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Friday 11 September 2026
Apple phones drive premium upgrade wave for carriers
Apple's newly unveiled iPhone 18 Pro series and the company's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, have prompted Taiwan's three major telecom operators to roll out pricing plans and...
Friday 11 September 2026
Samsung Electro-Mechanics, LG Innotek vie in AI package substrates
At South Korea's recent KPCA Show 2026, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and LG Innotek showcased their next-generation package substrate technologies. As AI semiconductors evolve toward...
Friday 11 September 2026
Memory makers gain the upper hand as Apple's iPhones pay the price
Apple has raised prices on both its new iPhone 18 Pro series and older models, including the iPhone 17, as rising memory costs push up component expenses.
Friday 11 September 2026
Enflame enters public markets with Nvidia alternatives in its sights

Chinese AI chipmaker Enflame Technology made a striking debut on Shanghai's STAR Market on Friday, with its shares opening 188% above...

Friday 11 September 2026
Huawei stakes out the AI optics rulebook with 7.2Tbps NPO
Huawei Technologies has unveiled a 7.2-terabit-per-second near-packaged optics (NPO) module for AI data centres, coupling a high-bandwidth product launch with an effort to shape emerging...
Friday 11 September 2026
China's DRAM supply chain clears another materials hurdle
China's semiconductor localisation effort has reached another upstream materials milestone.​ Jiangsu Pacific Quartz Co. has secured qualification for high-purity quartz products...
Friday 11 September 2026
CIOE 2026: Automotive optical-module demand could rival FTTx shipments by 2030
Automotive optical-module demand could approach the scale of the established FTTx market by around 2030 as increasingly data-intensive vehicles shift high-bandwidth connections from...
Friday 11 September 2026
China's energy storage capacity surges 50-fold in five years, sparking crackdown on lithium battery expansion
China's energy storage industry has expanded at breakneck speed since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan, growing 50-fold in just five years. The government is now applying the...
Friday 11 September 2026
SK Hynix raises cash portion of bonuses after 25-vote union rejection

SK Hynix has increased the cash portion of its profit-sharing bonus in a revised tentative wage agreement, after production workers...

Friday 11 September 2026
Global drone supply chain accelerates de-China shift, Taiwan wins

Foreign drone makers are increasingly turning to Taiwan as a hub for non-China drone supply chains, drawn by the island's component...

Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan tech minister in Europe to advance semiconductor cooperation

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Cheng-Wen Wu visited the UK and Belgium in early September to advance Taiwan-Europe...

Friday 11 September 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan's rack supply chain reveals where the AI buildout is accelerating

The three Taiwanese supply chain categories closest to the physical AI rack — thermal, power supply, and rail kits — booked...

Friday 11 September 2026
Anthropic disrupts Chinese AI firms' attempts to extract Claude capabilities
Anthropic has disrupted a series of operations in which Chinese AI companies allegedly used its Claude models to extract capabilities for their own AI systems, highlighting growing...
Friday 11 September 2026
Rayzher rides semiconductor fab buildout to record revenue
Rayzher Industrial, a high-tech factory gas supply system solutions provider, reported consolidated revenue of NT$369 million (approx. US$11.7 million) in August 2026, up 83.26% year-over-year...
Friday 11 September 2026
China's Shenzhen Kaifa plans CNY1.85 billion expansion for high-end memory packaging and testing
Chinese electronics manufacturer Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, also known as Shenzhen Kaifa or Kaifa, plans to invest CNY1.85 billion (about US$260 million) to expand high-end memory-chip...