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Thursday 23 July 2026
Apple's first foldable iPhone faces production hurdles

Apple's long-rumored foldable iPhone is drawing fresh attention as supply-chain updates point to a possible debut at the company's...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Kyushu chip output jumps 60% amid TSMC expansion, but local suppliers see limited gains

Kyushu's semiconductor production, investment and hiring have risen sharply since TSMC announced its Kumamoto expansion, but local companies...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Apple reportedly ramps up iPhone 18 production as Foxconn hiring surges and AI takes center stage

Apple has entered mass production of its upcoming iPhone 18 lineup, with manufacturing partners ramping output earlier than usual as...

Thursday 23 July 2026
SpaceX's in-house PCB ambitions unlikely to dent Taiwan suppliers, industry says

With SpaceX's first public earnings report approaching, investors are looking for fresh insight into the company's operations and future...

Thursday 23 July 2026
GlobalWafers Italy 8-inch plant fire disrupts output, 12-inch line stays online
GlobalWafers said its Novara plant in Italy caught fire on July 21, forcing a shutdown of the site's 8-inch production line. The silicon wafer maker said all personnel evacuated safely...
Thursday 23 July 2026
SK Hynix speeds P&T7 cleanroom rollout, keeps overall budget at KRW19 trillion
SK Hynix's board approved approximately KRW 7.09 trillion (approx. US$4.83 billion) in facility investment on July 22 to accelerate construction of its P&T7 advanced packaging...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Commentary: Intel must show real AI orders to prove its turnaround
Agentic AI is rapidly gaining traction worldwide, while cloud giants and Anthropic are accelerating spending on AI infrastructure. That surge is pulling CPU demand back to the center...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Wistron chairman says US manufacturing is unavoidable
Wistron has opened its D1 AI smart factory in Fort Worth, Texas, beginning volume production of Nvidia GB300 compute boards in the US for the first time. The move underscores the push...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Johnson Fine eyes 2026-2027 IPO on AI CCL supply chain push

Specialty chemicals maker Johnson Fine Chemical has won approval from the Taiwan Stock Exchange for its listing plan and is now targeting...

Thursday 23 July 2026
Laser source outsourcing pushes back CPO rollout
While the commercialization timeline for co-packaged optics (CPO) has not accelerated as expected from the AI data center-driven demand for high-speed transmission, industry players...
Thursday 23 July 2026
AIDC extends Moog contract through 2031 for Taiwan military support
Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) has extended its contract with US aerospace systems maker Moog through 2031, widening cooperation on production and supply-chain integration...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Explainer: Why Wistron opened a factory in Texas — why it's the first node in America's reindustrialization

When Wistron opened its 324,000-square-foot plant in Fort Worth, Texas on July 21, it was easy to read the moment as a single company's...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Sumitomo Chemical eyes 2028 production of lower-cost solid-state battery electrolyte

Sumitomo Chemical plans to begin mass production of a halide-based solid electrolyte in Japan as early as fiscal 2028, positioning the...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
CPO commercialization opens new SiPh packaging race for Taiwan OSATs

Exploding demand for AI server computing power is pushing data-center architectures to upgrade at a faster pace, and the traditional...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
HKC invests US$590M in advanced chip packaging to escape the LCD cycle

HKC, the world's third-largest LCD panel supplier, plans to invest CNY4 billion (approx. US$590 million) in a 12-inch chip packaging and...