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Wednesday 1 July 2026
Surging oil prices drive demand spike in Europe's used EV market
Rising oil prices as a result of the war in Iran have caused the originally sluggish used electric vehicle (EV) market in Europe to flip, with demand now outpacing supply. Three-year-old...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
TMY Technology clears Taiwan listing review, satellite and defense businesses drive turnaround

The Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) Listing Review Committee approved TMY Technology Inc.'s application to list on the Taiwan Innovation...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix southwest fab plans put Gwangju's silicon photonics ambitions in focus
Samsung Electronics' and SK Hynix's planned memory investments in South Korea's southwest have mostly been viewed as a push to balance regional development and tap into local renewable...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
Albatron GM detained in Nvidia-linked Supermicro smuggling probe as firm moves to install acting chief

Taiwan's Keelung prosecutors detained Albatron Technology general manager Kevin Lu on Tuesday on suspicion of smuggling Supermicro...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Volkswagen, Bosch reportedly reassess autonomous driving alliance as market shifts
Volkswagen Group and Bosch are reportedly reviewing their four-year autonomous driving partnership as Europe's Level 3 (L3) rollout falls short and China's supply chain gains influence...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
China's chip material makers riding the AI boom close in on Japan

Chinese semiconductor material manufacturers are accelerating investments in advanced products as Beijing pushes for greater self-sufficiency,...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI chip startup Rebellions' acquisition of SqueezeBits signals push beyond hardware

South Korean AI chip designer Rebellions said on June 30 that it is acquiring AI inference optimization company SqueezeBits, as part...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
South Korea's southwest chip hub plan faces supplier gap
South Korea's plan to build a KRW800 trillion (approx. US$51 billion) memory fab cluster in the southwestern Honam region is running into an inconvenient fact: the region has the country's...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
Taiwan outpaces world in AI adoption, but firms lack strategy, Microsoft finds

Artificial intelligence is moving from a personal productivity aid into core business operations, and Taiwan is among the global leaders...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Chinese battery makers reportedly shut out of Japan's cybersecurity certification

Chinese manufacturers of grid-connected battery storage systems have reportedly yet to obtain Japan's cybersecurity certification ahead...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Taiwan starts collecting carbon fee, with highest amount from semiconductor firms

Taiwan's carbon fee system has begun collecting payments, with the first batch covering 240 high-emitting companies across 461 factories...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Japan launches US$6.2 billion AI initiative as SoftBank consortium targets physical AI leadership

Japan is making one of its largest AI investments to date, committing up to JPY1 trillion (approx. US$6.2 billion) to support a domestic...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
AI fuels OSAT pricing power as chip packaging orders fill through 2027
Cloud AI demand is reshaping the seasonal cycle of the semiconductor industry, with capacity tightness spreading from front-end manufacturing to back-end packaging and testing. Since...
Wednesday 1 July 2026
The price behind India's investment boom

India, the world's most populous democracy, is pushing hard to expand transport and power infrastructure to support manufacturing and...

Wednesday 1 July 2026
Taiwan sends defense drone bills to committee review as supply chain ramps up
Taiwan's legislature moved defense drone proposals to committee review on July 3 after heated debate, advancing plans to fund a domestic autonomous unmanned vehicles program and prompting...