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Monday 9 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: TSMC probe, AI boom, and memory price surge
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 2 - March 8, 2026.
Monday 9 March 2026
Exclusive: Compal advances Direct to Cell work, integrates communication modules into satellites
Compal Electronics Inc. is developing Direct-to-Cell (D2C) technology for smartphones and has begun integrating communication modules into satellites while negotiating with several...
Monday 9 March 2026
Radbon sees boost from resumption of deferred orders, expects long-term growth from aerospace, defense
Connector and cable assembly manufacturer Radbon Electronics has steadily deepened its presence in the defense and aerospace markets, with its investments gradually converting into...
Monday 9 March 2026
Taiwan stands firm on US investment commitments, pursuing strategic high-tech partnership amid legal shifts
Taiwan's tariff negotiations with the US initially yielded relatively favorable terms, bringing Taiwan's export tariffs in line with those of Japan and South Korea. However, a recent...
Monday 9 March 2026
Samsung Display secures largest OLED supply for iPhone 17e, BOE's lead role questioned
Samsung Display (SDC) has reportedly secured the largest share of orders supplying OLED panels for Apple's latest budget smartphone, the iPhone 17e. This development overturns earlier...
Monday 9 March 2026
Component price surge hits business PC market harder than consumer segment
Rising costs for memory, passive components, and battery modules are intensifying pressure on PC makers, while DynaPack and Acer Taiwan report shortages that are constraining supply...
Monday 9 March 2026
Meribank extends semiconductor precision to biomedicine with AI and modular process
Meribank Biotech has signed a letter of intent with Ahead Medicine and Apexcella Biomedical, focusing on optimizing allogeneic natural killer (NK) cell manufacturing and building an...
Sunday 8 March 2026
Applied Materials VP warns AI growth may hit energy, not chip limits
AI is rapidly driving global computing demand and accelerating semiconductor industry growth. Applied Materials vice president Erix Yu expects the semiconductor market to reach US$1...
Sunday 8 March 2026
DynaPack plans triple BBU capacity expansion to meet AI data center demand
With AI data centers now integrating battery backup units (BBU), battery module maker DynaPack plans to add an additional 200% to its production capacity at its Taiwan and Thailand...
Sunday 8 March 2026
Broadcom CEO sees copper interconnects viable through 2028

Broadcom reported strong results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026, driven by robust demand for cloud application-specific integrated...

Sunday 8 March 2026
Wistron posts record February revenue driven by AI server shipments
Wistron Group's February 2026 revenue surged to a historic high, fueled by strong shipments of AI servers and network switches. The company reported a year-over-year increase of 177.37%...
Saturday 7 March 2026
Qwen shake-up sparks AI talent war with Z.ai and DeepMind
According to TechWeb, on March 5, 2026, Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu formally approved Alibaba's core Qwen team member Jun-Yang Lin's resignation in an internal letter to Tongyi Lab,...
Saturday 7 March 2026
Foxconn and TSMC advanced packaging spur V5 to consider France, US sites
High-end semiconductor inspection equipment leader V5 Technologies has steadily entered the supply chains of foundry and testing giants in recent years. Chairman Quincy Lin said amid...
Saturday 7 March 2026
Largan avoids low-margin orders as optical industry enters slow season
Adam Lin, chairman of optical lens and optoelectronics maker Largan Precision, emphasized the company's strategic focus on avoiding orders with low profit margins that could reduce...
Saturday 7 March 2026
TienPin eyes stable growth in 2026 as AI server liquid-cooling cleaning demand heats up
TienPin United Enterprise has been benefiting from a rapid surge in the artificial intelligence (AI) server liquid-cooling cleaning business since the second half of 2025, with its...