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Thursday 20 August 2026
AI boom lifts Taiwan tax revenue forecast to record NT$3.52 trillion in 2027
Taiwan's government expects central tax revenue to reach NT$3.522 trillion in 2027, up 42% from the 2026 budget estimate, driven by continued growth in AI-related manufacturing and...
Thursday 20 August 2026
AI robotics opens a bigger prize for Taiwan's precision manufacturing supply chain

Intelligent Asia 2026 opened on August 19 at TaiNEX 1 and TaiNEX 2 in Taipei, with industry and government speakers repeatedly returning...

Thursday 20 August 2026
Gujarat's 12-hour shift approval for Micron shows how India is rewriting labour rules to court chipmakers

The Gujarat government's approval of 12-hour work shifts at Micron Technology's Sanand assembly and test plant is more than just a single-factory...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
China accelerates Microsoft Windows 10 exit from state systems
China is accelerating efforts to remove foreign technology from sensitive state-linked systems, ordering some government-affiliated entities to uninstall a customised version of Microsoft...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Modi to inaugurate Semicon India 2026 as government courts global chipmakers
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the fifth edition of Semicon India on September 17 at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention and Expo Centre) in New Delhi,...
Wednesday 19 August 2026
South Korea looks beyond chips and AI with bets on SMRs, fusion and quantum

South Korea is looking beyond semiconductors and artificial intelligence for its next generation of strategic industries, naming seven...

Wednesday 19 August 2026
US pushes South Korea to prioritize memory chip investment in trade talks
US officials have pressed South Korea to make memory chip manufacturing its first strategic investment in the US, according to a report cited by JoongAng Daily. The claim...
Tuesday 18 August 2026
Tokyo University's satellite legacy helped build Japan's space startup wave—now comes the harder part
Japan may not possess the industrial scale or launch economics of satellite giants such as SpaceX, but the country has established its own development mechanism around persistent experimentation,...
Tuesday 18 August 2026
H3 launch ramp pushes Mitsubishi Electric toward a new era of parallel satellite production

The expansion of Mitsubishi Electric's satellite manufacturing business is converging with the higher launch cadence targeted for Japan's...

Saturday 15 August 2026
Taiwan Gold Card approvals for finance professionals top 1,000
Taiwan has approved more than 1,000 Employment Gold Cards for finance professionals as the government broadens its push to attract overseas talent and develop Taiwan into an Asian...
Saturday 15 August 2026
Taiwan approves NT$8 billion ocean tech program for security and industry
Taiwan's government approved a four-year ocean technology and industry development program for 2027-2030 and will seek more than NT$8 billion in funding. The plan was designed to strengthen...
Friday 14 August 2026
South Korea chip cluster could expand to nine fabs as SK plans new investment
South Korea's planned southwestern semiconductor cluster could eventually expand from four fabs to as many as nine as the government accelerates land, power, and infrastructure work...
Friday 14 August 2026
Australia tightens approval rules for Northern Minerals share sales
Australia has tightened scrutiny of Chinese-linked holdings in Northern Minerals, requiring government approval before certain shareholders can sell their stakes and stipulating that...
Friday 14 August 2026
Hyundai's robot foundry bet outpaces its local supply chain

Hyundai Motor Group and the South Korean government are accelerating a KRW9 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) robot and AI investment...

Thursday 13 August 2026
Taiwan's carbon fee era begins, science parks roll out measures

Taiwan began charging companies for carbon emissions in 2026 as part of its push toward net-zero by 2050, with the initial filing deadline...