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Friday 16 January 2026
Taiwan's semiconductor test solution sector set for rapid growth amid AI chip demand surge
Taiwan's semiconductor test solution providers are poised for strong growth in 2025, driven by rising demand for AI, HPC, and ASICs. With wafer foundries and OSAT providers expanding...
Friday 16 January 2026
Vietnam to set up national semiconductor chip prototyping center
Vietnam's Ministry of Science and Technology has decided to establish a national center for semiconductor chip prototyping, a move aimed at developing high-quality human resources...
Friday 16 January 2026
OpenAI's acquisition of Torch signals intensifying AI competition in healthcare sector
OpenAI has acquired medical technology startup Torch to enhance its AI capabilities in healthcare, following the recent launch of its ChatGPT Health platform. Torch's founders, including...
Thursday 15 January 2026
Taiwan accelerates drive to build silicon photonics ecosystem

Taiwan's government is stepping up cross-ministerial support to build a domestic silicon photonics ecosystem, with a focus on strengthening...

Thursday 15 January 2026
China takes cautious stance on US H200 chip export, prioritizes local chipmakers
The US government confirmed this week the conditions for exporting the H200 AI chip to China, reportedly including third-party lab testing before shipment to ensure compliance with...
Thursday 15 January 2026
Rising memory prices lift Taiwan supply chain earnings

The global memory industry entered a clear upturn in the second half of 2025 as both spot and contract prices rose sharply, lifting earnings...

Wednesday 14 January 2026
Advanced packaging crunch lifts ASE, KYEC to new highs
TSMC will hold its earnings call on January 15, 2026. Supply chain sources expect AI chip demand to remain strong in 2026, while TSMC's advanced packaging and testing capacity continues...
Wednesday 14 January 2026
HTSI gets boost from probe cards and engineering services

Hermes Testing Solutions Inc. (HTSI), a provider of semiconductor wafer testing solutions, said demand for flexible and highly customized...

Wednesday 14 January 2026
US clarifies AI chip rules, opens conditional export pathway for Nvidia H200 and peers
The US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has shifted its license review policy for exports of certain advanced computing chips to China and Macau from a "presumption...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Taiwan OSAT sector posts broad 2025 revenue gains as AI testing offsets weak consumer recovery
Taiwan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) industry closed December 2025 with a pattern that investors have increasingly come to expect: revenue growth was widespread...
Tuesday 13 January 2026
Taiwan pushes silicon photonics frontier R&D to defend semiconductor edge in AI era
Taiwan dominates advanced semiconductor manufacturing, but mounting competition in emerging technologies is exposing structural gaps. To secure its position in the AI and data-center...
Saturday 10 January 2026
Sporton passes first Wi-Fi 8 test and receives FCC approval
Sporton International announced that it has completed the world's first Wi-Fi 8-core chip testing project to obtain certification from the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
Friday 9 January 2026
MSScorps hits record 4Q25, 2025 revenue on AI and chip demand
Materials test and analysis provider MSScorps continued its record-breaking revenue performance in December 2025, buoyed by active investments by customers in advanced processes and...
Friday 9 January 2026
MA-tek reports higher December and full-year revenue driven by AI chip and advanced process demand
Taiwan-based semiconductor testing firm MA-tek announced December 2025 revenue of NT$501 million (approx. US$15.91 million), marking a 2.7% increase from November and a 10.65% rise...
Friday 9 January 2026
China tests US-Japan-South Korea alliance with export controls
China is testing the extent of support US President Donald Trump would extend to Japan by imposing export controls on the country, just months after Trump boasted that he had solved...