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Friday 30 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix say memory crunch could drag on for years despite spending surge
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix expect memory shortages to persist for years despite rising investment in chip factories, as surging AI demand and increasingly complex manufacturing...
Friday 30 October 2026
Taiwan semiconductor output to hit NT$9.1 trillion as TSIA urges stable power
The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) expects its members' total output to exceed NT$9.1 trillion (US$279.5 billion) in 2026, a 40.9% year-over-year increase driven...
Friday 30 October 2026
Japan's Nidec reports update on restated financial reports, audit status, and corporate governance reform
Nidec Corporation has provided an update on its ongoing efforts to resolve the grounds for the disclaimer of opinion issued on its financial statements, missing its initial target...
Friday 30 October 2026
Analysis: Can Kazakhstan really be Europe's AI factory?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's visit to Kazakhstan highlights a widening contest over AI computing capacity, as Europe seeks alternatives to infrastructure concentrated in the US and Asia...
Thursday 29 October 2026
UMT reports 71% revenue growth as LEO satellite demand drives expansion
UMT's revenue increased 71% year-over-year in the first three quarters of 2026 as global demand for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite deployments lifted sales of millimeter-wave communications...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Analysis: Samsung's record quarter came from higher prices, not more chips; expects buyers to get no relief before 2028
Samsung Electronics' third-quarter profit came almost entirely from charging more for memory chips, not from selling more of them. On its earnings call, the company also told investors...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Delayed Taiwan drone tenders hit Coretronic unit as it partners with US firm Aevex
Coretronic Intelligent Robotics Corp. (CIRC), a subsidiary of Coretronic Group, is partnering with US drone maker Aevex Aerospace to pursue Taiwan government tenders and opportunities...
Thursday 29 October 2026
LB Semicon to expand PMIC capacity under 10-year Qualcomm deal
South Korean semiconductor packaging and testing company LB Semicon reportedly plans to invest KRW30 billion (approx. US$22.4 million) to expand its power management IC (PMIC) back-end...
Thursday 29 October 2026
SDC chief meets Applied Materials executives amid FMM-free OLED push
Samsung Display (SDC) President Lee Chung-hwan recently met with senior executives from US equipment maker Applied Materials as SDC accelerates development of fine metal mask (FMM)-free...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Kuen Tong debuts on TPEx Emerging Board, riding LEO satellite and AI cooling dual engines
Taiwan's Kuen Tong Technology, a high-end precision metal components maker and major supplier to a US low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator, is set to list on the Taipei Exchange's...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix invest KRW110 trillion as memory supply boost slips to 2028
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are undertaking their largest-ever equipment investments in 2026, but the memory supply increase is not expected to materialize until 2028. By then,...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Memory surge leaves CPI stable, hits consumer electronics hardest
Soaring memory prices have pushed some IC design firms to develop and manufacture their own SRAM as a substitute for DRAM, while electronics assemblers and brand manufacturers that...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Taiwan central bank head deems AI bubble crash scenario extreme
Central Bank Governor Chin-long Yang said predictions that the AI bubble will burst in January 2028 represent an extreme scenario, as global cloud service providers (CSPs) face mounting...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung EUV data leak case: researcher in university partnership indicted
Samsung Electronics' next-generation semiconductor process data was allegedly removed without authorization by a university-industry research partner in South Korea, raising concerns...
Thursday 29 October 2026
AI, semiconductors drive foreign investor gains, weakening Taiwan dollar
Taiwan's AI and semiconductor stocks have delivered substantial gains for foreign investors, who have recently taken profits, converted the proceeds into US dollars, and repatriated...