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Sunday 9 August 2026
Commentary: From free flow to tight control — how tech talent became a national security asset

Tech talent has moved from being simply a hiring priority to a matter of national security. As major economies increasingly tie talent...

Sunday 9 August 2026
Greenfiltec posts first-half loss as activated carbon costs squeeze margins
Greenfiltec reported first-half 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$311 million, up 18.35% from a year earlier, but the Taiwan-based airborne molecular contamination (AMC) filter supplier...
Sunday 9 August 2026
Rohm sees AI server demand lift first-quarter profit 4,825%
Rohm Semiconductor reported sharply higher first-quarter results on August 5, 2026, as recovering demand for automotive power semiconductors and strong AI-linked data center business...
Sunday 9 August 2026
Ajinomoto rides advanced packaging boom as ABF demand surges

Ajinomoto raised its full-year forecast on August 6 as growing demand for AI servers and high-performance computing lifted sales of...

Sunday 9 August 2026
Hanwha Aerospace turns trillion-won profit into AI, unmanned warfare push
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace posted a second-quarter 2026 operating profit of more than KRW1 trillion (approx. US$704.9 million), highlighting its ability to expand military exports...
Sunday 9 August 2026
Genius Electronic Optical revenue rose 39% in July as lens demand entered peak season
Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO) reported July 2026 consolidated revenue of NT$2.422 billion on August 7, up 39.28% from NT$1.739 billion in June and 1.63% from NT$2.384 billion a...
Saturday 8 August 2026
Taiwan team builds high-performance MoS2 transistor to ease 2D semiconductor limits
Taiwan researchers announced on August 6 that they had developed a high-performance monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) top-gate transistor designed to address a long-standing interface...
Saturday 8 August 2026
Commentary: China IC design rules reshape patent battles

China's State Council has released a revised version of the regulations on the protection of IC layout designs, set to take effect...

Saturday 8 August 2026
Highpoint Service Network posts record first-half profit on India expansion
Highpoint Service Network approved its second-quarter 2026 financial report on August 5, posting record revenue for both the quarter and the first half as it expanded in the Asia-Pacific...
Saturday 8 August 2026
Ching Chan Optical profit jumps on high-end optical sorter demand
Ching Chan Optical Technology said second-quarter 2026 earnings per share reached NT$0.96, up 12-fold year-on-year, as shipments of high-end optical sorting machines for passive components...
Saturday 8 August 2026
iST reports higher gross margin in the second quarter as validation demand rises
Integrated Service Technology (iST) reported consolidated revenue of about NT$1.184 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up 9.24% quarter-over-quarter but down 1.7% from a year earlier...
Saturday 8 August 2026
Nova Technology posts record second-quarter and first-half profit on strong order recognition
Nova Technology posted record second-quarter and first-half 2026 profit as orders from semiconductor, memory, and advanced packaging customers continued to drive revenue recognition...
Friday 7 August 2026
Analysis: TSMC expands Japan footprint with 3nm fab, advanced packaging push
TSMC is expanding Japan's role in its global network as it prepares to add 3nm production in Kumamoto and deepens local capabilities in advanced packaging, chip design and next-generation...
Friday 7 August 2026
Ibiden raises full-year profit forecast as AI server and substrate demand strengthens
Ibiden said on August 4 that it raised its fiscal 2026 outlook after stronger-than-expected demand from generative AI and a recovery in the general-purpose server market lifted results...
Friday 7 August 2026
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala weighs US$6.3B investment in Japan AI data center

The United Arab Emirates is considering investing as much as JPY1 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) in a 500MW artificial intelligence...