for a future that could transform how the world develops medicines, advanced materials,...
Friday 13 November 2026
Analysis: Beyond silicon, North East England's semiconductor revival confronts an old industrial dilemma
In a business incubator at County Durham's NETPark, the future of Britain's semiconductor industry was being discussed by people whose technologies rarely feature in global chipmaking...
Friday 13 November 2026
AI memory may balance after mid-2028 while compute and supporting chips stay short, SMIC says
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) expects artificial intelligence (AI) demand to keep chip supply tight through mid-2028, even as equipment lead times of up to...
Friday 13 November 2026
Applied Materials posts record fourth-quarter revenue as AI-driven chip equipment demand accelerates
Applied Materials' record fourth-quarter revenue and operating income highlight how investment in AI infrastructure is translating into demand for wafer-fabrication equipment. Growth...
Friday 13 November 2026
Lutnick's clash with Treasury over Nvidia chip curbs deepens as White House weighs his future
A dispute between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over how hard to police Nvidia chip shipments to China has moved to the center of Washington's...
Friday 13 November 2026
SMIC posts record third-quarter revenue as factory utilization nears full capacity
SMIC's record third-quarter revenue and sharper rise in operating profit point to stronger factory throughput, while the lower net result against the prior quarter shows how investment-related...
Friday 13 November 2026
Samsung reportedly moves up 8-inch foundry exit to 2029, outsources some production to UMC
Samsung Electronics is targeting an exit from its 8-inch foundry business by the end of 2029, a year earlier than previously reported, and has been outsourcing some production to Taiwan's...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Foxconn sees high-double-digit AI rack growth in 2027
Foxconn reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of more than NT$3 trillion (US$91 billion) and raised its full-year outlook, while taking a "cautiously optimistic" view of 2027 and forecasting...
Thursday 12 November 2026
India's Tata Electronics reportedly seeks up to US$2 billion in loans
Tata Electronics is lining up fresh debt at a moment when nearly every leg of its expansion has run into friction: a flagship chip fab whose production start has moved from the end...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung moves up HBM packaging plant opening to June 2028
Samsung Electronics said on November 12 it had moved up the planned opening of its new high-bandwidth memory (HBM) packaging plant in South Korea by one year to June 2028 to meet rising...
Thursday 12 November 2026
DB HiTek 3Q26 shows power-chip demand lifts operating profit, but net income falls
DB HiTek's third-quarter 2026 results point to continued strength in its core foundry operations, even as a steep decline in net income shows that operating momentum did not carry...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical bets on AI packaging with Thailand BT materials line
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) announced on November 10 that it will expand manufacturing and shipment-inspection equipment at its Thailand subsidiary to increase capacity for BT (Bismaleimide-Triazine)...