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Monday 12 October 2026
EU caps annual HEV imports at 350,000 to curb trade deficit with China
The European Union plans to cap imports of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) at 350,000 units per year, with safeguard measures potentially taking effect as early as December 1, 2026...
Monday 12 October 2026
Samsung reportedly secures long-term contracts covering up to 80% of 2027 memory supply
Samsung Electronics has committed 75–80% of its 2027 memory supply, including high-bandwidth memory (HBM), to long-term agreements (LTAs), the Korea Economic Daily reported...
Monday 12 October 2026
Nanya gross margin hits 85.7% as low-priced DRAM contracts roll off
Nanya Technology reported record quarterly earnings in the third quarter of 2026, according to unaudited results released on October 12, as DRAM average selling prices (ASPs) rose...
Monday 12 October 2026
Memory surge lifts phone prices, boosting N-1 and used-device demand
Rising memory prices have forced smartphone brands to raise handset prices, hurting new-device sales in 2026. Global smartphone shipments are expected to drop 15-17%, while demand...
Monday 12 October 2026
How 'Filter Moore's Law' is doubling revenue for a Taiwan chip filter maker
Under what the industry terms the "Filter Moore's Law," each process node shrink lowers tolerance for airborne molecular contaminants, causing filtration demand to grow exponentially...
Monday 12 October 2026
Chenbro Micom expands into Nvidia Vera Rubin rack-scale systems, 2026 revenue already tops full-year 2025
Taiwanese server chassis maker Chenbro Micom is expanding its role in AI infrastructure, moving beyond traditional server enclosures into high-end AI servers and rack-level solutions...
Monday 12 October 2026
Largan signals early peak-season cut, challenging phone chips in 4Q26
Largan chairman and CEO Adam Lin said October 2026 orders are tracking at roughly the same level as September's, but will begin declining in November as customers cut their forecasts...
Monday 12 October 2026
Moonshot AI's Hong Kong IPO faces a critical ownership dispute ahead of US$50 billion debut
China's Moonshot AI is seeking to settle a shareholder dispute involving claims potentially exceeding US$700 million ahead of a potential US$5 billion Hong Kong initial public offering...
Monday 12 October 2026
Aurona Industries posts 19% September growth as Taiwan plant targets 2027 trial run
Aurona Industries reported September revenue of NT$137 million (US$4.3 million), up 19.29% from a year earlier, as pre-holiday inventory building in China strengthened customer orders...
Monday 12 October 2026
Samsung could unseat SK Hynix as HBM leader in 2027
Samsung Electronics could overtake SK Hynix as the world's largest supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) in 2027, as HBM4 prices climb and memory manufacturers compete for limited...
Monday 12 October 2026
Taiwan exports soar as shipments to the US top US$200 billion in first nine months
Taiwan's exports hit a single-month record high of US$87.22 billion in September 2026, lifting the year-to-date total for the first nine months of the year to US$661.55 billion, according...
Monday 12 October 2026
Apple's iPhone 18 order cuts expose widening divide in premium demand

Apple's iPhone 18 Pro lineup is showing mixed demand signals weeks after launch. Reports of component order cuts suggest weaker-than-expected sales,...

Monday 12 October 2026
Taiwan's UMT extends 50%-plus revenue growth streak as LEO satellite deployments accelerate
Taiwan-based Universal Microwave Technology (UMT) reported September 2026 revenue of NT$292 million (US$9.15 million), up 52.49% year-over-year, extending its streak of monthly year-over-year...
Monday 12 October 2026
ELAN Microelectrics's 3Q26 PC momentum stalls on shortages, inventory overhang
Touch IC leader Elan Microelectronics recently announced its September 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$602 million (approx. US$18.9 million), down 18.74% month-over-month and 46.9%...
Monday 12 October 2026
AI's next hiring wave is shifting from model makers to onsite problem solvers
Global technology companies and South Korean system integrators are widening their artificial intelligence hiring beyond model researchers to frontline engineers who work inside customer...