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Monday 9 March 2026

Component price surge hits business PC market harder than consumer segment

Rising costs for memory, passive components, and battery modules are intensifying pressure on PC makers, while DynaPack and Acer Taiwan report shortages that are constraining supply...

Sunday 8 March 2026

SpaceX shifts from GaAs as scalable silicon and perovskite solar technologies advance

In early 2026, Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited China to inspect its solar supply chain, focusing on back-contact, heterojunction, and perovskite technologies. This move suggests a reevaluation...

Friday 6 March 2026

Rising silver prices shift solar technology race toward low-silver cells

Rising global silver prices have pushed the cost of silver paste used in solar panels up about 2.5 times in six months, intensifying competition across the solar supply chain and accelerating...

Friday 6 March 2026

Amtran hits 9-year revenue high in 2025 with product mix optimization

Benefiting from a global market rebound and optimized product portfolio, Amtran Technology's consolidated revenue reached NT$24.6 billion (approx. US$775.4 million) in 2025, up 6.13%...

Thursday 5 March 2026

TSMC's 20-year advanced packaging strategy secures Apple and Nvidia ties

TSMC has solidified its critical role in the global semiconductor supply chain through nearly two decades of strategic investment in advanced packaging, positioning itself at the forefront...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Commentary: HBM hybrid bonding race heats up, but memory makers slow to adopt

Competition in the high bandwidth memory (HBM) market is intensifying, prompting equipment makers such as Hanwha Semitech and Semes to accelerate...

Thursday 5 March 2026

Japanese-led price surge in inductors could reshape mid-to-high-end passive components market and shift share to Taiwanese suppliers

Global passive components suppliers are entering a new price-hike cycle in 2026 as Murata Manufacturing and TDK Corporation prepare steep increases for inductors, with reported single...

Wednesday 4 March 2026

Catcher to start mass production for new customers in 2Q26, full-year revenue contribution expected to reach double digits

Catcher said products for new customers will gradually enter mass production starting in the second quarter of 2026, with full-year revenue contributions potentially reaching double-digit...

Wednesday 4 March 2026

TSMC leads foundry price hikes as second-tier firms see profit rebound

The global semiconductor industry is undergoing a new wave of structural reshuffling driven by the AI boom. In the wafer foundry sector, mature node foundry prices are finally breaking...

Wednesday 4 March 2026

Strait of Hormuz closure threatens China auto exports, triggers 15-25% cost surge

Following US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy and shipping...

Wednesday 4 March 2026

SmartSens raises CIS prices 10-20% for Samsung, Nexchip output on memory cost pressure

China-based CMOS image sensor (CIS) supplier SmartSens Technology has notified customers of price increases, stating that from March 1,...

Monday 2 March 2026

Memory price surge spreads to servers; Wiwynn flags sharp post-holiday cost jump

Memory price increases are beginning to affect the server market. Wiwynn said that in 2025, server customers and memory suppliers were protected...

Sunday 1 March 2026

Exclusive: Phison shifts to prepayments as NAND prices hike 500%

NAND prices continue to climb, and supply remains tight. NAND controller supplier Phison Electronics has notified customers that it will...

Friday 27 February 2026

SambaNova targets Nvidia’s B200 with 5x faster AI inference chip, secures US$350M

AI chip startup SambaNova Systems has introduced its fifth-generation processor, the SN50, positioning it as a direct alternative to Nvidia’s...

Thursday 26 February 2026

Samsung pushes Galaxy S26 output despite chipflation headwinds

On February 26, 2026, Samsung Electronics officially launched its latest flagship Galaxy S26 smartphone series alongside the new Galaxy Buds4 wireless earbuds, signaling a renewed...

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