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Friday 2 October 2026
Huawei hikes flagship prices up to US$200 as memory shortages hit smartphone margins
Soaring memory procurement costs are pushing smartphone makers to pass expenses on to consumers. As artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure expansion continues to squeeze global...
Friday 2 October 2026
Japanese firms cut China presence 22.4% as trade risks mount
Japanese companies sharply reduced their footprint in China over the past two years, with the number operating there falling 22.4% from 13,034 to 10,118 as of the end of June 2026,...
Friday 2 October 2026
ficonTEC, Hermes Testing target CPO testing scale-up with INS-2 platform
ficonTEC, a maker of optoelectronic automation assembly and test equipment, has announced a strategic partnership with Hermes Testing Solutions Inc. (HTSI) to support Taiwan's rapidly...
Friday 2 October 2026
Hitachi and Fanuc launch Physical AI partnership for factory automation
Hitachi and Fanuc announced on September 30, 2026, that they have formed a strategic partnership on Physical AI, with internal testing beginning immediately and customer promotion...
Friday 2 October 2026
China turns to 3D packaging to push AI performance beyond front-end scaling limits
Chip-performance gains have long been driven by an industry-wide focus on shrinking transistor nodes and tightening integration. While major economies including the US and Taiwan have...
Friday 2 October 2026
Micron ramps up HBM capacity at Taiwan's four major sites
Micron Technology's revenue and profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 both beat expectations, and the company expects capacity supply to be even tighter in 2027 and 2028 than...
Friday 2 October 2026
ASE stake, expansion open doors for Machvision
AI servers and advanced packaging continue to drive demand for semiconductor manufacturing, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), and equipment. Machvision said Advanced...
Friday 2 October 2026
TSMC mulls multi-fab Texas campus beyond Arizona, with Singapore also in talks
TSMC is reportedly weighing a new manufacturing campus in Texas that could add tens of billions of dollars to its US expansion, potentially creating a second major American production...
Friday 2 October 2026
Taiwan government backs 7 semiconductor schools to upgrade equipment
To address chip talent shortages, Taiwan has a law in place to promote industry-academia collaboration by establishing semiconductor schools. However, the current financing scheme...
Friday 2 October 2026
JCET Group partners with Wuxi to advance 2.5D advanced packaging facilities
JCET Group signed an agreement on September 29 for a high-end advanced packaging and testing project in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Wuxi municipal leadership pledged operational support...
Friday 2 October 2026
JSR completes South Korean EUV facility as Japanese suppliers localize next-gen resists
JSR Micro Korea, the local subsidiary of Japan-based JSR, officially completed construction of a new semiconductor materials plant on September 30 in the Ochang Foreign Investment...
Friday 2 October 2026
Advanced packaging race expands beyond chipmakers as display, materials, equipment suppliers chase new footholds
The race to commercialize advanced packaging is widening beyond traditional chipmakers and display panel makers. As fan-out panel-level packaging (FOPLP), through-glass via, and micro-LED...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Infineon opens new backend chip plant in Thailand, eyes growth to up to five modules
Infineon Technologies officially inaugurated a new backend manufacturing site in Samut Prakan, south of Bangkok, on October 1, expanding the German chipmaker's production network in...
Thursday 1 October 2026
ASE expands smart OSAT push with six university research partnerships
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) held its 11th Automation Industry-Academia Project Results Presentation on September 30, unveiling 12 technology projects developed with six...
Thursday 1 October 2026
Tata Electronics leans on INR612.8 billion in guarantees to fund iPhone, chip expansion
Tata Electronics, Apple's contract manufacturing partner, provided INR612.8 billion (US$6.38 billion) in corporate guarantees on behalf of its subsidiaries in fiscal 2026 as it expanded...