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Tuesday 21 April 2026
Global OLED shipments to hold steady in 2026 as memory cost inflation reshapes smartphone demand
Counterpoint Research expects overall OLED panel shipments to be flat year-over-year in 2026, a shift that tightens smartphone supply, boosts demand for premium and IT applications,...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
India and Korea deepen strategic cooperation across technology, energy, and sustainability
The state visit of South Korea President Lee Jae-Myung to India on April 20, 2026, marked a broad effort by both countries to expand cooperation across trade, technology, and strategic...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung scales MRAM to 8nm, setting 5nm showdown with TSMC in 2027
Samsung is accelerating its push into magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), positioning the technology as a strategic pillar alongside DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
1.6T optical transceivers enter volume shipments, set three-year growth cycle
The buildout of AI data centers is pushing optical interconnects into a new upgrade cycle, with 1.6T optical transceivers set to enter large-scale shipments in 2026, marking a turning...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
China amping up DRAM integration: GigaDevice expands into DRAM through CXMT tie-up
GigaDevice is moving into DRAM through a KRW1 trillion (US$680 million) related-party deal, combining CXMT's manufacturing capacity with its own sales network in a move that could...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
End of Cook era underscores Apple's growing dependence on ecosystem strength over breakthrough products
As Tim Cook prepares to transition from CEO to executive chairman on September 1, 2026, analysts and industry observers are reviewing a 15-year tenure defined by unprecedented financial...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Apple puts its chip architect in charge of all hardware as CEO transition looms
On April 20, 2026, Apple announced that Johny Srouji — the executive behind its custom silicon revolution — has been elevated to the newly created role of Chief Hardware...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Apple announces historic leadership transition: John Ternus to become CEO, Tim Cook to assume executive chairman role
Apple announced a significant leadership transition effective September 1, 2026, reshaping its executive structure after 15 years under Tim Cook's tenure as CEO. John Ternus, 50, who...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
APAC advances CPO positioning: ELSFP beings small-volume shipments, in-house COC line set for 3Q26 completion
Optical communications company APAC Opto Electronics reported that its inventory digestion phase is nearing completion, with market demand showing a clear rebound. Looking ahead to...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Semiconductor materials supply shifts to risk sourcing under price and geopolitical pressure
In 2026, critical semiconductor materials face a perfect storm of rising prices, shortages, and geopolitical disruption. Lead times for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and power...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Foxconn Industrial Internet to mass-produce CPO all-optical switches in 3Q26 with over 10,000 units target
Brand Cheng, chairman of Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), a cloud networking business under Foxconn, recently announced ongoing advancements in technologies, including co-packaged...
Monday 20 April 2026
Memory and raw materials' increased prices weigh on smartphone panels in 2Q26
Entering the second quarter of 2026, the smartphone panel market continues to carry the weak momentum carried over from the first quarter of 2026. As memory prices rise further alongside...
Monday 20 April 2026
AI chip rivalry escalates: ABF substrate sells out for Unimicron, Kinsus, Nan Ya PCB
AI GPUs, CPUs, and ASICs are driving demand for increasingly larger sizes and higher layer counts in substrate technology. The supply-demand gap for high-end ABF substrates continues...
Monday 20 April 2026
Fortinet rolls out FortiOS 8.0 to tackle shadow AI and post-quantum security risks

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet recently held its 2026 Accelerate APAC conference in Taiwan, focusing on emerging security challenges in the...