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Thursday 13 August 2026
Hanmi pulls ahead of Hanwha as HBM4 orders rebound

South Korea's Hanmi Semiconductor is pulling ahead of rival Hanwha Semitech in thermal compression (TC) bonders for high-bandwidth memory...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Univacco reports record 2Q profit and revenue as 3Q demand builds

Univacco Technology posted record second-quarter and first-half 2026 revenue and profit, driven by its expanding global distribution...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Synopsys pushes into system design as Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom move up the stack
Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom are moving beyond chip-level design into subsystems and complete systems, a shift that is increasing the need to account for thermal, electrical, mechanical...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Taiwan manufacturers call for faster nuclear restart to keep pace with AI, chip growth

The Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI), a major industrial and manufacturing association in Taiwan, called for the government...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Samsung to expand 2026 TV LCD buys from BOE as TCL orders drop

Samsung Electronics is set to increase its TV LCD panel purchases in 2026, even as global shipments of TV LCDs are forecast to decline...

Thursday 13 August 2026
TSMC-Sony image sensor venture pushes Japan chip investment to JPY6 trillion

TSMC said on August 11 that it will invest in CMOS image sensor development and mass production with Sony Group in Kumamoto Prefecture,...

Thursday 13 August 2026
LSE Semiconductor wins strategic investment from TIS

Lithography Semiconductor Equipment Co. (LSE) officially announced on August 11 that TECO Image Systems Co. (TIS) had completed a strategic...

Thursday 13 August 2026
From lab bench to IPO: How Taiwan's top university aims to turn professors into founders, campus into a unicorn factory

National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), one of Taiwan's leading research universities, has spent more than a decade cultivating a campus...

Thursday 13 August 2026
South Korea widens chip strategy beyond Samsung and SK Hynix with KRW5 trillion ecosystem fund
As market momentum spirals into an intensifying race over AI infrastructure buildouts, the global landscape has entered a more aggressive round of AI-centered investment, with national-scale...
Thursday 13 August 2026
Taoyuan plans AI manufacturing park in Guanyin to support server supply chain
Taoyuan is moving to develop Guanyin into an AI computing park as demand for AI servers drives heavier power requirements and a new round of factory expansion. The city said it had...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
OCP APAC 2026: AMD sees AI agents pushing CPU-GPU ratio toward 1:1
AMD expects the shift from chatbots to agentic AI to sharply increase CPU demand alongside GPU acceleration, potentially moving the traditional CPU-to-GPU ratio from roughly 1:4 toward...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
Tesla emerges as biggest winner from Germany's EV subsidies, while China-made models gain ground
Whether Germany's renewed electric vehicle (EV) subsidies are inadvertently helping Chinese brands accelerate their push into Europe has become a closely watched issue across the global...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
Sercomm expands beyond broadband into 5G, edge AI and IoT as 2Q26 revenue hits record high
Taiwan's Sercomm Corporation is repositioning itself for the next phase of network infrastructure demand by expanding beyond traditional broadband equipment into 5G, fixed wireless...
Wednesday 12 August 2026
Zhong Yang ramps up Thailand production as drone orders shift from China

Taiwan-based optical lens maker Zhong Yang Technology is benefiting from redirected orders from Europe and the US as customers seek alternatives to China-made components,...

Wednesday 12 August 2026
Japan's US$430B 2040 chip plan hinges on Rapidus 2nm

Japan has drawn up a plan for more than JPY370 trillion (approx. US$2.33 trillion) in combined public and private investment across 17 strategic...