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Tuesday 17 March 2026
Foxconn eyes steady growth in 2026 with 5-year AI transformation plan
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) achieved record-high profits and cash dividends in 2025. Foxconn chairman Young Liu stated that the company's growth momentum will continue in...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
MOEA establishes high-speed silicon photonics verification lab to shorten development timelines
In January 2026, Taiwan's Executive Yuan officially approved the Ten AI Initiatives Promotion Plan, coordinated by the National Development Council (NDC) in collaboration with the...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Samsung Electronics reports shifts in raw material costs and production output in fiscal 2025
Samsung Electronics has released comprehensive operational data for fiscal 2025, revealing a complex picture of shifting raw material costs and high production efficiency. Despite...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
AI-related impact on gaming industry goes beyond memory chip shortage
As demand for memory chips in AI data centers continues to surge, the global "RAMaggedon" has now claimed another unwitting victim: the gaming industry. The sector is now feeling the...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
eMMC shortage sends NAND prices soaring, with further gains ahead
Supply disruptions in low-capacity eMMC are driving sharp price increases for SLC and MLC NAND as major global memory manufacturers exit older production nodes. Contract prices for...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Taiwan's US$625 million drone ambition: Becoming the West's go-to supplier
Frequent global conflicts in recent years have sharply driven up demand for drones, prompting many countries to accelerate the development of related industries. Backed by government...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
Foxconn eyes high double-digit AI server shipment growth in 1Q26
Amid rising demand for AI computing power and sustained high capital expenditure from global cloud service providers (CSPs), AI servers and data center infrastructure have become the...
Tuesday 17 March 2026
China's Hua Hong reportedly develops 7nm process — breakthrough or bottleneck?
Chinese foundry Hua Hong Semiconductor is reportedly preparing a 7nm chip manufacturing process, a development that could mark a significant shift for China's second-largest contract...
Monday 16 March 2026
ASML layoffs stall, leaving workers in limbo
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML announced in late January 2026 plans to cut 1,700 management positions — about 4% of its global workforce — primarily affecting...
Monday 16 March 2026
Sony CIS yield issue raises Apple supply risks, opens door for Samsung

Sony's core semiconductor business, CMOS image sensors (CIS), has reportedly encountered yield challenges in recent production. Industry...

Monday 16 March 2026
AI boom fuels cargo surge at Taoyuan Airport's free trade zone
Taiwan's government-run free trade zone has recorded a significant surge in air cargo at Taoyuan International Airport, reflecting the island's expanding role in the global AI supply...
Monday 16 March 2026
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Monday 16 March 2026
ESMT sees DDR3 contract prices increase as supply tightens
Memory design IC company Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology (ESMT) reported a fourth-quarter 2025 profit of NT$1.033 billion (US$32.5 million), up 394.75% year-on-year...
Monday 16 March 2026
Nvidia, Wistron lead charge in Taiwan's intensifying AI talent race
Wistron chairman Simon Lin highlighted that the critical gap for Taiwan's artificial intelligence (AI) development in 2025 and 2026 is talent. Not only are Taiwanese companies urgently...
Monday 16 March 2026
Lotes tops US$1 billion in 2025 revenue on rising demand for high-value server connectors
Lotes Terminals Industrial Co. said full-year 2025 revenue topped US$1 billion, reflecting stronger demand for next-generation server and cloud infrastructure components as AI server...