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Wednesday 6 May 2026
'Chipflation' hits Samsung, boosts Apple results
As soaring memory prices fuel "chipflation," Samsung Electronics and Apple are taking sharply different approaches. Samsung's Mobile eXperience (MX) division is trying to protect profitability...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
AEM CEO says AI upends semiconductor testing
Singapore semiconductor equipment and testing company AEM is facing a dual challenge of "physics and cost" as the AI era rewrites the limits and supply-chain logic of chip testing,...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
GlobalWafers reports weaker quarter as expansion weighs on margins

GlobalWafers said on May 4 that its first-quarter performance reflected a transitional period, as short-term cost pressures and capacity...

Wednesday 6 May 2026
Low-cost cruise missiles drive a new drone cost race
Rapid changes in battlefield tactics have made drones central to "economic attrition warfare," shifting the focus from technical performance to cost and scale. The implications are...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
RichWave sees Wi-Fi 7 growth outrunning memory price pressure
Radio frequency (RF) front-end chip maker RichWave said on May 4 that Wi-Fi 7 momentum will remain very strong in the first quarter of 2026, even as rising memory and component costs...
Wednesday 6 May 2026
TV panel prices stall as China cuts output to defend prices
The LCD TV panel market has shifted sharply from aggressive stocking to defensive procurement as global sports-event demand fades, pre-stocking cycles for China's 618 shopping festival...
Monday 4 May 2026
Samsung reshuffles TV leadership amid Chinese rivalry and service pivot
Samsung Electronics has replaced the head of its Visual Display (VD) business in a rare mid-cycle reshuffle, responding to weakening demand and intensifying global competition in the...
Monday 4 May 2026
Realtek posts surge in revenue as Wi-Fi 7 adoption accelerates
Realtek reported first-quarter results on April 30, saying revenue rose to NT$36.42 billion (US$1.15 billion), driven by early customer pull-in orders that boosted demand into the...
Monday 4 May 2026
Holtek raises low-margin MCU prices, expands AI server cooling and optical comms
Microcontroller (MCU) maker Holtek announced it has raised prices on low-margin MCUs following wafer foundry and packaging cost hikes in China at the end of 2025. This price adjustment...
Friday 1 May 2026
AI chip boom sends Korea exports to record highs, supply crunch deepens

South Korea's export surge is entering a new phase, with artificial intelligence-driven semiconductor demand powering record shipments even...

Friday 1 May 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics weighs MLCC price hike of 5–10% as supply tightens
Samsung Electro-Mechanics is considering raising prices for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) by about 5% to 10% as demand from artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure tightens...
Friday 1 May 2026
Apple's fiscal 2Q in numbers: iPhone surge, China rebound, margins hold

Apple Inc. beat Wall Street expectations in its fiscal second quarter, with strong iPhone demand, resilient Services growth and a rebound...

Thursday 30 April 2026
Hengs Technology secures NT$7.6B in orders, expands solar EPC into energy storage and EV charging
As Taiwan's energy transition enters a critical phase, the stability of power supply and the quality of renewable energy infrastructure have become key industry concerns. While numerous...
Thursday 30 April 2026
Unisplendour, H3C gain from AI buildout, monetization in focus

China's AI infrastructure race is entering a phase where scale alone is no longer enough. As large models move from training to real-world...

Thursday 30 April 2026
OpenAI accelerates Stargate build, surpasses 10GW US goal, and expands community-focused approach
OpenAI announced it has exceeded its initial Stargate commitment by securing more than 10GW of AI infrastructure in the US ahead of schedule, adding over 3GW in the past 90 days. Stargate...