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Wednesday 31 December 2025
South Korean PCB industry faces cost challenges as AI drives raw material prices up
The South Korean printed circuit board (PCB) industry is struggling as soaring gold and copper prices, up 50% and 30% respectively since early 2025, increase production costs. Despite...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Asustek announces price hike from January 5 amid soaring memory costs
Facing severe memory shortages and rapidly rising prices, global PC brands are implementing strategies to offset cost pressures, including price increases or maintaining prices with...
Wednesday 31 December 2025
Copper surge ends CCL price war between China and Taiwan
Amid rising concerns over global copper supply shortages, London Metal Exchange (LME) copper prices have surged nearly 40% since early 2025, significantly increasing cost pressures...
Tuesday 30 December 2025
Container shipping prices increase ahead of Lunar New Year holidays
International container shipping rates have risen for four consecutive weeks prior to the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February 2026. However, the market has cast doubts...
Tuesday 30 December 2025
DDR4 spot prices surge 18-fold in a year; December demand cools but impact limited
Memory chip spot prices have witnessed unprecedented increases over the past year, driven by continuing shortages and supply chain adjustments. DDR4 16Gb modules have surged 18 times...
Monday 29 December 2025
Move over, Malaysia? India's emerging OSAT sector claims price parity in legacy packaging
India's first wave of OSAT facilities is moving from capacity announcements to competitive positioning, with some domestic players now benchmarking themselves against established...
Wednesday 24 December 2025
PC giants rush to lock in memory supply as prices surge toward a new supercycle
As the global memory market enters its sharpest price upswing in nearly five years, one top-tier PC maker has moved quickly to lock in supply, dispatching senior executives to negotiate...
Tuesday 23 December 2025
Korean chip industry faces mounting pressure from escalating power prices
Electricity costs for South Korea's domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry have reportedly surged, raising concerns over mounting cost pressures on chipmakers. Over the past...
Monday 22 December 2025
Protection component prices stabilize: Thinking Electronic pins 2026 growth on AI

Record-high precious metal prices upstream are tightening cost pressure across the passive components industry, but the impact on protection...

Sunday 21 December 2025
Notebook shipments expected to defy slow season in 1H26

Rising memory prices are prompting end customers to procure notebooks early, a shift that is expected to keep shipments steadier than...

Friday 19 December 2025
Memory shortage drives price hikes in China's PC and smartphone markets
China's 3C market has been reporting successive price hikes despite a sluggish macroeconomic environment and deflationary pressure. Xiaomi, followed by Honor, Lenovo, and Dell, have...
Friday 19 December 2025
Analysis: US leads AI in humanoid robots while China excels in cost and hardware
As humanoid robots emerge as a key technology riding the wave of AI, the US and China are rapidly forming two competing camps. Industry insiders analyzing their strengths say the...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Rising memory and wafer costs to weigh on 2026 smartphone shipments, Counterpoint Research says
The smartphone market is expected to contract in 2026 as rising costs for memory and advanced process wafers drive manufacturers to reconsider pricing and specifications, according...
Thursday 18 December 2025
Cost surge for wafer, memory, and materials threatens consumer electronics pricing in 2026
After sharp price hikes across multiple memory categories caused by tight supply-demand conditions, overall supply-chain costs have come into sharper focus. Memory is far from the...
Wednesday 17 December 2025
Samsung Foundry reportedly wins Intel 8nm order after Nvidia
Samsung Electronics' foundry division is reported to have secured an 8nm manufacturing order from Intel, adding another blue-chip customer to its mature advanced-node portfolio after...