Asia Optical reported record operating profit for the second quarter of 2026, as consolidated revenue, gross profit and operating profit all increased from a year earlier. The company said the result was supported by three growth drivers that it expects to sustain momentum into the third quarter.
MA-tek announced on July 31, 2026, that it will sell 80% of its Shanghai subsidiary for about CNY1.9 billion (US$281.4 million), as global semiconductor supply chains are reshuffled and demand surges for AI, high-performance computing (HPC), advanced process nodes, advanced packaging, and silicon photonics (SiPh). The deal is expected to close and be recognized in revenue by the end of 2026.
Renesas Electronics plans to gradually end production at its Takasaki factory in Japan over the next two to three years while strengthening research and development there. The move reflects wider supply-chain strain in legacy semiconductor manufacturing and could affect customers, workers, and global users of analog and power chips.
Apple reported its best-ever third-quarter results for fiscal 2026, but its guidance for the fourth quarter showed much slower growth than in the prior quarter. CEO Tim Cook said the shortage of advanced-node capacity for mobile SoCs is the biggest limit on the company's expansion.
India is moving deeper into semiconductor manufacturing with construction beginning on an INR23.87 billion (US$250 million) OSAT facility in Visakhapatnam, supporting New Delhi's broader effort to build a domestic semiconductor ecosystem beyond chip design.
MediaTek said at its latest earnings call that its second-generation data-center ASIC product remains on schedule for mass production in 2028, and that the Intel embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) advanced packaging process it uses has already reached a very good yield level. MediaTek also said its first-generation product remains on track for volume ramp-up in the fourth quarter of 2026 and is expected to generate US$2 billion in revenue.
India is expanding its semiconductor ambitions through new R&D centers, indigenous design tools, packaging facilities and AI infrastructure investments, aiming to strengthen domestic capabilities and reshape global technology supply chains.
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC) chairman Frank Huang died on July 31, 2026, at age 76, closing a career that spanned medicine, electronics, DRAM and foundry manufacturing. His life traced nearly 30 years of booms and busts in Taiwan's memory and semiconductor industries.
