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Wednesday 29 October 2025
SK Hynix unveils new NAND line featuring HBF for AI
SK Hynix has launched a new NAND flash product family called "AIN Family," targeting the artificial intelligence (AI) market with a focus on overcoming storage bottlenecks in AI inference...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Unified packaging standards seen as key to meeting AI and automotive demands
Taiwan's printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers and outsourcing semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers are positioned for significant growth driven by artificial intelligence...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
A-SSCC to take place in South Korea, with 6 papers from Taiwan accepted
The IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), a major annual event in the semiconductor field, recently announced its paper selection results, with six papers from Taiwan...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Chinese panel makers' low prices win over shipments but lose out on revenue
Although Chinese panel manufacturers have recently gained market share, their profitability has been weak due to the high proportion of low-priced products. In contrast, South Korean...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Hanmi eyes AI chip packaging amid HBM market challenges
Hanmi is expanding beyond its leading position in high-bandwidth memory (HBM) bonding equipment to enter the system semiconductor equipment sector, driven by growing demand and technological...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Europe's aerospace giants unite to challenge SpaceX's Starlink
Determined not to let SpaceX's Starlink dominate the fast-growing market for low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communications, Airbus, Thales, and Leonardo — three of Europe's...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Taiwan drone maker CBT expands capacity with military UAV delivery to defense institute
Taiwan's unmanned drone developer Carbon-Based Technology (CBT) has announced an expanded investment in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sector to accelerate production capacity...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
High smartphone panel utilization drives mixed price trends
As holiday seasons approach, including China's Singles' Day and Black Friday in Europe and the US, the smartphone panel market has maintained high utilization rates in the fourth...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
LCD supply chain shift to Vietnam, but still lags behind China
Although the LCD industry supply chain has begun moving from China to Vietnam in the past two years, front-end panel processes remain mainly in China or Taiwan. Sarah Lin, president...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Samsung to limit tri-fold smartphone launch to Asia, excludes US market
Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing a limited release of its upcoming tri-fold smartphone in select markets, which include South Korea, China, and Taiwan. The US is expected...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
International firms join Taiwan supply chain to launch AI accelerator platform
To accelerate AI adoption across industries, the IPO Forum is partnering with multinational companies and local supply chains to launch a "Trusted AI Accelerator" platform in Taiwan...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Drone startup Earthbook aims for true unmanned operations
Earthbook, the first drone company to join Shinkong InnovHub, is advancing Taiwan's drone applications in disaster relief, cargo transport, and communications. Earthbook CEO Ian Hsu...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
SK Hynix's AI hot streak: record earnings, HBM4 next
SK Hynix achieved its strongest quarterly results on record in the third quarter of 2025, driven by surging demand for AI-related memory and higher DRAM and NAND prices. The company...
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Column: How China's rare earth chokehold is reshaping the global tech landscape
In the first half of 2025, China tightened rare earth export rules, affecting semiconductors and AI, straining global supply chains, and pushing Taiwan to diversify sourcing.
Wednesday 29 October 2025
Samsung reorganizes memory line by accelerating HBM4 production at P4 plant
Samsung Electronics is transforming its Pyeongtaek Campus Line 4 (P4) in South Korea into a manufacturing base focusing on HBM4 production. Analysts indicate that Samsung is increasing...