Samsung said to open fab data to suppliers in AI factory push
Samsung Electronics is developing and operating a data-sharing platform with semiconductor materials, components and equipment suppliers, according to a report by South Korea’s ETNews, which cited industry sources.
Taiyo Yuden to boost AI server MLCC capacity, resists price hikes
Taiyo Yuden is preparing to accelerate production of multilayer ceramic capacitors, or MLCCs, as AI servers and hyperscale data centers tighten supply across the global component market. But the Japanese supplier is resisting the kind of broad price increases now spreading through parts of the industry.
Samsung pushes vertical transistor design as chip scaling hits limits
Samsung Electronics has demonstrated a 3D stacked transistor structure with a 42-nanometer gate pitch, a research milestone that extends vertical integration, long used in memory chips, into logic semiconductors.
AbonMax eyes double-digit drone revenue by end-2026
Taiwan 2026 GDP could top 10%, says Minister of Economic Affairs
Research Insight: Fukuta deepens EV moat with hub motors and thin silicon steel
As the global electric vehicle (EV) market enters a correction phase, automakers are demanding more from both cost and efficiency. Fukuta has been steadily extending the design, integration, and manufacturing capabilities it built in automotive multi-in-one power systems into smaller power module applications.
WUS and its subsidiary keep complementary AI partnership
SK Group tops KRW2,000 trillion as AI memory demand and Nvidia visit lift valuation
SK Group’s combined market capitalization on the South Korean stock market surpassed KRW2,000 trillion (US$1.32 trillion) for the first time as of the June 16 close, driven by strength in AI memory demand and a high-profile visit by Nvidia’s CEO that reinforced ties with SK Hynix and broader AI infrastructure plans. According to reports from SBS, YTN, ET News and Yonhap, the group’s 19 listed subsidiaries reached a combined market value of KRW2,019.6 trillion, a 2.5% increase from the previous trading day.
China launches probe into Beidou infrastructure quality scandal
China has launched a probe into a Beidou high-precision smart monitoring project in Shandong, after reports of severe construction defects at the base sparked public concern over the quality of new infrastructure projects. The project, with a total investment of nearly CNY300 million (US$44.4 million), has drawn scrutiny after its base structures were described as “easy to tear apart by hand.”