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Monday 2 November 2026
Taiwan aims to train 60,000 IC specialists by 2030
Taiwan is aggressively pursuing a core strategy of "Team Taiwan to Team Global," according to Cheng-Wen Wu, Minister of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). Wu noted...
Monday 2 November 2026
US backs Anderon, GF quantum foundries as Intel targets QPUs with 18A process
The US Department of Commerce is leveraging federal funding and policy initiatives to bolster America's global competitiveness in quantum technology. Its core strategy centers on consolidating...
Monday 2 November 2026
Iluvatar CoreX Tiangai 300 tops Nvidia H200 in select AI inference tests, with long-context and MoE gains
Chinese AI chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX has released benchmarks showing its next-generation Tiangai 300 general-purpose GPU outperforming Nvidia's H200 in selected large language model...
Monday 2 November 2026
China's Empyrean Tech targets digital EDA gaps with US$32.9 million Easy-Logic acquisition
China's leading electronic design automation (EDA) supplier, Empyrean Technology, plans to acquire a controlling stake in Easy-Logic Technology, a specialist in digital logic optimization,...
Monday 2 November 2026
Commentary: China's Nvidia H200 challengers look beyond GPU power, with Huawei and T-Head targeting system-scale AI
Iluvatar CoreX has reported benchmark results showing its Tiangai 300 AI accelerator outperforming Nvidia's H200 on selected metrics, drawing renewed attention to China's progress...
Sunday 1 November 2026
The 20% problem: why Taiwan's imported equipment parts still carry 70% of the cost
Taiwan can manufacture some of the world's most advanced chips, package them into increasingly complex AI systems, and connect much of the surrounding electronics supply chain within...
Sunday 1 November 2026
Six decades in the making: Why the world can't easily copy Taiwan's chip ecosystem
Taiwan's semiconductor strength is often described today through leading-edge process nodes, advanced packaging capacity, or its pivotal role in the global AI supply chain. At the...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Nvidia moves beyond GPUs as Meta's Muse agent stack pulls it deeper into AI infrastructure
The launch of Muse in September across Meta's expanding agent ecosystem has highlighted how quickly AI agents are evolving beyond conventional chatbot architectures, bringing more...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: Taiwan builds the AI backbone — but can it capture the AI economy?
Taiwan already manufactures much of the physical infrastructure on which the AI boom depends. Advanced logic, packaging, substrates, testing, power delivery, cooling, and server assembly...
Saturday 31 October 2026
AUO targets major revenue contribution from optical engines, glass core substrates within 2 to 3 years
AUO is accelerating its strategic push into optical communications and advanced semiconductor packaging, establishing optical engines and glass core substrates (GCS) as its two primary...
Saturday 31 October 2026
MediaTek raises ASIC outlook as fourth-quarter revenue could jump 32%
MediaTek reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of NT$168.06 billion (US$5.17 billion), up 10.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and 18.3% year-over-year, and projected fourth-quarter revenue...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: AI is breaking the sequential supply chain — Taiwan may be built for what comes next
The AI hardware race is usually measured in nanometers, memory bandwidth, and accelerator performance. But another constraint is emerging much earlier in the development process: whether...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Renesas expands AI data center capacity, targets 33.2% margin in 2026
Japan’s Renesas Electronics expects strong demand for AI data centers, industrial applications, and automotive semiconductors to drive 2026 revenue to JPY1.6668 trillion (US$10.55...
Friday 30 October 2026
Realtek targets 30% AI revenue share by 2030
Realtek Semiconductor quantified its AI business for the first time at an investor conference on October 29, setting a target for high-performance computing (HPC) and edge AI revenue—including...
Friday 30 October 2026
Holtek lands major server cooling contract, AI thermal demand soars
Microcontroller unit (MCU) major Holtek Semiconductor has secured a substantial order for brushless DC (BLDC) motors, with adoption in Taiwanese server cooling fans slated to begin...