Global supply chain: CE, IPC, automotive

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Friday 23 January 2026

Lip-Bu Tan faces Intel's first real bottleneck of the AI era

Intel outlined an increasingly AI-centric roadmap across client PCs, data centers, and manufacturing. Still, executives cautioned that tight supply and early-stage foundry ramps continue...

Friday 23 January 2026

Solum Advanced Materials develops ultrathin stainless steel foil for all-solid-state batteries

South Korean materials company Solum Advanced Materials has created a 10-micron ultrathin stainless steel foil using its proprietary Equi-Speed Asymmetric Rolling (ESAR) technology...

Thursday 22 January 2026

China rolls out trade-in subsidies again to support ICT device sales

Despite forecasts of a decline in sales of ICT products, including smartphones and notebooks, by 2026 due to memory supply shortages, China is introducing new purchase subsidies to...

Thursday 22 January 2026

AI PC battle heats up as Nvidia and MediaTek join forces

Despite uncertain macroeconomic trends and rising memory prices with constrained supply, PC brands, suppliers, and research firms remain pessimistic about 2026 PC demand. However,...

Thursday 22 January 2026

How Sony-TCL tie-up could chip away at Samsung's OLED advantage

Sony's decision to form a TV joint venture with TCL is being read in South Korea less as a routine corporate reshuffle than as a structural...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Why Sony finally let go of TVs

Sony Group has decided to spin off its TV business and place it into a joint venture controlled by TCL, marking the company's formal retreat...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Commentary: In Bravia's handover, can TCL keep Sony's premium promise?

Sony Corporation and TCL Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture that will take over Sony's home entertainment...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Humanoid robot installations rise sharply in 2025, Chinese firms lead market ahead of Tesla

The humanoid robot industry experienced notable commercial growth in 2025, with an annual increase of 16,000 new units installed worldwide, according to reports from multiple research...

Thursday 22 January 2026

GlobalWafers chair sees Taiwan's semiconductor edge, says AI is irreversible

On January 21, 2026, GlobalWafers chairwoman Doris Hsu spoke to the media about the recent US-Taiwan tariff agreement, which lowers Taiwan's reciprocal tariffs to 15% without stacking...

Thursday 22 January 2026

EMS watch: Chinese EMS champions reshape their playbooks around AI hardware, autos, and global delivery

A cluster of China's leading electronics manufacturers and component suppliers is entering the new year with a clearer division of labor across the AI device wave, automotive electrification,...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Taiwan advances second-phase quantum strategy, betting on hybrid computing and global partnerships

Taiwan's government is moving its quantum technology development program into a second phase, centered on building a national-level heterogeneous hybrid computing platform that integrates...

Thursday 22 January 2026

EMS watch: Taiwanese EMS/ODMs dominate global rankings as 2025 revenue set to surge, DIGITIMES estimates

Taiwanese electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) companies continue to dominate the global industry, with combined revenues of the world's...

Thursday 22 January 2026

TYC expands presence in automotive supply chain with US manufacturing push

TYC Brother Industrial, with 40 years of global experience in the automotive supply chain, is expanding its manufacturing operations to the US, signaling a strategic shift amid evolving...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Commentary: post-CES global expansion strategies for Chinese brands like TCL and Lenovo

CES 2026 made it clear that Chinese brands are entering the global consumer electronics industry through concrete operating results. Its leaders are no longer stopping at exposure...

Thursday 22 January 2026

EMS watch: The year AI servers broke the EMS rankings

The global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and original design manufacturing (ODM) sector posted significant revenue growth in 2025, fueled primarily by expanding generative...

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