CONNECT WITH US
NEWS TAGGED PRICE
Thursday 6 August 2026
Elite Semiconductor rides niche DRAM price hikes

Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) has benefited from a severe supply shortage in the niche memory market. July...

Thursday 6 August 2026
Second-tier foundries' repair rally lifts margins back to 30%
The global mature-process foundry market is set for another recovery in 2026, as AI demand spreads into mature nodes, specialty-process content rises, and product mix improves. The...
Thursday 6 August 2026
Parade sees steadier outlook despite margin pressure from memory costs

Parade said its second-quarter 2026 results were squeezed by a sudden increase in back-end testing and packaging costs, but the high-speed...

Thursday 6 August 2026
US polysilicon tariff exposes chip security's solar dependence

The Trump administration is preparing to impose a 15% tariff and minimum import prices on polysilicon and selected derivative products,...

Thursday 6 August 2026
Apple's CXMT play reportedly backfires on DUV limits, giving Samsung and SK Hynix more DRAM leverage

Apple's attempt to use China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) as leverage against Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix has backfired...

Thursday 6 August 2026
China automakers struggle as margins plunge and battery supply chains skew
China's automakers are still betting on a strategy of in-house batteries to complement their complete vehicle lineups, but the push remains hard to execute as profit margins slide...
Thursday 6 August 2026
DRAM price surge lifts Samsung and Micron as SK Hynix loses share
Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology are benefiting more strongly from rising conventional DRAM and NAND prices than SK Hynix, whose focus on high-bandwidth memory (HBM) has slowed...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Macroblock returns to profit as display demand and new products support outlook
Macroblock's return to profitability in the second quarter points to a steadier recovery in the LED display supply chain, with implications for customers and competitors across Asia,...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Smartphone makers brace for lower volumes, higher prices, and deeper market split
Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek delivered similar warnings last week: the global smartphone market is entering a more expensive, more polarized phase. For users, this means fewer affordable...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Apple's India breakthrough highlights a market betting on premium over volume
Apple's India business crossing US$10 billion in annual sales for the first time is less a story about smartphone growth than about where growth is still possible in a market that,...
Wednesday 5 August 2026
Nanya Technology July revenue hits record as DDR4 contract prices surge

Nanya Technology Corporation reported July 2026 revenue of NT$43.868 billion(US$1.353 billion), up 49.27% from June and marking a new...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Nvidia RTX 50 graphics card prices climb as TSMC and memory costs rise
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card prices in South Korea were set to rise by as much as 30% starting in August 2026 as higher wafer costs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Tuesday 4 August 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics reportedly fast-tracks Philippine MLCC plant in wake of AI-driven price hikes

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEMCO) is reportedly pulling forward the start-up of its first overseas multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC)...

Tuesday 4 August 2026
Key material shortages prompt suppliers to prioritize three customer groups
Taiwanese research institute Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) released Taiwan's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) for July 2026 on August 3. The seasonally...
Monday 3 August 2026
Apple's supply squeeze raises costs, reshapes sourcing and could widen iPhone 18 price gap
Apple's latest earnings showed robust demand, but a weaker outlook for the coming quarter pointed to a supply-driven squeeze with implications for prices, suppliers, and device launches...