A Comprehensive Guide to Automotive-Grade Components from Passive to Active ICs
As automotive electrical/electronic architectures accelerate their evolution from distributed systems to domain controllers and central computing platforms, the reliability boundary of the entire vehicle has shifted comprehensively from individual chip performance toward system-level hardware robust...
Power Semiconductors Explained: IGBT, SiC MOSFET & GaN Selection Logic
Power semiconductors are the core devices of power electronic systems, bearing the critical functions of energy conversion, control, and distribution. With the explosive growth of emerging applications such as new energy vehicles, renewable energy, AI data centers, and industrial automation, the pow...
Two Japanese Chemical Companies Cease Tungsten Hexafluoride Production
In mid-June 2026, Kanto Denka Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Central Glass Co., Ltd. formally issued final delivery notices to leading global foundries including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and TSMC: June 30, 2026, marks the last shipment date, with permanent cessation of tungsten hexafluoride (WF₆) product...
Infineon GaN Products Banned from Sale Across China
On June 12, 2026, China's Supreme People's Court issued a provisional injunction review ruling, upholding the sales ban imposed by the Suzhou Intermediate People's Court against Infineon and rejecting all of Infineon's review requests. This means Infineon's gallium nitride (GaN) ...
SK Hynix to Mass-Produce 375-Layer NAND Flash by Year-End
SK Hynix has completed production verification for its next-generation 375-layer 3D NAND flash memory and plans to begin mass production by the end of this year. Rather than building new fabs, the company is upgrading existing production lines at its M15 plant in Cheongju, transitioning from 176-lay...
ASML Layoff Plan Reduced, Union Negotiations Achieve Major Reversal
In January 2026, ASML, the global lithography giant, announced a restructuring plan alongside its record-breaking 2025 results (€32.7 billion in revenue and €9.6 billion in net profit): a proposed reduction of 1,700 employees, accounting for approximately 3.8% of its global workforce. Of these, 1,40...
Apollo's $3.7 Billion Acquisition of Nippon Sheet Glass
Funds managed by Apollo Global Management, a leading global alternative asset manager, are formally advancing the acquisition of Nippon Sheet Glass Group (NSG) at an enterprise valuation of approximately $3.7 billion (around ¥590 billion). The transaction has received unconditional clearance from th...
