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Friday 3 July 2026

AI server PMIC demand drives spillover orders for Taiwan chip designers

Taiwanese power management IC (PMIC) design houses have been expanding into new applications and broadening their product portfolios...

Friday 3 July 2026

Samsung escalates South Korea buildout: maps fresh US$90 billion chip, display, battery push in central region

Samsung Group detailed plans on July 2 to invest KRW140 trillion (US$90 billion) in display panels, batteries, chips, and chip materials...

Friday 3 July 2026

SK Hynix puts US$64 billion into Cheongju chip buildout

SK Hynix plans to invest KRW100 trillion (approx. US$64.38 billion) to build new NAND memory chip and advanced packaging facilities in Cheongju, betting that AI demand will keep tightening...

Friday 3 July 2026

Samsung eyes marquee AI win as Anthropic explores custom chip beyond Nvidia

Anthropic is exploring a custom AI chip and has held talks with Samsung Electronics as a potential manufacturing partner, joining OpenAI,...

Friday 3 July 2026

Kioxia begins sample shipments of 10th-generation flash memory

Kioxia has begun sample shipments of 1Tb triple-level-cell memory devices built with its 10th-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory technology. The move underscores the race to supply...

Friday 3 July 2026

TSMC wins approval for US$20 billion Arizona expansion

Taiwan's Department of Investment Review (DIR) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has approved Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) US$20 billion capital...

Friday 3 July 2026

Volkswagen takeover talk by BYD highlights Europe's auto industry strain

Germany's auto sector came under fresh scrutiny after a senior economist raised the possibility that BYD could one day acquire Volkswagen. The hypothetical remark quickly drew attention...

Friday 3 July 2026

Turvo shifts North America production as robot revenue target rises before 2029

Turvo International said it has expanded its manufacturing footprint across Taiwan, China and the US to reduce exposure to tariffs and geopolitical risk, while preparing for a bigger...

Friday 3 July 2026

Renesas trims chip portfolio to focus on AI servers and EVs

Renesas Electronics has completed the sale of its timing device business to US fabless semiconductor specialist SiTime, tightening its...

Friday 3 July 2026

Seoul seeks Kumamoto's chip playbook, but Japan's model isn't easy to copy

As South Korea moves to accelerate a new semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest, ruling-party officials have returned to...

Friday 3 July 2026

Taiwan, Japan deepen end-of-life vehicle recycling cooperation to unlock circular economy opportunities

As global efforts toward the circular economy and net-zero emissions accelerate, the European Union has continued revising its End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive to establish a vehicle...

Friday 3 July 2026

Chinese power chip price hikes lift Taiwanese suppliers

Inflationary pressures are hitting the semiconductor supply chain in 2026 as Chinese power device makers raise prices, while Taiwan-based firms say their flexibility, quality, and...

Friday 3 July 2026

Samsung's HBM4E yield tops 70%, sharpening AI memory race with SK Hynix and Micron

Samsung Electronics is moving closer to commercialising HBM4E, its seventh-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), after internal testing showed reliability yields above 70%, strengthening...

Friday 3 July 2026

Huawei's Ascend AI chips target South Korea in new Nvidia challenge

Huawei is reportedly preparing to launch its AI chips in South Korea for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2026, as rising demand...

Friday 3 July 2026

South Korea battery industry urges tax reform as US, Europe rules bite

The South Korean government treats batteries as a strategic asset tied to national economic and energy security, but industry leaders say the growth and survival of South Korea's companies...

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