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Monday 10 August 2026

Wiwynn raises Q2 margin as customer procurement shifts take hold

Wiwynn said changes in how it buys components with customers began to show results in the second quarter of 2026, helping lift gross...

Monday 10 August 2026

Taiwan drones still rely on foreign chips despite shift away from China

Demand for non-China drone supply chains is clear in Europe and the US, while calls to reduce reliance on Chinese suppliers have recently...

Sunday 9 August 2026

Greenfiltec posts first-half loss as activated carbon costs squeeze margins

Greenfiltec reported first-half 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$311 million, up 18.35% from a year earlier, but the Taiwan-based airborne molecular contamination (AMC) filter supplier...

Friday 7 August 2026

LG plans three-tier AI chips for appliances, home robots

LG Electronics plans to develop premium, midrange and entry-level on-device AI chips for products ranging from refrigerators and washing...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Parade sees steadier outlook despite margin pressure from memory costs

Parade said its second-quarter 2026 results were squeezed by a sudden increase in back-end testing and packaging costs, but the high-speed...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Anthropic builds in-house chip design team, signaling AI firms' turn to custom silicon

Anthropic is building an in-house team to design custom chips for its Claude AI models, according to Reuters, moving ahead...

Thursday 6 August 2026

FOPLP leads production as CoPoS advances glass packaging

AI chip computing power is rising rapidly, pushing advanced packaging toward larger form factors, higher bandwidth, and greater integration. Traditional Ajinomoto build-up film (ABF)...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Alibaba unveils biggest Qwen model as DeepSeek deepens China's AI price war

Alibaba Group unveiled Qwen3.8-Max on August 3, calling it its largest and most capable artificial intelligence (AI) model to date, as DeepSeek's low-cost V4-Flash intensified competition...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

China’s in-house auto chip push could reshape costs, supply chains, and regulatory risks

As Chinese automakers accelerate in-house chip development, the strategy is increasingly about more than smart vehicles. It is also tied to supply chain self-reliance, overseas expansion,...

Tuesday 4 August 2026

Interview: Rising material costs and FOUP shortages threaten semiconductor supply chains

AI-driven demand, new fab construction, and conflict-led raw material inflation are combining to squeeze semiconductor suppliers in 2026, according to Topco Scientific Co. senior CEO...

Monday 3 August 2026

Xiaomi raises flagship phone prices as memory and chip costs climb

Xiaomi raised prices on several flagship smartphones in China on August 2, including the REDMI Turbo 5, K90 series, and Xiaomi 17 series, according to Xiaomi Store. The move adds CNY300...

Monday 3 August 2026

Realtek sees broad 2026 growth despite cost pressure and uneven demand

Taiwanese IC design house Realtek said on July 29 that it expects all of its product lines to grow year-on-year in 2026, even as tight supply in memory, substrates, and mature-node...

Saturday 1 August 2026

Tandem OLED clears key automotive qualification hurdle, wider adoption expected after 2030

LCD panels still account for more than 90% of automotive display shipments, but OLED has now crossed a critical qualification threshold...

Friday 31 July 2026

AWS backlog reaches US$496 billion; Amazon to double power capacity by end-2027

Amazon disclosed a US$496 billion AWS backlog growing at triple-digit rates in the second quarter, and CEO Andy Jassy used the call...

Friday 31 July 2026

Amazon lifts 2026 capex to US$220 billion, pins the increase on memory prices

Amazon has raised its 2026 capital expenditure plan by roughly US$20 billion and attributed the increase to a single input cost: me...

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