News tagged East Asia at DIGITIMES

NEWS TAGGED EAST ASIA

Monday 4 May 2026

DIGITIMES Chair: South Korea's 260,000 GPU plan relies heavily on Taiwanese production, highlights need for collaboration in AI era

As global demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, the collaboration between Taiwan and South Korea—the core pillars of the global semiconductor supply chain—is critical...

Monday 4 May 2026

Samsung reshuffles TV leadership amid Chinese rivalry and service pivot

Samsung Electronics has replaced the head of its Visual Display (VD) business in a rare mid-cycle reshuffle, responding to weakening demand and intensifying global competition in the...

Monday 4 May 2026

Samsung pulls ahead of SK Hynix as commodity DRAM prices surge

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are both riding a historic memory upcycle, but a profit gap of about KRW15 trillion (approx. US$10 billion)...

Monday 4 May 2026

China curbs memory speculation; DDR4 spot slides, contract prices surge

Spot memory prices surged in early 2026, triggering stockpiling and speculative buying across distribution channels, before reversing from...

Monday 4 May 2026

China's auto sector pushes standards and exports while disposable-car concept gains traction

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show signaled a significant shift in China's new energy vehicle sector as automakers accelerated adoption of ultra-fast charging, intelligent powertrains, and...

Monday 4 May 2026

China automakers adopt disposable-car subscriptions to accelerate tech turnover

China's auto industry has begun rolling out a disposable-car model combining subscription plans and modular hardware to accelerate technology refresh cycles and cut the buildup of...

Monday 4 May 2026

Research Insight: Beijing auto show signals shift from vehicle launches to AI-driven supply chains

The 2026 Beijing Auto Show has emerged as a platform where the balance of competition is shifting from sheer vehicle counts to advanced self-driving systems, AI-powered cockpits, and...

Monday 4 May 2026

AI chip demand ignites embedded substrate race among Samsung, Ibiden, Unimicron

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has moved early to commercialize embedded semiconductor substrates, but the window is rapidly closing as Japan's Ibiden and Taiwan's Unimicron prepare...

Monday 4 May 2026

China AI chip designer VeriSilicon books US$1.1bn orders, revenue doubles

China-based chip design service provider VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co. is seeing a sharp acceleration in AI-driven demand, with record orders and surging revenue in the...

Sunday 3 May 2026

Profile: MIT physicist Yichen Shen leads photonics chipmaker to Hong Kong IPO

On the morning of April 28, 2026, 37-year-old Yichen Shen stood at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, striking the IPO gong with a wooden mal...

Saturday 2 May 2026

Samsung Electro-Mechanics tops US$2 billion quarterly sales, flags ABF substrate shortage

Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) reported its first-ever quarterly revenue exceeding KRW3 trillion (approx. US$2.2 billion), driven by expanding AI infrastructure investment and rising...

Saturday 2 May 2026

Goertek boosts Vietnam camera output with US$20 million Bac Ninh expansion

China-based electronics manufacturer Goertek is deepening its manufacturing push in Vietnam, committing an additional US$20 million to...

Saturday 2 May 2026

China's memory makers post blockbuster gains as AI tightens supply and resets prices

China's memory sector is showing clear signs of recovery, with leading players including Shenzhen Longsys Electronics and Montage Technology...

Friday 1 May 2026

AI chip boom sends Korea exports to record highs, supply crunch deepens

South Korea's export surge is entering a new phase, with artificial intelligence-driven semiconductor demand powering record shipments even...

Friday 1 May 2026

China's US$1M Nvidia AI servers expose global chip squeeze

Prices for high-end AI servers in China are diverging sharply from global benchmarks, with systems built around Nvidia's B300 chips now...