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Friday 7 August 2026
SK Hynix's Solidigm weighs up to US $7.2B pre-IPO funding round

Solidigm, SK Hynix's US NAND and enterprise storage unit, is weighing a pre-IPO funding round of KRW5 trillion to KRW10 trillion (US$3.6...

Friday 7 August 2026
Iron Force Industrial posts weaker first half as it pushes AI server cooling parts
Iron Force Industrial reported first-half 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$2.441 billion, down 2.98% from a year earlier, as rising pressure on its automotive business weighed on results...
Friday 7 August 2026
Chinese AI firms shift toward monetization as LLM providers reportedly signal price increases
Chinese large language model (LLM) developers are beginning to move away from aggressive price competition, with leading players reportedly introducing higher prices and new commercial...
Friday 7 August 2026
US optical transceiver ban risks slowing AI data center build-out
A proposed US ban on new Chinese optical transceivers could disrupt the build-out of AI data centers before Western suppliers have enough capacity to replace Chinese production, raising...
Friday 7 August 2026
Exclusive: STATS ChipPAC readies broad packaging price hikes on AI-driven OSAT squeeze

AI chip demand is sustaining a global rise in semiconductor packaging and testing prices, with STATS ChipPAC preparing a broad round...

Friday 7 August 2026
Panel makers turn old fabs into AI-advanced packaging hubs

AI-driven demand for advanced packaging is giving old-generation panel fabs and equipment new value. As Taiwan's panel makers accelerate...

Friday 7 August 2026
China's MLCC supply chain ramps up as AI boom drives global component shortage

China's multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) supply chain is accelerating capacity expansion as surging demand from AI servers and automotive...

Friday 7 August 2026
Chinese equipment maker breaks into LG Display's OLED supply chain

A Chinese equipment maker has sold OLED production tools directly to LG Display for the first time, a small order that gives a Chinese...

Friday 7 August 2026
Wistron rumored to win Oracle AI server order as new customers expand
Wistron has secured new AI server customers, including enterprise accounts Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Lenovo Group, as well as a reported cloud services provider (CSP) order...
Friday 7 August 2026
Transcend July 2026 revenue tops NT$5 billion as AI boosts high-end memory demand
Memory module maker Transcend Information reported July 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$5.2 billion (approx. US$161.44 million), surging 308% from a year earlier and 3% from the previous...
Friday 7 August 2026
China's surging export numbers shows automakers pivoting from price wars to value wars

China's auto exports climbed sharply in the first half of 2026 as the sector shifted from price-based competition to a focus on product...

Friday 7 August 2026
AMD to buy Taalas in push for faster AI inference chips

AMD said on August 6 that it has agreed to buy Taalas, a Toronto-based startup focused on specialized AI inference silicon, in a move...

Friday 7 August 2026
Analysis: Five years of US polysilicon imports show why Washington set the price floor at $21
US imports of high-purity polysilicon jumped to US$190 million in 2025. Still, the bigger story is in the volume: 6,791 tonnes, more than five times the 1,286 tonnes imported in 2024,...
Friday 7 August 2026
Analysis: Trump’s polysilicon tariffs split solar industry into winners and losers
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 6 imposing minimum import prices and a 15% tariff on polysilicon and its derivatives, a move that hands a durable pricing...
Friday 7 August 2026
Nvidia seeks China AI-RAN partners to bring GPU computing into 6G networks

Nvidia is seeking Chinese telecom equipment partners to develop 6G AI radio access network base stations for overseas markets, according...