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Tuesday 30 June 2026
Taiwanese smartphone shipments face deeper pressure as component costs rise
Rising inflation and higher prices for memory and processors are squeezing smartphone shipments in Taiwan, with the market's recovery likely to remain uneven for many readers worldwide...
Tuesday 30 June 2026
Shuotong expects stronger demand for liquid cooling in 2H26

Shuotong, a liquid-cooling solutions provider, said it expects a positive outlook for the second half of 2026 as AI-driven thermal management...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Honda, GM, and Ford redirect capacity to energy storage as EV demand slows

Honda Motor has begun producing data-center batteries at an Ohio factory originally built to supply electric vehicles, as automakers...

Tuesday 30 June 2026
Red Hat sees cloud-to-edge shift in Taiwan AI deployment

Enterprises are increasingly moving AI deployments from public cloud to on-premises systems as demand rises for data sovereignty, compliance,...

Monday 29 June 2026
Kyocera to invest JPY650 billion in chip equipment and data center components

Kyocera is committing JPY650 billion (approx. US$4 billion) to its components businesses through fiscal 2031, as AI data center investment...

Monday 29 June 2026
Taiwan optics makers eye humanoid robot vision market as deployments accelerate
As physical AI enters a pivotal growth phase in 2026, deployment of robotic systems is rapidly accelerating across the industry. Beyond established applications such as inspection,...
Monday 29 June 2026
Taiwan smartphone shipments rose in May despite higher component costs
Taiwan's smartphone market saw shipments expand in May as Mother's Day buying and demand for AI-enabled premium models offset rising upstream component costs, industry participants...
Monday 29 June 2026
Musk backs Cook as AI memory crunch drives Apple price hikes

Apple has abruptly raised prices for Mac computers, iPads, and Vision Pro in the US, underscoring how the AI infrastructure boom is...

Monday 29 June 2026
AI demand drives Foundry 2.0 market revenue up 23% in 1Q26, says Counterpoint
Global revenue for the semiconductor industry's "Foundry 2.0" market reached US$86 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 23% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for AI accelerators...
Monday 29 June 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix to build KRW800 trillion chip hub in South Korea’s southwest

South Korea is pushing to establish a second national semiconductor production base in Gwangju and South Jeolla in the country's southwest,...

Monday 29 June 2026
Wistron expands US production to meet AI server demand

Wistron is stepping up factory spending in the US, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia to meet rising demand for AI servers. The expansion signals...

Monday 29 June 2026
Rising lithium battery material prices trigger widespread inflation; Chinese battery makers forced to take action
China's electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage supply chains are undergoing a profound structural shift. Over the past year, prices of upstream battery materials have continued to...
Monday 29 June 2026
China makes AI power a national priority in new five-year energy plan

Generative AI is driving a sharp rise in electricity demand from data centers and AI computing infrastructure, prompting China to release...

Monday 29 June 2026
Weekly news roundup: South Korea takes physical AI push from policy to practice; Europe aggressively pursues non-red supply chains
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of June 22-28, 2026:
Monday 29 June 2026
Exclusive: Winbond sees AI making memory a strategic resource, maps next growth in DRAM and Flash

AI is turning memory from an inventory risk into a strategic resource. As memory becomes integral to platform and system design, customers...