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Tuesday 28 July 2026
TCC launches Europe listing plan as revenue from the region reaches 44%
Taiwan Cement Corp. (TCC) formally launched its Europe listing plan, Project Arcadia, on July 27 after holding a video meeting with its first group of international investment banks...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Qualcomm chip price hike to squeeze China's Android makers on two fronts
China's smartphone brands are bracing for a new round of cost pressure after Qualcomm reportedly notified customers of double-digit percentage price increases on products shipped from...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Panel makers reject 10% polarizer price increase as China suppliers retreat
Rising upstream material prices are continuing to pressure the polarizer industry. During the second quarter, polarizer suppliers in China and Taiwan sought price increases of about...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
AI memory demand lifts WF6 prices as PERIC Special Gases adopts market-based pricing
Surging demand for AI servers and advanced memory devices is tightening the global supply of tungsten hexafluoride (WF6), drawing increased attention to one of the semiconductor industry's...
Tuesday 28 July 2026
Nvidia remaps Asia's AI supply chain, raising fresh questions over Taiwan's edge
Generative AI is reshaping the semiconductor and electronics industries while redefining how global supply chains divide roles across design, manufacturing, infrastructure, and app...
Monday 27 July 2026
IBM agrees to acquire HRL Laboratories to expand quantum computing capabilities
IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, a US research and development company known for its work in quantum technologies, to strengthen its long-term quantum...
Monday 27 July 2026
CXMT's US$8.6 billion IPO sets off new spending cycle across China's DRAM supply chain
China's leading DRAM producer CXMT listed on Shanghai's STAR Market on July 27 after raising about CNY57.9 billion (approx. US$8.6 billion), the board's largest initial public offering...
Monday 27 July 2026
Taiwan's AIDC is turning a decade of AI manufacturing know-how into a business model

Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has spent nearly a decade pushing AI adoption, moving from smart manufacturing...

Sunday 26 July 2026
KKR plans gradual exit as LCY Group accelerates semiconductor materials expansion
TSMC supplier LCY Group President Bowei Lee said private equity firm KKR & Co. plans to gradually divest its holdings in businesses affiliated with the Taiwanese chemical group,...
Sunday 26 July 2026
Russia adopts low-cost navigation workaround for Molniya attack drones
Russia has equipped low-cost Molniya attack drones with a civilian compass and camera-based reading system to keep them on course when satellite navigation is jammed or unavailable,...
Saturday 25 July 2026
Taiwan scholars see rising pressures in joint civilian-military research

Tsu-Jae Liu, president of the National Academy of Engineering and academician of Academia Sinica, has highlighted the increasing pressure...

Saturday 25 July 2026
SuperAlloy expands recycled aluminum push as semiconductor business nears revenue contribution
SuperAlloy Industrial is broadening its business beyond forged aluminum wheels, with recycled aluminum and semiconductor parts emerging as new growth drivers. The shift could matter...
Saturday 25 July 2026
Intel, China-based Lens Technology partner to explore glass substrate semiconductor packaging
Intel Corporation and Lens Technology have announced a strategic collaboration to explore the development of advanced semiconductor packaging technologies using glass substrates. The...
Friday 24 July 2026
China's Xi'an Eswin tops 1 million monthly 12-inch wafer sales and output, targets 1.8 million capacity

China's 12-inch silicon wafer maker Xi'an Eswin Material Technology said monthly output and sales of its 12-inch electronic-grade silicon...

Friday 24 July 2026
EcoPro BM targets 2027 mass production of solid-state electrolyte as it builds a full battery-materials value chain
South Korea's EcoPro BM said it aims to begin mass production of sulfide-based solid electrolytes, a core material for all-solid-state batteries, as early as 2027, laying out a roadmap...