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Thursday 26 February 2026
Fiberglass shortage persists in 2026, Unimicron increases substrate price
As demand for high-speed transmission in AI advanced packaging surges, IC substrate major Unimicron Technology said that high-end ABF substrates required for AI applications are strongly...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
SK Hynix signals seller's market as memory prices set to climb all year
SK Hynix, one of the world's top three memory chip makers, told investors on a recent Goldman Sachs conference call that the global memory market has fully shifted to a "seller's market,"...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
MLCC prices to climb as AI demand hits full capacity
The global multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) market is on the brink of a price surge as Japanese and Korean giants grapple with record demand from AI data centers. Samsung Electro-Mechanics...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Apple's pricy foldable iPhone looms over smartphone panel market
The smartphone market has been sluggish since the Lunar New Year holiday and into the traditional off-season. Prices for smartphone panels across various technologies have declined...
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Analog market rebalances: Texas Instruments pushes through price hikes
Texas Instruments (TI) has raised analog chip prices in 2025, prompting several US and European peers to follow suit with similar increases.
Wednesday 25 February 2026
Apple's budget MacBook set for March debut as component costs increase
Apple is expected to hold a product launch event in March 2026, with a budget MacBook anticipated to take center stage. Supply chain sources indicate volume shipments are projected...
Tuesday 24 February 2026
Memory chip shortage will last until mid-2026, says Acer CEO
Acer chairman and CEO Jason Chen stated that the PC industry faces multiple headwinds in 2026, with both memory chips and processors experiencing shortages and price hikes. He expects...
Monday 23 February 2026
Lenovo hits North American partners with price increases driven by memory shortage
Global memory supply shortages are forcing PC and server vendors to pass higher component costs on to customers, with Lenovo notifying North American partners of planned price adjustments...
Saturday 21 February 2026
Glass fiber shortage intensifies capacity battle, pushing prices higher and reshaping PCB supply chains
The ongoing global shortage of glass fiber, a critical upstream material for PCBs, has escalated competition among major end customers and is driving a structural reallocation of capacity...
Wednesday 18 February 2026
AI server MLCC orders double capacity; Murata considers price increase

Japan's Murata Manufacturing Co., the world's largest supplier of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs), is weighing price increases for...

Wednesday 18 February 2026
Cmsemicon's MCU price hikes open door for Nuvoton's China comeback
Taiwan-based IC design firm Nuvoton said this week that price increases announced by Chinese microcontroller maker Cmsemicon have begun to narrow longstanding pricing gaps, prompting...
Tuesday 17 February 2026
EU's minimum price commitment pressures Chinese EV makers on value and pricing
The European Commission officially introduced a minimum price commitment mechanism in mid-January 2026 for imports of battery electric vehicles (BEV) from China to Europe, as an alternative...
Monday 16 February 2026
Memory crunch tightens CIS capacity, pressures smartphone supply chain
The memory shortage and price surge have disrupted smartphone shipments, VisEra Technologies — a TSMC-affiliated optical component maker — warned, noting the global smartphone...
Monday 16 February 2026
Apple reportedly agrees to double NAND prices from Kioxia, shifts to quarterly contract pricing

Apple has reportedly agreed to double the unit price it pays for NAND flash from Japan's Kioxia starting in the January–March quarter,...

Sunday 15 February 2026
Power semiconductor cost pressures rise as 8-inch wafer foundries plan price hikes
Demand for AI servers' power management chips is surging, tightening supply and demand in the 8-inch wafer foundry market. Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC)...