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Wednesday 19 August 2026
PLP splits roles as FOPLP focuses on cost and CoPoS courts AI chips
As AI chips move toward larger dies and higher integration, advanced packaging is shifting from 300mm wafers to square panel manufacturing. In panel-level packaging (PLP), FOPLP and...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Xiaomi's costs are rising faster than its sales can absorb

Xiaomi Corporation's second quarter showed a company being squeezed from both ends of its business at once: a surging memory-chip bill...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Rattled supply chains: Over half of Taiwan firms feel the squeeze of US-Iran conflict

More than half of Taiwanese companies surveyed by TAITRA reported being negatively affected by the US-Iran conflict, with rising costs...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
LG's raw material costs jump by over KRW1 trillion in 1H26, auto components hit hardest

Rising chip and copper prices are rapidly increasing cost pressure on LG Electronics.

Wednesday 19 August 2026
Samsung moves ahead of SK Hynix in 1d DRAM development race

Samsung Electronics is reportedly on track to complete development of 10-nanometer-class seventh-generation DRAM, also known as 1d DRAM,...

Tuesday 18 August 2026
MicroLED still lacks key LTPO TFT tech

MicroLED remains a promising next-generation display technology, but industry analysts say its commercial breakthrough still hinges...

Tuesday 18 August 2026
Column: Why model training needs distillation
Around 2019, a friend working at a large cloud services provider excitedly shared that his team had trained a CNN model for document text recognition with good results, but the computing...
Tuesday 18 August 2026
SpaceX, Nvidia push space AI from lunar exploration toward orbital data centers

As SpaceX accelerates its push into space-based AI data centers and Nvidia brings Jetson GPUs into lunar exploration missions, the race...

Monday 17 August 2026
High jet fuel costs could squeeze low-cost airlines for months

Jet fuel prices may remain elevated for months even if geopolitical tensions ease, the challenge stemming not only from crude supply...

Monday 17 August 2026
Record orders, yet profits squeezed: Asia-Pacific electronics supply chain caught in cost crunch

Global Electronics Association survey data show that demand across the global electronics manufacturing industry maintained steady...

Monday 17 August 2026
Nvidia closing in on US$100B credit guarantee deal for OpenAI's Ohio data center
Nvidia is approaching an agreement to provide credit guarantees of around US$100 billion for OpenAI's 10GW data center in Ohio, among the largest AI infrastructure projects ever, according...
Monday 17 August 2026
China battery makers rework costs as lithium prices fall and taxes rise
China's lithium battery industry is entering a new phase of cost restructuring as falling lithium carbonate prices, uncertain supply conditions and higher taxes squeeze manufacturers'...
Friday 14 August 2026
Lenovo turns a memory-price shock into a share gain
Lenovo Group's first quarter of fiscal 2026/27 shows a company using an industry-wide cost problem as a competitive weapon. Group revenue reached US$26.9 billion for the three months...
Friday 14 August 2026
Kioxia eyes customer trials for PCIe Gen6 optical SSD

Kioxia is developing a PCIe Gen6 optical SSD and hopes to work with customers on its next prototype, as the Japanese memory maker tackles...

Thursday 13 August 2026
LG Chem reportedly wins cathode supply deal for Hyundai-LG Energy Solution's US battery venture
LG Chem has been selected as a cathode material supplier for HL-GA Battery Company, the US battery manufacturing joint venture between Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, according...