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Thursday 10 September 2026

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers partners with Earthbook, Jedsy to tap Taiwan's medical drone logistics market

Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) is stepping into Taiwan's emerging low-altitude economy, partnering with Taiwan-based drone-data and AI platform Earthbook and Swiss medical...

Thursday 10 September 2026

AUO matching glass substrate size stokes TSMC collab speculation

AUO is accelerating its transformation by extending its established large-format panel manufacturing capabilities into advanced semiconductor packaging.

Thursday 10 September 2026

Taiwan nuclear drill simulates drone attack, drawing on Ukraine war lessons

Taiwan is planning to deploy drone detection and countermeasure systems at nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure to strengthen its ability to respond to security threats...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Europe's BEV running costs now 33% below ICE

Daily operating and maintenance costs for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Europe are now 33% lower per kilometer than those for comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) cars,...

Thursday 10 September 2026

AI semiconductor equipment boom redraws Taiwan IPC market: Edge AI, advanced packaging lift high-end demand

AI and high-performance computing (HPC) demand is sustaining strong investment in advanced semiconductor processes, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and advanced packaging, lifting the...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Elmos locks in SK keyfoundry wafer supply through 2037 as 8-inch capacity tightens

Germany's Elmos Semiconductor has secured wafer capacity from South Korea's SK keyfoundry through 2037, expanding an 18-year manufacturing...

Thursday 10 September 2026

STMicroelectronics ties AI data center carbon cuts to power design, not location

STMicroelectronics (ST) recently shared its perspective on balancing AI growth with sustainability during a press conference in Taiwan. The company emphasized that controlling carbon...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Phison pushes in-house AI solutions as August revenue surges to record high

Phison Electronics continues to benefit from the rapid growth in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, AI inference, and enterprise storage, with its Phison AI Data...

Thursday 10 September 2026

SK Hynix says 3D DRAM will borrow from logic foundry playbook

SK Hynix is signaling a shift in memory design that could matter far beyond South Korea. By adopting logic foundry techniques for 3D DRAM, the company is moving toward a future where...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Korea puts KRW250 billion behind free national AI service as frontier-model fund takes shape

South Korea's science ministry has budgeted KRW250 billion (US$184.6 million) for 2027 to run "AI for all," a state-funded program that aims to give every citizen free access to chatbots...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics' glass-substrate rollout slows as TSMC evaluation drags on

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) is facing a slower glass-substrate rollout as a reliability evaluation of through-glass via (TGV) modules...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Samsung trims foundry partner network as remaining DSPs gain momentum

Samsung Electronics has reduced its foundry Design Solution Partner (DSP) network to 11 companies from 13, as the chipmaker shifts toward greater emphasis on partners that can secure...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Cheap, energy-dense, difficult to tame: LG Energy Solution pushes LMR closer to EVs

The appeal of lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries has long rested on a difficult proposition: delivering relatively high energy density without carrying the same material costs...

Thursday 10 September 2026

Apple just put a US$700 premium on hinges — seven supply chain takeaways

These are the seven supply chain takeaways from Apple's announcements on September 9, covering new iPhone models, new AirPods, chips, and upgrades to its ecosystem.

Thursday 10 September 2026

Nvidia reportedly drives testing interface capacity crunch, pushes Taiwan suppliers

AI chip demand is tightening high-end testing interface capacity, and supply-chain sources say Nvidia has raised prices to secure most of the probe card and test socket output from...

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