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Industrial computer (IPC) maker DFI held an earnings call on March 23, reporting its full-year and fourth-quarter 2025 financial results while outlining market risks and response strategies for 2026. Despite continued revenue growth, profitability came under pressure from multiple factors, and tight CPU and memory supply remains a potential near-term operational uncertainty....

As March nears its end, the smartphone panel market has yet to see a post-Lunar New Year replenishment cycle. With upstream costs rising and end demand softening, overall market conditions continue to deteriorate....

As the US-Iran military conflict enters its fourth week, global energy supply and electricity dispatch have drawn heightened attention. Taiwan's state-owned power provider, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower), said it is closely monitoring international developments and has formulated a comprehensive response plan — one that includes strengthening generator maintenance, flexibly managing hydropower resources, and promoting demand-side management to ensure a stable domestic power supply....

During the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF), Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made an impassioned case for digital sovereignty. "Build your own AI, take advantage of your fundamental natural resource, which is your language and culture," he urged. "Develop your AI, continue to refine it, and have your national intelligence part of your ecosystem."...

Eternal Materials expects operations in 2026 to outperform 2025, driven primarily by growth in precision equipment and scaling shipments of semiconductor advanced packaging materials. The company has increased raw material procurement to mitigate supply risks amid rising oil prices tied to Middle East tensions....

Sharp Corporation, a subsidiary of Foxconn, has named its Chief Business Development Officer, Tetsuji Kawamura, as its next president and CEO, placing an executive with deep overseas and new-business experience at the helm as the Japanese electronics maker pivots from restructuring toward growth....

Samsung Electronics is reportedly advancing development of its next-generation tri-fold smartphone following the Galaxy Z TriFold, which ceased production just three months after launch. The company is also working on a new slider phone with an extendable screen, aiming to expand its presence in innovative smartphone form factors....

Apple officially confirmed on Monday that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will return from June 8 to June 12, 2026. While the core experience remains online and free for its 34-million-strong developer community, the company is doubling down on a hybrid strategy, hosting a marquee in-person event at Apple Park on opening day....

Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) enter the accelerated deployment era; integration of AI models by automotive processor players becomes an inevitable direction....

Techman Robot plans to release a dual-arm robot and deploy an upgraded humanoid model at customer sites in the second half of 2026, moves the company says will broaden its addressable market and deepen ties to semiconductor customers....

China's leading consumer drone maker, DJI, has formally filed suit against rival Insta360, alleging disputes over ownership of six patents. The case, which also implicates several former core DJI research engineers, has been accepted by the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court....

The Government of India, through the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), has released the National Generation Adequacy Plan (2026-27 to 2035-36), detailing a comprehensive roadmap to ensure a reliable and sustainable power supply for the next decade. The plan addresses the projected peak electricity demand of 459 GW and an annual energy requirement of 3,365 billion units (BU) by 2035-36....

On August 15, 2023, a routine press release landed in the inboxes of semiconductor analysts and tech journalists worldwide. Titled "Groq Selects Samsung Foundry to Bring Next-gen LPU to the AI Acceleration Market," it presented a classic David-versus-Goliath narrative....

As mature process foundry prices rise, Panjit COO Edgar Chen said the company will not implement across-the-board price hikes despite increasing copper raw material costs. Instead, the focus is on improving gross margins and optimizing product mix. Price increases of 10-20% are planned for low-margin products, mainly small-signal lines, with customer communications underway in the first quarter of 2026. The pricing impact is expected to show in the second quarter and be fully implemented by the third quarter....

Dai Nippon Printing (DNP)'s decision to open a research and development base in Telangana in April 2026 could accelerate collaborative innovation between the Japanese industry and Indian academia, with potential impacts on electric vehicle charging and pharmaceutical ingredient production for global markets....

Buoyed by strong demand from makers of AI GPUs, CPUs, and application-specific chips, Kinsus Interconnect Technology said it expects a sharp lift in both revenue and product mix as new capacity for ABF substrates comes online....

Hanwha Semitech's supply of thermal compression bonding (TCB) equipment for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to SK Hynix is drawing scrutiny after the South Korean equipment maker maintained a KRW100 billion (US$66.7 million) performance guarantee since early 2025, raising questions about whether its equipment has fully met the chipmaker's requirements....

The expansion of AI data centers is creating new business opportunities that are opening the door for upstarts to challenge industry leaders. A prime example is the four-level pulse amplitude modulation digital signal processing (PAM4 DSP) chip market for optical communications, which is shifting from a duopoly dominated by US leaders Marvell Technology and Broadcom to a more diversified vendor landscape. MediaTek's subsidiary Airoha is now striving to climb this competitive ladder....

The government announced on March 23 that it has restored the rates and value caps under the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme for all eligible export products, effective from March 23, 2026....

SK Hynix has brought forward the ramp-up of its M15X DRAM facility in Cheongju, opening a second cleanroom and beginning equipment move-in about two months ahead of schedule amid rising demand for memory tied to artificial intelligence (AI), according to East Asia Daily....