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Wednesday 9 September 2026

Kioxia rules out deeper SK Hynix ties, resists further NAND price hikes

Kioxia has ruled out deeper manufacturing ties with SK Hynix while resisting another round of aggressive NAND price increases, leaning...

Wednesday 9 September 2026

Apple yields to memory suppliers in historic strategy shift, with Kioxia tipped as NAND long-term agreement recipient

Apple, historically known for wielding unmatched leverage in component price negotiations, has reportedly been trading pricing leverage for long-term supply guarantees from memory...

Monday 7 September 2026

NEC reportedly ends quantum computer hardware development, shifts focus to annealing

Japan's NEC has halted development of gate-based quantum-computer hardware, marking a strategic retreat from a field the company helped pioneer, while continuing to invest in quantum...

Friday 4 September 2026

Fujitsu says useful quantum computers may need far fewer qubits than expected

For years the quantum industry has worked on a discouraging assumption: that a machine capable of doing anything commercially useful would need a million qubits or more. Fujitsu told...

Friday 4 September 2026

Sumitomo Chemical starts mass production of 4-inch InP wafers for AI data centers

Sumitomo Chemical has started mass production and sales of indium phosphide (InP) epitaxial wafers, a core material for optical semiconductors used in next-generation data centers...

Thursday 3 September 2026

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and NEC form alliance to advance defense tech, AI sovereignty

Japanese industrial giants Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and NEC Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership in the defense...

Thursday 3 September 2026

CXMT expands global hiring to Japan for DDR5, LPDDR technology upgrade

Chinese DRAM maker CXMT has launched its 2027 global recruitment campaign, opening roles across circuit design, R&D, mass-production...

Thursday 3 September 2026

SK Hynix weighs Kioxia production tie-up in Japan

SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won has raised the possibility of jointly producing semiconductors with Japan's Kioxia, taking SK Hynix's exploration of a Japanese manufacturing base a...

Wednesday 2 September 2026

Panasonic reportedly raises CCL and PP prices again as IC substrate costs jump 30%

Japan's Panasonic has raised PCB material prices for the second time in 2026, broadening the increases to copper-clad laminate (CCL), pre-preg (PP) and other products, including IC...

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Japan's chip materials makers reportedly deepen Taiwan ties as AI reshapes supply chains

Japanese semiconductor materials suppliers Ajinomoto and Daikin Industries are expanding their presence in Taiwan as the AI boom fuels demand for advanced chip materials and encourages...

Monday 31 August 2026

Update: SK Hynix breaks silence on Japan expansion rumors

To capture surging global demand for memory chips driven by artificial intelligence (AI), SK Hynix is actively exploring manufacturing and investment options in Japan.

Friday 28 August 2026

IntelliEPI says Japan substrate outage hit 2Q26 revenue

IntelliEPI said on August 27 that revenue in the second quarter of 2026 was pressured after a Japanese substrate supplier shut down for nearly three weeks during the Golden Week holiday,...

Thursday 27 August 2026

Japan bets on launch frequency as H3 moves from national program to commercial contender

The current aerospace landscape is increasingly marked by a push into satellite connectivity and space-based infrastructure, as SpaceX daringly edges deeper into the more intricate...

Thursday 27 August 2026

Kioxia weighs third Kitakami fab as NAND demand rises

Kioxia Holdings is weighing construction of a new manufacturing building at its Kitakami plant in northern Japan, as rising NAND demand pushes the memory maker toward its next phase...

Monday 24 August 2026

UAE weighs investment in 500 MW AI data center plan in Japan

The United Arab Emirates is considering backing a proposed 500 MW AI data center in Akita prefecture, Japan, after local officials met with the UAE ambassador on Aug. 19. The project,...

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