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Wednesday 27 May 2026
TSMC CEO promises bonus growth above 30% in 2026 if performance holds
TSMC chairman and CEO C.C. Wei personally addressed employees at a company-wide meeting on the morning of May 27, making a direct commitment on bonuses after days of backlash over...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Samsung reportedly to expand Vietnam footprint with new memory chip testing plant

Samsung Electronics plans to invest VND39 trillion (approx. US$1.5 billion) in a new semiconductor testing facility in northern Vietnam,...

Wednesday 27 May 2026
Taiwan's Wah Lee expands into specialty gases as materials costs are passed on quarterly
Wah Lee Industrial said it has formally moved into investments in standard gases and other supplies needed by wafer fabs, with its Tainan logistics center set to open in the second...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
From boom-bust to structural growth? Memory's US$1 trillion moment puts AI thesis to the test
First Micron, then SK Hynix, join the trillion-dollar club, capping an extraordinary repricing of an industry once dismissed as a commodity play. The milestone is more than a valuation...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
TAITRA says Computex participating firms exceed US$10 trillion in market value
Computex 2026 is set to officially open in Taipei, and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) Chairman James C.F. Huang has stated that the combined market capitalization...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Qualcomm and ByteDance's rumored AI ASIC deal signals potential shift in China's data center chip supply
The agreement between Qualcomm and ByteDance positions the former for large-scale AI ASIC demand from the latter, as reported by Bloomberg, but market viability remains uncertain...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
WinWay weighs Texas shift after AI chip testing surge in North America
US efforts to rebuild its semiconductor supply chain are exposing a critical gap in domestic packaging and testing capacity, a bottleneck that industry sources expect to ease only...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Daxin Materials advances into Low Dk and Low Df market for booming AI server and LEO satellite applications
Taiwan-based Daxin Materials posted stronger revenue and profitability in 2025 as rapid growth in semiconductor materials offset a still-cautious display market recovery, with AI-...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Jensen Huang: Taiwan is center of AI revolution, with US$150 billion in capex powering local ecosystem
Nvidia held an "employee town hall" on the morning of May 27 at the T17 and T18 sites in Beitou-Shilin Technology Park (BSTP), where CEO Jensen Huang met staff, gave away Dom Pérignon,...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Global DRAM revenue surges toward US$100 billion in 1Q26 on AI-driven demand
Global DRAM revenue climbed sharply in the first quarter of 2026, approaching the US$100 billion threshold as artificial intelligence demand and tight supply conditions pushed prices...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
China clears 9 domestic AI chips for state procurement
China has formally brought AI chips into its national security and reliability evaluation framework for the first time, marking a further expansion of the country's Information Technology...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
WinWay's new Kaohsiung plant to break ground on May 29
WinWay Technology's orders are already booked out five to six months in advance, says company Chairman Mark Wang. He expects new production capacity coming online at the company's...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Samsung wage deal pushed through by chip workers, widening bonus divide
Samsung Electronics' tentative 2026 wage agreement has cleared a union vote with 73.7% approval, moving a months-long labor dispute closer to settlement while exposing a deeper divide...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Qualcomm's ByteDance deal gives smartphone chipmaker entry into AI data center market
Qualcomm has reached a deal to supply AI data center chips to ByteDance, giving the US smartphone processor designer a potentially high-volume customer as it tries to expand into AI...
Wednesday 27 May 2026
Nvidia CEO says Taiwan needs more electricity, ministry confirms 5.2 GW of gas capacity to be added
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who is visiting Taiwan for two weeks, stated that the island's manufacturing sector is developing rapidly and needs more electricity.