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Thursday 5 November 2026
Cirrus Logic rides iPhone content wave, but backend squeeze, PC slump cloud the path ahead
Cirrus Logic reported revenue of US$559.5 million for its fiscal second quarter ended September 26, up 22% sequentially and roughly flat year-on-year. Non-GAAP earnings per share came...
Thursday 5 November 2026
China's Big Fund III pivots to 12-inch chip fabs, equipment acquisitions to close semiconductor supply chain gaps
China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Phase III (Big Fund III) is shifting its focus from targeted semiconductor investments to large-scale manufacturing and...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Price hikes, market saturation curb global telecom, consumer electronics export growth
Rising global oil prices have driven up food costs, squeezing consumer discretionary budgets for products with higher price elasticity, such as smartphones and consumer electronics...
Thursday 5 November 2026
SDC auto OLED shortage leads Li Auto to ship new Mega with LCDs
Samsung Display (SDC) is facing a shortage of automotive OLED panels supplied to Chinese EV maker Li Auto, prompting Li Auto to temporarily ship some new Mega vehicles with LCD panels...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Apple opens AI beta in China with Qwen-integrated Siri
Apple has opened testing of its China-specific Apple Intelligence service with the iOS 27.3 developer beta released on November 4, integrating Alibaba's Qwen model into Siri. The full...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Flexium eyes 2027 breakthrough as PTFE enters mass production in 2028
Flexium Interconnect chairman Walter Cheng said the company has emerged from the toughest operating downturn of the past two years and expects AI orders for smart glasses and infrastructure...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Commentary: AOI locks in China's InP substrates for AI optics, but export controls threaten supply
AI data centers are accelerating demand for high-speed optical communications, extending competition in the optical transceiver market beyond chips and module manufacturing to critical...
Thursday 5 November 2026
ELAN, Thunder Tiger, Gallopwave team up on 11 chips for all-domestic AI drones
Taiwan-based IC design house ELAN Microelectronics has announced that a joint proposal submitted with Thunder Tiger and Gallopwave—titled the "Domestic AI Smart Dual-Use Drone...
Thursday 5 November 2026
CXMT prepayments surge 16x with DRAM shortage lifting market share
Global memory supply constraints are creating opportunities for Chinese DRAM maker CXMT to expand its market share. As major international manufacturers prioritise high-bandwidth memory...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Asia Optical posts record Q3 profit, ramps CPO and AI optics push
Asia Optical Group reported record third-quarter profit for 2026 on November 4, as revenue reached approximately NT$7.846 billion (US$239.4 million), while gross profit, operating...
Thursday 5 November 2026
GlobalFoundries revenue rises 13% as data center demand offsets mobile decline
GlobalFoundries' third quarter showed the contract chipmaker's revenue base shifting from smartphones to AI-related networking, and that shift is now boosting profitability. Revenue...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Arm's quarterly revenue rises 27% as licensing outpaces smartphone-weighed royalties
Arm's September quarter showed demand for its technology moving toward data centers while its smartphone royalty base slowed. Revenue rose 27% from a year earlier to a record US$1.44...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Empyrean's EDA acquisitions could give Korean chip designers cheaper tools—and stronger Chinese rivals
China's efforts to build a complete domestic chip-design software stack are gathering pace through acquisitions and strategic investments. Empyrean Technology's latest transactions...
Thursday 5 November 2026
Subsidies pave the way as cheap cells squeeze Taiwan's energy storage players into a profit battle
With Taiwan's electricity prices poised to rise, large power users set to bear the brunt, and the government planning to broaden the definition of large power users, pairing electricity...
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Weblink International posts record 3Q26 profit on AI demand
Weblink International Inc. reported record profit for both the third quarter of 2026 and the first three quarters, driven by growing enterprise AI adoption and sales of new products...