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Tuesday 21 April 2026
MacBook Neo demand surge highlights chip shortage pressure
Apple's MacBook Neo has recorded stronger-than-expected sales since its global launch in March 2026, quickly emerging as one of the company's most popular entry-level products.
Tuesday 21 April 2026
IX Renewables urges Taiwan collaboration to advance floating wind power
Taiwan plans to launch a floating wind turbine demonstration project in 2026, a move with implications for global energy markets as soaring oil prices and geopolitical risk increase...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
ASML's memory revenue tops logic in 1Q26, AI-fueled HBM demand surges
ASML revealed during its first quarter 2026 earnings call that revenue from memory systems has, for the first time, exceeded that of logic chips. Against a backdrop of sustained AI...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
BOE loses momentum as Samsung Display supplies nearly 60% of iPhone panels
According to The Korea Economic Daily, market research firm Omdia statistics show that in the 2025 iPhone display market, Samsung Display (SDC) ranked first with a 56.8% supply...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Global OLED shipments to hold steady in 2026 as memory cost inflation reshapes smartphone demand
Counterpoint Research expects overall OLED panel shipments to be flat year-over-year in 2026, a shift that tightens smartphone supply, boosts demand for premium and IT applications,...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung scales MRAM to 8nm, setting 5nm showdown with TSMC in 2027
Samsung is accelerating its push into magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), positioning the technology as a strategic pillar alongside DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
1.6T optical transceivers enter volume shipments, set three-year growth cycle
The buildout of AI data centers is pushing optical interconnects into a new upgrade cycle, with 1.6T optical transceivers set to enter large-scale shipments in 2026, marking a turning...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
China amping up DRAM integration: GigaDevice expands into DRAM through CXMT tie-up
GigaDevice is moving into DRAM through a KRW1 trillion (US$680 million) related-party deal, combining CXMT's manufacturing capacity with its own sales network in a move that could...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Middle East conflict drives Shin-Etsu Silicone price hike; Topco to follow suit
Global energy and petrochemical supply chains are facing disruption from the Middle East conflict, driving up costs from crude oil to downstream industrial materials. These shifts...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Exclusive: US battery push faces EV headwinds, but energy storage boom offers relief
Despite a slowdown in demand for electric vehicles (EV) that has complicated efforts to localize lithium battery production in the US — and even cast doubt on the viability of...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Middle East transshipment and supply chain shifts double SE Asia freight rates
Given the US-China trade war, many Taiwanese businesses and Chinese manufacturers relocated production lines to Southeast Asia, boosting shipment demand from the region. Now, escalating...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
APAC advances CPO positioning: ELSFP beings small-volume shipments, in-house COC line set for 3Q26 completion
Optical communications company APAC Opto Electronics reported that its inventory digestion phase is nearing completion, with market demand showing a clear rebound. Looking ahead to...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Mercedes-Benz taps Samsung SDI for first-ever EV battery partnership

Samsung SDI has signed a multi-year agreement to supply electric vehicle (EV) batteries to Mercedes-Benz, marking its first confirmed entry...

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Samsung's HBM4 yield improves, 4nm PMBIST upgrade receives praise from Nvidia
Samsung Electronics is accelerating its catch-up in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market against leader SK Hynix by advancing its sixth-generation HBM4. A key factor is Samsung's...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Foxconn Industrial Internet to mass-produce CPO all-optical switches in 3Q26 with over 10,000 units target
Brand Cheng, chairman of Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), a cloud networking business under Foxconn, recently announced ongoing advancements in technologies, including co-packaged...