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Wednesday 11 November 2026
SK Hynix taps Nvidia to speed up memory chip simulations
SK Hynix is using Nvidia's AI technology and GPU acceleration to speed up memory chip simulations, with improvements in etching-process development and tests of thermal and elastic...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
BMW adds LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI to Gen6 battery supplier network
BMW has added LG Energy Solution (LGES) and Samsung SDI as suppliers of sixth-generation (Gen6) high-voltage battery cells, expanding regional sourcing in the US and Europe. The companies...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
EU-UK electric vehicle origin rules due in 2027 sharpen tariff tensions with China
Tariff friction among the EU, the UK and China over electric vehicles and local supply-chain policy is intensifying as a critical 2027 deadline approaches, reshaping competition in...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Rapidus reportedly falls behind schedule on 2nm chip production target, raising questions over Japan's chip ambitions
Japan's state-backed chipmaker Rapidus is facing mounting technological challenges that could delay its plan to begin mass-producing 2nm semiconductors by March 2028, potentially undermining...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Taiwan machinery exports rise for 21st month on AI demand, but US election adds uncertainty
Taiwan's machinery exports grew for a 21st consecutive month in October, led by electronic equipment on strong AI and semiconductor demand, according to the Taiwan Association of Machinery...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Ion Electronic Materials targets 2027 profit as specialty gases scale
Ion Electronic Materials is capitalizing on rising demand for localized supplies of electronic specialty gases driven by advanced semiconductor processes, AI, and high-performance...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan's AI server supply shows no sign of cooling despite industry uncertainty
Combined October revenue at 49 Taiwanese companies in the AI server supply chain rose 63.8% from a year earlier to a record NT$3.22 trillion (approx. US$98.23 billion), according to...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Topco Scientific makes European semiconductor show debut, targets localized foundry opportunities
Driven by the European Chips Act (ECA) and the trend toward localizing semiconductor manufacturing, demand for materials, equipment, and technical services in the European market has...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
TSMC plans investments in Anthropic, OpenAI; sets up investment firm to expand semiconductor strategy
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) approved three strategic investment plans on November 10. This includes committing up to US$500 million each to Anthropic and OpenAI...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
UK space firms eye Taiwan's chip and hardware ecosystem, global satellite production scales up
As the global satellite industry shifts toward standardization and high-volume production, demand is accelerating for satellite subsystems, communications hardware, and onboard computing...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Qisda ramps up AI investment, sees data-center slowdown as short-term
Qisda is increasing its investment in AI, with chairman Peter Chen saying a short-term slowdown in data-center construction would not derail the long-term AI trend and could ease component...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Nvidia showcases factory AI at Seoul event; Jensen Huang's daughter absent
Nvidia showcased its work with South Korean manufacturers on robot simulation, precision sanding and factory digital twins as its AI Day Seoul event opened on November 9, despite the...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Taiwan's GIS targets 800G/1.6T AI optics, with laser packaging ramp-up starting 4Q26
GIS is shifting from touch displays to semiconductor optics, with laser packaging entering small-volume production in the fourth quarter of 2026 and full capacity expected by the second...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
SK Hynix-backed Trinity Fab to test chipmaking tools in 2027
Trinity Fab, a semiconductor testing facility backed by SK Hynix and South Korean public bodies, will begin testing chipmaking equipment and materials in October 2027, The Elec...
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Anthropic breach exposes 100+ South Korean enterprise Claude accounts
Anthropic’s generative AI service Claude suffered a data breach affecting more than 100 South Korean enterprise accounts, exposing customer names, email addresses, account IDs,...