Samsung narrows SK hynix HBM lead as HBM4 shipments expand
Counterpoint Research data shows Samsung captured 33% of second-quarter HBM revenue, halving the lead of SK hynix as chipmakers…
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Tesla drops rare earths in Cybercab motor to cut China risk
The drive unit shrinks 18% and sheds 25% in weight, while federal regulators open a safety review into the driverless vehicle in…
HD Hyundai names two ammonia carriers in clean shipping push
Chairman Chung Ki-sun joined Belgium's Exmar in Ulsan to christen the Adinkerke and Aalter, cementing commercial track records…
Japan robot makers target logging and biology labs as domestic workforce shrinks
Nippon Signal and Yaskawa Electric are deploying specialized dual-arm automatons to tackle severe labor shortages across railway…
CATL warns China EV price war triggers batch battery defects and safety hazards
With over 600 new vehicle models launching this year, Chairman Robin Zeng calls for strict parts-per-billion defect controls as…
FANUC widens CRX cobot palletizing to 40 kg as food plants automate heavy cases
A high-flow pneumatic upgrade pushes the CRX-30iA into washdown packaging lines, lifting collaborative capacity as the hygienic…
Korean tool makers advance high-k ALD platforms for sub-10nm 3D DRAM fabs
State-backed R&D programs and fab equipment vendors target ultra-thin capacitor films with dielectric constants above 100 for…
China RV reducer makers expand heavy-duty robot market share as national testing standards take hold
Chinese gear manufacturers push domestic substitution in 6-axis articulated robot joints past 80% using unified precision…
Korean battery equipment makers deploy vision robots to cut cell stacking time
Assembly lines adopt real-time optical alignment to eliminate electrode defects and lower unit cycle times across pouch cell…
Korean battery makers deploy directional venting to block thermal runaway in EV and ESS packs
LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI are integrating proprietary gas-release vents and thermal barriers into mass-production cells…
Kansai Electric expands virtual power plant dispatch as late summer heat tests factory grids
Utility-scale battery systems and automated industrial demand response balance western Japan manufacturing corridors during peak…
Korean shipyards pitch hybrid electric frigates across Southeast Asia
Naval builders combine gas turbines and electric drives to cut radiated noise as Manila expands its surface combatant fleet.
Chinese chipmakers ramp real-time Ethernet SoCs for industrial robot controllers
Integrated EtherCAT silicon from GigaDevice, HPMicro and Nations Technologies replaces imported controllers, cutting board size…
South Korean toolmakers advance glass substrate TGV laser drillers to volume lines
Philoptics, EO Technics and LG Electronics deploy laser drilling tools as packaging makers validate glass cores for AI chiplets.
SK On and GS Caltex Advance Immersion Cooling Packs for High-Voltage EV Fleets
South Korean battery makers and refiners accelerate direct dielectric fluid testing to suppress thermal runaway and shorten…
Japanese photoresist makers validate metal oxide resist lines for High-NA EUV chipmaking
JSR, TOK and Adeka advance inorganic patterning materials as leading foundries test sub-2nm lines on ASML 0.55 NA scanners.
Battery material makers expand CNT slurry lines to tame silicon anode expansion
Northeast Asian producers scale single-walled carbon nanotube dispersions and composite binders to resolve mechanical degradation…
East Asia materials makers accelerate diamond heat spreaders for 1000W AI chips
Advanced packaging suppliers across South Korea, Japan, and China target metal-diamond substrates and engineered TIMs to clear…
Japan optical suppliers scale laser diodes and engines for AI co-packaged optics
Furukawa Electric and Sumitomo Electric expand continuous-wave laser output as data centers adopt external optical sources.
Japanese makers deploy thermal-shielded automated forklifts for cold storage
Toyota Industries and Mitsubishi Logisnext engineer heated sensors and sealed powertrains to eliminate condensation and battery…
Silicon interposer scaling drives foundry and OSAT shifts in 3.5D chiplets
Hybrid bonding and ultra-thin interposers reshape advanced packaging supply chains as fabless AI accelerator designers navigate…
China scales dysprosium recovery from spent magnets as primary mining quotas tighten
Hydrometallurgical refiners now extract up to 12 percent of domestic heavy rare earth supply from NdFeB scrap under Beijing's…
Korean shipbuilders validate quiet electric propulsion on naval unmanned surface vessels
Hanwha and HD Hyundai run sea trials on low-noise hybrid and rim-drive motors to expand coastal mission endurance and acoustic…
Japan Motion Control Makers Accelerate Real-Time Ethernet on Next-Gen Servos
Mitsubishi, Yaskawa, and Omron integrate microsecond-level TSN and multi-protocol architectures to eliminate latency in complex…