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Monday 29 June 2026
CATL turns sodium-ion batteries into lithium hedge for EVs and grid storage
CATL is turning sodium-ion batteries from a lithium alternative into a commercial product line, with planned deployment in 10,000 to 20,000 electric vehicles this year and a new sodium...
Monday 29 June 2026
FIT consolidates EV charging brands, builds Saudi plant to localize supply
Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) unveiled its global automotive platform brand One Mobility at The smarter E Europe 2026, the continent’s largest energy industry trade alliance,...
Monday 29 June 2026
LG expands data-center liquid cooling push, eyes Taiwan server partnerships amid AI infrastructure boom
As AI infrastructure pushes server power consumption to unprecedented levels, liquid cooling is rapidly moving from an alternative technology to a data-center necessity. Amid fragmented...
Monday 29 June 2026
Samsung slows next-gen memory push as price surge rewards existing lines

Samsung Electronics is slowing its investment schedule for 1d DRAM, the seventh-generation 10nm-class DRAM node, as a sharp surge in...

Monday 29 June 2026
Qualcomm stirs AI data center competition with CPUs, ASICs, and accelerators
Qualcomm officially unveiled its Dragonfly data center platform at this week's annual investor day, laying out a four-pronged push into cloud AI that spans SerDes, PAM4 DSP, and other...
Monday 29 June 2026
Infineon counters Innoscience claim after China GaN patent setback
Infineon and Innoscience are locked in a global legal battle over alleged infringement involving gallium nitride (GaN) technology, with courts across multiple jurisdictions becoming...
Monday 29 June 2026
Commentary: Jack Ma's rice-field message and Alibaba's new AI confidence
Jack Ma recently made a rare public appearance with senior executives from Alibaba and Ant Group at a rice-planting event outside Hangzhou. Although Alibaba chairman Joseph Tsai was...
Monday 29 June 2026
Jih Lin rides AI power demand to clip packaging
Jih Lin is seeing stronger business momentum as higher power consumption per AI server rack drives data-center power management toward 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) architectures,...
Sunday 28 June 2026
LG Chem weighs CCL expansion as AI chip demand strains supply

LG Chem is discussing whether to expand production of copper-clad laminate, or CCL, a core material used in semiconductor packaging, as...

Sunday 28 June 2026
2nm advanced process waste surges 13x, Techzone targets semiconductor ESG waste treatment market
As advanced semiconductor processes rapidly transition from 28nm to 3nm and 2nm nodes, more frequent chemical cleaning procedures are driving an increase in demand for liquid chemical...
Sunday 28 June 2026
Smartwatch sales return to growth as AI and health features lift demand
Smartwatch sales slowed in 2024, but global demand has returned to growth in 2025, and first-quarter 2026 sales are still rising year on year. For consumers worldwide, the shift suggests...
Saturday 27 June 2026
JCET's US$1.1bn expansion shows where China's AI chip crunch is moving

China's AI chip race is pushing the semiconductor bottleneck into advanced packaging and testing, where HPC, HBM, Chiplets and domestic...

Saturday 27 June 2026
Apple's reported 1.4nm roadmap signals prolonged race for advanced-node capacity
Apple is reportedly considering adopting 1.4nm process technology for its flagship smartphone SoCs as early as 2028, implying that flagship chips built on the 2nm generation could...
Saturday 27 June 2026
Hanmi targets advanced packaging market with FC Bonder 3.5

Hanmi Semiconductor has launched FC Bonder 3.5, a new flip-chip bonding tool for AI system semiconductor packaging, as the South Korean...

Saturday 27 June 2026
Taiwan motorcycle maker SYM's profit falls in 2025 despite record market share
SYM said its 2025 results held up despite global tariff shifts and supply-chain disruption, highlighting resilient motorcycle sales in Taiwan and overseas. For global readers, the...