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Friday 23 October 2026
Semco's 61-week MLCC lead times give suppliers upper hand in AI supply chain
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) is gaining pricing power as AI server demand extends multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) lead times beyond a year. Shortages now span consumer, automotive...
Friday 23 October 2026
Rapidus courts US AI customers ahead of planned 2H27 2nm mass production
Rapidus chairman Tetsuro Higashi said the Japanese chipmaker remains broadly on track to begin mass production of 2nm chips in the second half of 2027. Winning customers remains a...
Friday 23 October 2026
China's weak car market squeezes automakers, suppliers and dealers
China's weakening car market is challenging automakers, parts suppliers, and dealers as exports rise but domestic demand contracts. For global industry watchers, the downturn is a...
Friday 23 October 2026
JCET's AI profit surge sets up US$2.73 billion advanced packaging expansion
JCET Group lifted third-quarter revenue 13.53% year-over-year to CNY11.43 billion (approx. US$1.71 billion) and net profit attributable to shareholders 59.99% to CNY773 million. For...
Friday 23 October 2026
Tesla, Nvidia reportedly invest KRW3.7 trillion to secure Samsung Electro-Mechanics ABF capacity
Tesla and Nvidia are reportedly investing a combined KRW3.7 trillion (US$2.8 billion) to help Samsung Electro-Mechanics expand Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF) substrate production facilities...
Friday 23 October 2026
India becomes Taiwan's third-largest machine tool export market
India's "Make in India" policy is driving demand for smart manufacturing and machinery. As such, Taiwanese machinery manufacturers are positioning themselves to seize the opportunities...
Friday 23 October 2026
Apple's iPhone Duo and touchscreen MacBook could accelerate OLED TDDI adoption
Apple's iPhone Duo has gone on sale, with pre-orders in several key markets reportedly exceeding the company's expectations. Delivery dates have stretched to late 2026 and even early...
Friday 23 October 2026
Monitors take over as LG Display's large OLED growth engine while auto panels stall
LG Display's large OLED business is shifting its growth from televisions to PC monitors, and the change is now large enough for the company to plan restarting idle factory capacity...
Friday 23 October 2026
Western Digital bets on pricing and HAMR, not new capacity, as Toshiba plans to double output
Western Digital has made clear how it intends to meet a sharp rise in hard-drive demand while a rival expands output: it will not build more drives. On its October 22 earnings call,...
Friday 23 October 2026
Western Digital argues AI's longer payoff lies in stored data, not compute
Western Digital argues that demand for hard drives depends less on the current wave of AI spending than investors fear. On its fiscal first-quarter earnings call on October 22, the...
Friday 23 October 2026
LG Display returns to profit as OLED mix offsets chipflation drag
LG Display (LGD) returned to an operating profit in the third quarter of 2026, showing how far its OLED shift now drives earnings, and how little room it leaves when currency and component...
Friday 23 October 2026
Western Digital widens margins on pricing and exabyte growth
Western Digital's fiscal first quarter showed a hard-drive business turning demand into profit faster than into sales. Revenue for the three months ended October 2, 2026 rose 55% from...
Friday 23 October 2026
India's CleanMax partners with Apple, Meta to supply green power for AI data centers
CleanMax's partnerships with Apple, Meta, and other technology companies highlight how artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are intensifying global demand for renewable power.
Friday 23 October 2026
Oppo targets premium smartphone growth with global Find X10 launch
Oppo unveiled the international version of its Find X10 smartphone series in Spain on October 22 (Taiwan Standard Time), following the line's China launch in late September. The move...
Friday 23 October 2026
Lam Research sees WFE topping US$200 billion in 2027
Lam Research reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of US$8.2 billion, up 22% quarter-over-quarter, and forecast fourth-quarter revenue of US$8.6 billion, plus or minus US$400 million...