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Monday 22 June 2026
India roundup: Apple's India manufacturing bet faces reminder of operational risks after Tata probe closure

India is accelerating its electronics manufacturing ambitions through AI infrastructure, semiconductor...

Thursday 18 June 2026
China launches probe into Beidou infrastructure quality scandal

China has launched a probe into a Beidou high-precision smart monitoring project in Shandong, after reports of severe construction...

Wednesday 17 June 2026
Tata Electronics pollution probe closure highlights lingering risks for Apple's India supply chain
Reuters reported on June 16 that Tamil Nadu's pollution control board closed its probe into Tata Electronics' Hosur iPhone component plant after the company addressed violations...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
WinWay's new Kaohsiung plant to break ground on May 29
WinWay Technology's orders are already booked out five to six months in advance, says company Chairman Mark Wang. He expects new production capacity coming online at the company's...
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Arm faces US antitrust probe after announcing plan to design its own chips
Arm was notified by the US Federal Trade Commission in early 2026 that it was the subject of an antitrust investigation after the chip designer said it would begin engineering its...
Thursday 14 May 2026
AI chip boom drives record growth for Taiwan testing firm MPI
With surging demand for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and custom AI chips, MPI Corporation said strong momentum in semiconductor testing equipment and testing...
Monday 4 May 2026
Foxconn says Tucheng probe limited to employees and does not affect operations
Foxconn announced that a recent search at its Tucheng facility was focused on alleged misconduct by certain employees and did not have a material impact on the company's finances,...
Tuesday 28 April 2026
AI chip testing complexity lifts probe card and upstream supply chain demand
As AI chips move to advanced process nodes and packaging technologies, semiconductor testing requirements are becoming significantly more complex.
Monday 20 April 2026
AI boom lifts Taiwan's chip testing firms to record 1Q26
As artificial intelligence chips increasingly migrate to advanced manufacturing nodes, the complexity — and duration — of semiconductor testing is rising sharply. That...
Thursday 16 April 2026
Taiwan says core trade objectives unchanged amid US Section 301 probe
Taiwan's affirmation that its core trade objectives remain unchanged despite a US Section 301 probe has global implications: shifts in tariffs and disputes could affect supply chains,...
Monday 13 April 2026
FormFactor and MPI vie to break SiPh test bottleneck as ficonTEC reportedly exits
As AI data centers officially enter the silicon photonics (SiPh) era, the industry faces severe challenges in testing accuracy and throughput on the path toward mass production of...
Friday 10 April 2026
MPI posts record 1Q26 revenue, invests NT$2B in Hsinchu plant expansion
Semiconductor test interface leader MPI reported a new quarterly revenue high in the first quarter of 2026, driven by strong demand for AI-related chip testing and signaling sustained...
Tuesday 31 March 2026
MPI probe card lead times stretch to 6 months on AI chip testing surge
Taiwan-based semiconductor testing interface provider MPI Corporation has reported that strong demand from the AI chip testing market has pushed probe card lead times to as long as...
Monday 30 March 2026
China launches probe into US green product trade barriers
China's Ministry of Commerce has launched an investigation into what it describes as US trade barriers affecting green products, citing domestic trade law provisions that allow authorities...
Sunday 29 March 2026
SK Hynix and Kioxia targeted in US ITC memory chip probe
On March 27, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) launched an investigation into memory chip imports by SK Hynix Inc. and KIOXIA Holdings Corporation following a patent complaint...