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Tuesday 28 July 2026

Samsung eyes Chinese DRAM sourcing to cut costs, expand budget-phone share in China

Samsung Electronics is evaluating the use of lower-cost Chinese DRAM in some smartphones as it seeks to offset rising component costs and regain momentum in China's highly competitive...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

SK Hynix's HBM paradox: DDR5 surge builds leverage for HBM4 price hikes

AI spending is broadening the memory upcycle beyond high-bandwidth memory, lifting prices for conventional DRAM, NAND flash and enterprise...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

LG wins Nvidia certification for 600kW CDU and lands North America data center project

LG Electronics said on July 27 that its 600kW coolant distribution unit has received Nvidia certification after passing more than 100 standardized AI factory technology validations...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Commentary: Balancing national defense needs with industrial development — Taiwan's electronics giants are not the only answer

The Russia-Ukraine war has fundamentally reshaped the nature of modern asymmetric warfare. Unmanned systems have evolved from auxiliary equipment into core combat assets capable of...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Anthropic seeks SK Hynix supply for AI chips, SK chair says

Anthropic has asked SK Hynix to help supply chips for its own in-house AI chip production, SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won said. He...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Robot boom heats up as Taiwan chipmakers race to catch up

Cloud AI chip giants are stepping up investment in robot applications, putting robots back at the center of industry debate. For Taiwanese chipmakers, the broad range of robot use...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Nvidia remaps Asia's AI supply chain, raising fresh questions over Taiwan's edge

Generative AI is reshaping the semiconductor and electronics industries while redefining how global supply chains divide roles across design, manufacturing, infrastructure, and app...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix race to secure chipmaking tools before equipment lead times hit one year

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are considering placing semiconductor equipment orders earlier as a global wave of fab investment stretches delivery times for key chipmaking tools...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

From models to chips: Anthropic chip ambitions pull Korea deeper into the AI silicon race

The push toward deeper sovereign control over the critical hardware stack underpinning AI models is gaining traction following news of Anthropic's outreach to SK hynix for supplies...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

EYEQ Lab completes 200mm SiC line validation with yield above 90%

South Korean power semiconductor maker EYEQ Lab has completed mass-production validation of its dedicated 8-inch, or 200mm, silicon carbide...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Smart glasses with color displays could enter mass production by 2028

Taiwan's smart glasses supply chain urgently needs to break down technical silos and move first, according to industry executives speaking at a forum on July 24 on the outlook for...

Tuesday 28 July 2026

Taiwan urged to move beyond hardware role in AI glasses race

As global tech giants push into AR, VR, and spatial computing, Taiwan's chip and hardware strength could help it shape the next wave of AI glasses for users worldwide. But that opportunity...

Monday 27 July 2026

South Korea, AMD team up to integrate homegrown NPUs with CPUs and GPUs

South Korea and AMD have agreed to build and demonstrate heterogeneous AI computing infrastructure integrating AMD CPUs and GPUs with homegrown neural processing units, as Seoul seeks...

Monday 27 July 2026

Samsung converts AMD and OpenAI ties into HBM4 supply wins

Samsung Electronics is showing renewed momentum in the AI memory race as it deepens ties with both OpenAI and AMD, two partnerships...

Monday 27 July 2026

H2U lists on Taiwan Innovation Board to tap digital health opportunities

Taiwan's largest digital health technology platform H2U debuted on the Taiwan Stock Exchange's Taiwan Innovation Board on July 24 at an offering price of NT$49.13 (approx. US$1.52)...

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