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Thursday 29 October 2026
SpaceX's AI spending surge opens doors to direct orders for Taiwan ODMs
SpaceX is expanding its AI computing infrastructure to meet rising demand for AI applications, securing US$40 billion in financing commitments for GPUs and equipment. The surge in...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Chief Telecom's 3Q26 gross margin tops 50%
IDC and cloud service provider Chief Telecom Inc. reported revenue of NT$1.077 billion (US$33.18 million) for the third quarter of 2026, up 14.9% year on year, while net income rose...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung's Harman expands China plant for ADAS, automotive computing
Samsung Electronics subsidiary Harman International has expanded its manufacturing operations in Suzhou, China, to produce automotive computing platforms and advanced driver assistance...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Research Insight: Kinsus Tech identifies three challenges for larger AI chip packages
Surging demand for AI computing is driving advanced packaging toward larger form factors, according to Ting-Hao Lin, R&D vice president at Kinsus Interconnect Technology, speaking...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Taiwan plans carbon fee-ETS dual approach to tackle emissions
Taiwan's carbon pricing system is entering a new phase after collecting its first carbon fees in 2026 from 240 companies and 461 factories, generating approximately NT$4.97 billion...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Samsung SDI wins 1GWh US battery storage deal
Samsung SDI has signed a follow-on 1GWh contract to supply energy storage systems (ESS) to US power developer Alpha Omega Power (AOP). The batteries will be made in Indiana and delivered...
Thursday 29 October 2026
LG Innotek revenue tops KRW6T in 3Q26, profit halves
LG Innotek’s 2026 third-quarter revenue topped KRW6 trillion (approximately US$4.52 billion) for the first time, driven by new mobile-device launches and technology adoption...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Taiwan's growth surge nears end; electronics, machinery stay resilient in 2027
2026 will be a breakout year for Taiwan's economic growth, with GDP expanding at a double-digit rate—more than twice China's growth rate, according to a consensus among economic...
Thursday 29 October 2026
Asus sees commercial PC prices rising nearly 10% in 2H26
Asus expects commercial PC prices in Taiwan to rise nearly 10% in the second half of 2026 after surging almost 30% in the first half, as higher memory and processor costs continue...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
SFC to keep supplying blue host materials for Apple's OLED MacBook Pro, loses blue dopant orders to rivals
South Korean OLED material specialist SFC will continue supplying blue host materials to Samsung Display (SDC) for the OLED material stack used in Apple's upcoming MacBook Pro, according...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
UMC utilization tops 90% in 2H26 as AI demand drives expansion
United Microelectronics (UMC) saw operating momentum strengthen in the third quarter of 2026, as demand for artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), communications,...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Transformation in focus as display supply chain kicks off investor briefings
The panel display supply chain's transformation marathon continues as companies begin a week of investor briefings centered on new businesses. CoreIntelligence (CiHC), AUO, Radiant,...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
CHPT posts record 3Q26 results as nine-month profit jumps over 90%
Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT), a major semiconductor test interface supplier, posted record revenue and profit in the third quarter of 2026 as consolidated net profit reached...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
AI reshapes China wealth rankings as ByteDance's Wenfeng Liang debuts at No. 7
The Hurun Research Institute's 2026 Hurun China Rich List shows ByteDance founder Yiming Zhang reclaiming the title of China's richest person with CNY670 billion (US$99.7 billion),...
Wednesday 28 October 2026
PC makers reportedly shift production back to China as AI boom drives up component costs
US and Taiwanese PC makers are shifting some production from Southeast Asia back to China and partnering with additional Chinese contract manufacturers as surging memory and storage...