
The inference economy has arrived, and Taiwan's tech industry must transition from the "knowledge economy" to the "inference economy," DIGITIMES chairman Colley Hwang said on August 20 at a forum exploring future trends in the semiconductor industry. He also warned that Taiwan's AI data center capacity is about one-sixth of South Korea's.
Jusung Engineering and PSK each lost more than 40% of their China revenue in 2025. The similarity ends there.
SICC reported stronger first-half 2026 revenue and margins as its 8-inch silicon carbide substrate business gained scale, highlighting how the industry's migration to larger wafers is beginning to reshape SiC economics across electric vehicles and AI power infrastructure.