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Monday 15 June 2026

Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount

Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business...

Monday 15 June 2026

Micron CEO turns visa rejection into US$1 trillion milestone

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's recent trip to South Korea put the spotlight on the rivalry between Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, while memory giant Micron crossed the US$1 trillion...

Monday 15 June 2026

BESS boom supply chain reshuffle: Automakers pivot to stationary battery systems

US automakers are shifting major battery investment away from electric vehicle traction packs and into stationary battery energy storage...

Monday 15 June 2026

Apple resists 'AI-for-AI' hype as Silicon Valley's token bill comes due

Amid widespread anxiety sparked by foreign media reports about an impending "Tokenpocalypse," Apple software engineering chief Craig...

Monday 15 June 2026

China's new EV rules push European luxury PHEVs to the exit

European luxury automakers are pulling back from China's plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) market after Beijing tightened eligibility requirements...

Monday 15 June 2026

Taiwan firms ramped AI investment but must fix architecture to realize ROI

Taiwanese companies sharply increased enterprise AI investment and adoption in 2026, yet critical gaps in technology architecture and...

Monday 15 June 2026

SK Hynix to test ChatGPT and Copilot as Samsung widens enterprise AI use

SK Hynix said it is evaluating external generative AI models, including ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot, as it pilots broader AI use across the company, following Samsung...

Monday 15 June 2026

Google's TPU diversification challenges MediaTek and other ASIC partners

Google's push to diversify its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) supply chain is increasingly reaching into the foundry side, adding pressure on ASIC makers such as MediaTek. Recent reports...

Monday 15 June 2026

Samsung's Exynos 2600 doubles on-device AI performance in MLPerf benchmarks

Samsung Electronics announced that its Exynos 2600 mobile application processor delivered more than double the on-device AI performance of the Exynos 2500, according to benchmark results...

Monday 15 June 2026

AI server tracker: Taiwan's AI supply chain posts triple-digit gains in May as server makers and memory chips surge

Taiwan's listed semiconductor and electronics companies posted robust revenue growth in May 2026, with the latest monthly data revealing a widening split between AI infrastructure...

Monday 15 June 2026

Exclusive: Wiwynn sees no AI bubble for 4 years as capex surges

Wiwynn president William Lin says AI demand has exceeded expectations, with orders so strong that even rapid global expansion still feels too slow. The server maker is expanding capacity...

Monday 15 June 2026

LG Energy Solution secures patent licensing deal with Sunwoda, ending two-year dispute

LG Energy Solution (LGES) reached a patent licensing agreement with Chinese battery maker Sunwoda, ending a two-year legal battle that had involved courts in Germany, China, and South...

Monday 15 June 2026

X app age rating raised to 19+ on South Korean Google Play Store after Grok's adult-content policy change

On South Korea's Google Play store, the X app (formerly Twitter) was reclassified to "19 and up" after the social platform updated its community guidelines to permit consensual adult...

Monday 15 June 2026

PCIM 2026: How customized AI agents are demystifying EMC design

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing has historically been the bane of the power electronics industry. Engineers have long approached...

Monday 15 June 2026

Taiwan's UBright broadens beyond optical films with push into semiconductors, passives and smart acoustics

Taiwan-based UBright Optronics is accelerating its transformation from an LCD optical film specialist into a diversified technology...

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