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Friday 23 January 2026

SEALSQ, Gujarat govt, and Kaynes SemiCon sign MoU to establish India's first secure post-quantum semiconductor center

SEALSQ Corp, a developer of semiconductors and post-quantum technology solutions, announced on January 21, 2026, that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Friday 23 January 2026

Compal chair predicts memory shortage, price surge to last until 2027

A global shortage of memory chips and rising prices are creating challenges in the electronics supply chain. Ray Chen, chairman of leading original design manufacturer (ODM) Compal...

Friday 23 January 2026

BOE production issues with iPhone OLED create opening for South Korean suppliers

China's major panel maker BOE continues to struggle with OLED production for Apple's iPhones, with the problem unresolved since late 2025. During this period, Samsung Display (SDC)...

Friday 23 January 2026

ASE Group's USI merges with EugenLight to expand silicon photonics module capacity in Vietnam

ASE Group's co-packaged optics (CPO) strategy is close to complete. In addition to launching advanced packaging solutions that integrate optical engines (OE) and application-specific...

Friday 23 January 2026

India's semiconductor ambitions face hurdles echoing SEA as local IC design sector strives to grow

At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, India's IT Minister outlined the country's efforts to boost its semiconductor industry, highlighting the emergence of 24 Indian IC design...

Friday 23 January 2026

Intel’s “better than guidance” quarter comes with a catch

Intel's latest financials highlight a fragile turnaround: while AI-linked data center demand and early traction in advanced manufacturing offer strategic promise, weak margins, volatile...

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

Intel slows its most ambitious node—and signals where the real battle is for now

Intel is sharpening its manufacturing strategy around yield improvement, selective capital spending, and differentiated advanced packaging, while keeping major 14A capacity investments...

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

Cloud ASIC shipments set to surge in 2026; memory capacity remains key risk

2026 is shaping up as a breakout year for cloud application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) shipments. Not only has Broadcom secured mass production projects with multiple major...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Google's TPU strategy said to give Inventec larger role in AI server manufacturing

Servers built around custom AI chips, known as application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), have emerged as a focal point of the...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Why Intel poached a Qualcomm GPU chief to bet on AI graphics

Eric Demers, a veteran GPU architect who until recently served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm and led its GPU business,...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Tripod Technology targets over NT$5B in 2026 capex for Vietnam, China expansion

PCB maker Tripod Technology said full-year 2025 revenue reached a record high, and it expects stable momentum heading into 2026 despite...

Thursday 22 January 2026

Taiwan PCB direct shipments to the US remain limited

The US has lowered the tariff rate on Taiwan to 15%, and it will not be stacked with the most-favored-nation (MFN) tariff rate. This places Taiwan on the same baseline as Japan, South...

Wednesday 21 January 2026

AI demand boosts Unimicron and Nan Ya PCB profits in December 2025

The IC substrate industry is accelerating its recovery into a new bull cycle, driven by steady growth in AI-related application demand. At the same time, price increases are gradually...

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