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Friday 6 November 2026
LX Semicon posts first quarterly operating loss since IPO
South Korean chip designer LX Semicon posted its first quarterly operating loss since going public in 2010, as weak demand for display chips and pricing pressure from electronics manufacturers...
Friday 6 November 2026
Samsung speeds P5 Fab 2 construction as memory chip shortage looks to last through 2028
Samsung Electronics plans to begin structural work at its P5 Fab 2 facility in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, in January 2027, accelerating its memory capacity expansion as chip shortages...
Friday 6 November 2026
Taiwan-UK tech ties could support Europe's chip autonomy drive
Taiwan and the UK are deepening technology ties as supply-chain restructuring and industrial security reshape semiconductor strategy. A new bilateral arrangement covers semiconductors,...
Friday 6 November 2026
Rehear Audiology partners with Saudi group on AI hearing care
Rehear Audiology has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Saudi Arabia's Medical Electrical Equipment Maintenance Professionals Association (MEEMPA) to introduce...
Friday 6 November 2026
SK Hynix AI arm buys US$377 million stake in Penguin Solutions from SK Telecom
SK Hynix's US-based artificial intelligence (AI) investment arm, HYAICO Corporation, has acquired a stake in AI infrastructure provider Penguin Solutions from an SK Telecom affiliate...
Friday 6 November 2026
Foxtron stresses localized supply chains as protectionism rises
Foxconn-backed Foxtron GM Adam Chen said the company exported EVs to Australia and New Zealand in September this year, signed an agreement with Mitsubishi Fuso to develop electric...
Friday 6 November 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix eye AI inference boom as South Korea's SSD exports soar 584%
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are expanding their high-value NAND flash portfolios to meet growing demand for high-performance, high-capacity enterprise solid-state drives (eSSDs)...
Friday 6 November 2026
DDR, LPDDR revenue growth outpaces HBM as DRAM market nears US$200 billion
Revenue from conventional DDR and LPDDR memory grew faster than that from high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in the third quarter of 2026, as global DRAM revenue surged 369% year over year...
Friday 6 November 2026
Taiwan-US teams target Navy unmanned boat tender
As Taiwan's drone procurement program moves forward, the Navy is preparing to acquire more than 1,300 small suicide unmanned boats, with a budget approaching NT$30 billion (US$913...
Friday 6 November 2026
Taiwan targets reusable rocket manufacturing in 2027 strategy to rival SpaceX
US space company SpaceX has developed reusable Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rocket boosters, saving between US$32 million and US$46.5 million every time a booster is reused. To date,...
Friday 6 November 2026
China's LCD cuts and price hikes threaten Samsung TV profits
Samsung Electronics' TV business faces the prospect of prolonged losses as Chinese panel makers, including BOE Technology Group (BOE) and TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology...
Friday 6 November 2026
Naver's Nvidia-backed AI factory faces crucial test after US$9 billion deal
Naver is preparing to launch its Nvidia-backed AI factory business after securing an infrastructure agreement with Brookfield worth up to US$9 billion. With OpenAI and Anthropic seen...
Friday 6 November 2026
Macronix chair warns AI will not brake, Taiwan Strait risks persist to 2027
Macronix (MXIC) chairman Miin Wu said AI development will not stop because of political party changes after the US midterm elections, with the key question being whether massive investments...
Friday 6 November 2026
AMD teams up with FuriosaAI, MangoBoost to build Seoul AI cluster
AMD has signed an agreement with South Korean companies FuriosaAI and MangoBoost to build a heterogeneous AI computing cluster in Seoul by spring 2027, while separately discussing...
Friday 6 November 2026
Coupang expands Taoyuan logistics center to improve bulky-item delivery
Coupang announced on November 5 that it was expanding the operating space at its first warehouse and logistics center in Taoyuan, Taiwan, as the company's local business continued...