Manz Asia is broadening its push into panel-level packaging (PLP) as interest in the technology continues to rise. General manager Robert Lin said the company has shipped more than 50 panel-level electrochemical deposition (ECD) systems cumulatively from 2016 to 2026, covering sizes from 310mm to 700mm and spanning both R&D and production equipment.

SK hynix said on August 19 that its board had approved a plan to repurchase and cancel KRW40 trillion (roughly US$29 billion) of its own shares, the largest share buyback and cancellation ever undertaken by a company listed in South Korea.

China is accelerating efforts to remove foreign technology from sensitive state-linked systems, ordering some government-affiliated entities to uninstall a customised version of Microsoft Windows 10 months ahead of schedule.

ByteDance and Tencent have each received about 10,000 Nvidia H200 processors in mainland China in recent weeks, the Financial Times reported, marking the clearest sign yet that Beijing’s import reviews are translating into meaningful deliveries after months of regulatory uncertainty.

Vietnam is considering plans to turn Bac Ninh, a major Samsung Electronics manufacturing hub, and Quang Ninh into centrally administered cities as the country builds out its northern electronics, semiconductor and logistics base.

Speaking at the opening of the 2026 Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Conference on August 18, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang urged engineering experts to adopt a broader, more humanistic perspective when re-evaluating the transformations brought by AI.