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Friday 28 August 2026
Anthropic wins key ruling as judge voids Pentagon blacklist
A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked the US Department of Defense from placing Anthropic on a supply-chain risk blacklist and ordered the Trump administration to lift restrictions...
Friday 28 August 2026
Taiwan passes drone procurement bill allocating NT$240 billion for 6 years
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan on August 27 passed a defense drone procurement bill, allocating a total of NT$240 billion (approx. US$7.59 billion) for six consecutive years for purchases...
Friday 28 August 2026
Kioxia, Sandisk plan more than US$31 billion in Japan investments
A major chipmaking investment in Japan could ripple through global supply chains as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure accelerates. Kioxia and Sandisk say the spending...
Friday 28 August 2026
Taiwan's next biotech prescription: AI drug discovery, smart devices, biomedical chips
Taiwan is charting a new direction for its biomedical industry, drawing on its strengths in semiconductors, AI hardware, precision manufacturing and healthcare. AI-powered drug discovery,...
Friday 28 August 2026
China's industrial reboot: AI, chips, robotics, 6G define next five years
China is setting out a five-year industrial strategy centred on artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, 6G, robotics and advanced manufacturing, seeking to strengthen the country's...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Siemens Taiwan chief to lead European Chamber in Taiwan from September 2026
The European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan said on August 27 that Siemens Taiwan president and chief executive Frank Grunert will become its chairperson on September 1, 2026. The decision...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Malaysia's charging shortfall opens the door for Chinese hardware players
Southeast Asia's EV market is expected to reach US$23.58 billion by 2031, with a 2026-2031 CAGR of 31.55%. But Malaysia's charging infrastructure is falling well behind government...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Nvidia H200 China sales stall, with US$400M inventory charge
Nvidia said in its fiscal 2027 second-quarter results on the 27th that it sold a small number of H200 artificial intelligence (AI) processors to Chinese customers last quarter, marking...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Moody's lifts South Korea GDP forecast on hard-to-replace memory chips
Moody's has sharply raised its forecast for South Korea's 2026 economic growth to 3.5%, saying the country's semiconductor boom and export strength will last longer than expected and...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Taiwan, Germany map AI-led net-zero push for 2026
The 2026 Taiwan Sustainability Summit opened in Taipei on August 25, bringing together government representatives, industry leaders, and experts from Taiwan and Germany to focus on...
Thursday 27 August 2026
Taiwan plans higher power growth to meet AI demand, officials say
Taiwan's government said it will raise electricity supply capacity as it responds to rising demand from AI and industry. The comments came on August 26 at the opening of the 2026 New...
Wednesday 26 August 2026
Trump weighs Apple China chip deal as CXMT runs full
Apple is seeking to diversify its supply chain to ease pressure from rising memory costs and has reportedly sought US government clearance to buy memory from blacklisted Chinese chipmaker...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
Taiwan's manufacturers and govt align on economic security push amid heightened trade risk
The Chinese National Federation of Industries (CNFI), an industrial association representing the majority of manufacturing businesses in Taiwan, has released its 2026 white paper,...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
US voices first complaint over South Korea's KRW800 trillion chip cluster as investment pressure mounts
The US has informally expressed dissatisfaction with the South Korean government's KRW800 trillion (US$578.5 billion) plan to build a semiconductor cluster in the country's southwest...
Tuesday 25 August 2026
CNFI White Paper outlines solutions as labor, transformation, and energy headline Taiwan's industry hurdles
Navigating volatile US tariff policies, escalating geopolitical tensions, and a productivity revolution driven by agentic AI, Taiwan's industrial sector has reached a decisive cros...