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Wednesday 22 April 2026
Japan earthquake intensifies Kioxia supply concerns as SanDisk, Phison halt NAND pricing
A strong earthquake struck Japan's Tohoku region on the evening of April 20, 2026, near a critical semiconductor hub, raising global memory supply chain alarms. The quake's epicenter...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Middle East transshipment and supply chain shifts double SE Asia freight rates
Given the US-China trade war, many Taiwanese businesses and Chinese manufacturers relocated production lines to Southeast Asia, boosting shipment demand from the region. Now, escalating...
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Exein opens Taipei hub with unlimited Taiwan investment, aims to build chip-to-application cybersecurity ecosystem
Italian embedded cybersecurity firm Exein has opened an Asia-Pacific operations center in Taipei and pledged essentially unlimited investment in Taiwan, a move with implications for...
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Analysis: Southeast Asia's language barrier is reshaping AI
As the global generative AI boom shifts from scale to localization, Southeast Asia is emerging as a critical testing ground for the next phase of development. The region's linguistic...
Monday 13 April 2026
Hormuz conflict exposes Southeast Asia's energy fault lines
A blockage of the Strait of Hormuz following conflict between the US and Iran is raising energy supply risks for Southeast Asia, with import-dependent economies most exposed. If the...
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Europe's battery ambitions shrink as costs and China's dominance loom

Driven by the rapid shift toward automotive electronics and electrification, Europe moved earlier than the United States to localize lithium...

Tuesday 7 April 2026
US PIPIR advances drone-missile strategy, integrating Taiwan into 'non-China' defense supply chains in Indo-Pacific
Amid sustained Middle East tensions, the US is redirecting strategic attention to the Indo-Pacific region, advancing a defense industrial network among first island chain partners...
Thursday 26 March 2026
Tescan Opens Korea Demo Lab for APAC Semiconductor and Academia

Tescan  announced the official opening of its upgraded Tescan Korea Demo Lab & Office in Seoul, bringing together its relocated Korea office and enhanced demo...

Wednesday 25 March 2026
Tescan targets Taiwan and South Korea for semiconductor investment
Czech microscopy equipment supplier Tescan is continuing to deepen its presence in the Asia-Pacific market, targeting growing opportunities in semiconductor failure analysis (FA)....
Wednesday 18 March 2026
Foxconn and SAP forge strategic alliance to drive enterprise AI in APAC
On March 18, Foxconn (Hon Hai) announced a strategic partnership with SAP to accelerate the adoption of next-generation enterprise artificial intelligence across the Asia-Pacific region...
Friday 13 March 2026
War engulfs the Gulf: worst aviation crisis since Covid
The war in the Middle East has triggered the most severe disruption to Gulf aviation hubs since the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing airlines to suspend flights and reroute global travel...
Friday 6 March 2026
Commentary: Memory price surge and the Middle East conflict bring severe challenges to Transsion
Rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East threaten to directly impact Chinese smartphone brands deeply rooted in emerging markets. For Transsion, known as the "king of low-end phones"...
Thursday 5 March 2026
AWS Middle East data centers hit by drones; Nvidia, Google adjust operations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the Middle East were disrupted after drone attacks damaged facilities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, triggering service outages...
Thursday 5 March 2026
China sets 2026 growth target at 4.5–5% as supply chain risks mount
China has set a more flexible economic growth target for 2026, Premier Li Qiang said in the government work report delivered on March 5 and carried by Xinhua News Agency....
Thursday 12 February 2026
Samsung weighs Europe chip expansion after Intel retreat opens German window

Samsung is reportedly evaluating a potential European semiconductor expansion alongside its South Korea and US manufacturing base, as the...