Panjit ramps investment in AI and automotive as book-to-bill rises to 1.5
Panjit International announced at its shareholders’ meeting on June 18 that it will pursue a “dual-engine” growth strategy focused on automotive and artificial intelligence as demand in both sectors accelerates, backed by a capital investment target of more than NT$10 billion over the next five years.
Imec, Sony unveil backside interconnect method for 3D chip stacking
Imec and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) have jointly presented a new integration method for connecting the front and back sides of semiconductor wafers, a step the two organizations say could support future 3D chip-stacking designs for logic and memory devices.
Tim Cook says Apple price hikes are unavoidable as AI squeezes memory supply
In an exclusive interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Tim Cook made an unusually blunt admission. The company is preparing to raise product prices because memory and storage costs have surged to a point Apple can no longer absorb. He said Apple has spent the past stretch trying to shield customers from these cost increases, but the situation has become “unsustainable.”
Japan lasers in on India’s Assam state for chip and infrastructure corridor
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to visit Assam in northeastern India in early July 2026. According to Nikkei, more than 50 Japanese companies and business groups, including Suzuki, Itochu and Toyota Tsusho, are expected to accompany the delegation, with market attention focused on cooperation in semiconductors and infrastructure.
China Airlines cuts cargo fuel surcharges after oil prices ease on US-Iran deal
BMW opens Neue Klasse reservations early; car business margin forecast unexpectedly cut in half
AI chip boom strains probe card supply, Taiwan test interface maker weighs prepayment deals
Unitree IPO tests China’s bet on low-cost humanoid robots
Unitree Robotics is heading toward a Shanghai listing with a pitch drawing attention well beyond China: humanoid robots can be built cheaply enough, and at enough scale, to begin taking on narrow labor tasks.
SpaceX acquires Cursor to bolster xAI and court AI developers
SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding tool developer Cursor for US$60 billion, in a deal that underscores how competition in the AI industry is extending beyond foundation models into the application layer and developer ecosystems. The purchase gives SpaceX direct access to enterprise customers, developer communities, and high-value code data instead of rebuilding a product from scratch. Markets see it as a key addition to Elon Musk’s AI strategy.