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Thursday 26 February 2026
Yageo posts 82% profit jump in 4Q25 on AI-driven product mix
Taiwanese passive component giant Yageo reported a strong operational rebound in the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by continued growth in demand related to artificial intelligence...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Walsin Technology boosts Matsuo Electric stake to expand product lines
Walsin Technology Corporation announced plans to invest JPY508 million (US$3.27 million) to increase its shareholding in Japan's Matsuo Electric, a move the passive components maker...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
Ever Ohms follows price hike on chip resistors, AI applications could account for 10% in 2026
Because of rising raw material costs, Taiwanese chip resistor manufacturers have begun increasing prices, with the wave spreading from major passive component makers such as Yageo...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
MediaTek and Airbus join forces on 5G and 6G satellite Networks
At the Singapore Space Summit 2026, MediaTek joined Airbus, Singapore-based technology firm ST Engineering iDirect, and electronic test-and-measurement company Keysight Technologies...
Tuesday 3 February 2026
Liquid cooling's next frontier: Data centers rethink heat management

If the first revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) data centers was the move from air cooling to liquid cooling, the second is now...

Tuesday 3 February 2026
Ample Electronic expects quarterly growth as silver price drop prompts passive component clients to resume orders
Ample Electronic Technology, a major upstream manufacturer of conductive pastes for passive components, said that the sharp decline in silver has revived downstream customers' ordering...
Wednesday 28 January 2026
KGD joins memory price rally with China vendor raising prices by up to 80%
A fresh wave of memory price hikes is sweeping across the semiconductor supply chain, spreading from AI memory products into manufacturing, packaging, and testing, and upstream materials...
Wednesday 28 January 2026
Ta-i Technology raises chip resistor prices from February as a cost squeeze mounts
The chip resistor supply chain is seeing another round of price hikes as major passive component manufacturers Yageo and Walsin Technology initiated the first wave. Taiwanese firm...
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Yageo leads chip resistor price hikes, Walsin follows
Price increases are spreading through the passive components industry as clearer pricing signals from market leaders accelerate the trend across the supply chain. Products ranging...
Saturday 24 January 2026
LinkCom magnetic component price pressure eases; wireless charging module prices rise by 20%
The Taiwanese passive components industry continued to experience a wave of price increases. Magnetic component manufacturer LinkCom pointed out that since magnetic components primarily...
Friday 23 January 2026
Resistor price surge spreads as Walsin Technology hikes pricing
Price increases for resistors are spreading across the passive components industry. After reported hikes by Taiwan-based market leader Yageo and supplier Formosan Rubber, Walsin Technology...
Monday 19 January 2026
Yageo implements chip resistor price increase amid rising precious metal costs
Yageo, a major Taiwanese manufacturer of passive components, has informed customers it will raise prices on specific chip resistors (R-Chip) products starting February 1, citing escalating...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Silver, copper, and tin prices on the rise; passive component prices struggle to offset cost pressure
The passive component industry is facing price increases because of upstream metal price fluctuations. Taiwanese manufacturers have started raising prices on tantalum capacitors, with...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Edge AI devices drive 2026 component value surge

CES 2026, themed "AI Forward," signaled a shift by global tech giants from generative AI models and computing power toward physical AI...

Monday 12 January 2026
Beijing pulls out rare earth card against Japan; Murata says production unaffected so far
On January 6, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced that, to safeguard national security and interests, it would strengthen export controls on dual-use items to Japan...