Global supply chain: CE, IPC, automotive

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Saturday 19 September 2026

Beyond Volkswagen, XPeng seeks to turn automotive R&D into a global tech enterprise

It has become increasingly evident that one of the factors undermining China's unparalleled competence in the global EV industry is manufacturing scale. But the continued development...

Saturday 19 September 2026

Ams OSRAM takes an automotive-qualified force sensor into robotic hands

Ams OSRAM is pushing its optical force sensor line into robotic hands on the argument that incumbent piezoelectric solutions cannot hold a reading, and it is using automotive qualification...

Friday 18 September 2026

Winbond cements server NOR lead with Infineon deal

Winbond Electronics is expanding its NOR Flash footprint and has agreed to pay US$1.12 billion in cash to acquire Infineon's NOR Flash and F-RAM businesses, a move that will lift it...

Friday 18 September 2026

Corning to raise display glass substrate prices 15% from 4Q26

Corning, the US glass substrate supplier, will raise prices for its yen-denominated display glass substrate products by 15% or more worldwide starting in the fourth quarter of 2026,...

Friday 18 September 2026

ByteDance's second AI-agent phone drops forced automation for permission — yet app wall still up

The question facing China's "AI agent phone" category is no longer whether a model can drive a smartphone. It is whether the apps will let it. Judging by the first mass-produced device...

Friday 18 September 2026

Winbond's Infineon buyout puts GigaDevice under pressure

Winbond Electronics' US$1.12 billion acquisition of Infineon's NOR Flash and ferroelectric RAM (F-RAM) businesses has drawn close attention...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Physical AI drives autonomous driving upgrade; three efficiency factors lift AI accelerator demand

End-to-end autonomous driving has become the mainstream technology path, and the inference demand created by Physical AI in autonomous driving systems is, in turn, reshaping automotive...

Thursday 17 September 2026

China optical suppliers power smart glasses supply chain

China's optical suppliers are playing a growing role in the global smart glasses, VR, and AR supply chain as AI glasses demand accelerates worldwide. Industry sources say more than...

Thursday 17 September 2026

China's LCD trio flexes newfound pricing power as Taiwan panel makers retreat

China's top three liquid-crystal display (LCD) panel makers have sent written price-increase notices to customers for the first time, as Taiwan's leading panel makers sell factories...

Thursday 17 September 2026

China's FAW may become GAC's second-largest shareholder, possibly restructuring the Toyota China model

Consolidation chatter within China's automotive industry has reignited following an announcement by Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Onsemi puts power density at the center of its next-decade strategy

Onsemi is seeking to capture more value from AI, electrification, and automation by expanding from individual semiconductors into integrated...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Intel CEO warns of 2027 memory crunch and tighter CPU supply

AI infrastructure expansion is turning memory supply into a major bottleneck for the semiconductor industry. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan warned that the memory shortage in 2027 could be worse...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Apple's foldable phone puts thinness, weight in focus

Apple's first foldable phone has sharpened global attention on smartphone design trade-offs, with weight, thickness, and component miniaturization...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Infineon exits NOR Flash with US$1.12 billion sale to Winbond, reviving Spansion name

Winbond Electronics will buy Infineon Technologies' NOR Flash and F-RAM business for US$1.12 billion in cash and rename it Spansion, the name of the US memory pioneer whose NOR Flash...

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Soaring memory costs threaten Netronix's e-reader growth, even as new display markets stay on track

Netronix said rapidly rising memory prices are squeezing the consumer electronics supply chain, raising e-book reader costs and slowing some e-paper display projects. Even so, the...

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