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Friday 21 August 2026
US ban on robot dogs clears the way for Taiwan's Swancor
To safeguard national security and the development of the AI supply chain, the US has banned imports of advanced humanoid robots. Against that backdrop, Taiwan-based Swancor unveiled...
Friday 21 August 2026
Elice to build South Korea's first warm-water-cooled AI data center, unveils coding agent
South Korean AI infrastructure provider Elice Group is expanding on two fronts, adding enterprise AI transformation (AX) solutions while building what it says will be the country's...
Friday 21 August 2026
China's humanoid robot shipments hit 40,000 in the first half of 2026
China shipped more than 40,000 humanoid robots in the first half of 2026, lifting its share of global shipments to 97%, according to a development report released on August 20 at the...
Friday 21 August 2026
TXC pivots to AI infrastructure as 1.6T optical modules surge
Quartz component leader TXC is targeting AI and automotive applications as demand grows for faster data transmission, with 1.6T optical modules expected to see explosive growth in...
Friday 21 August 2026
DIGITIMES's Colley Hwang warns Taiwan AI data center capacity lags South Korea

The inference economy has arrived, and Taiwan's tech industry must transition from the "knowledge economy" to the "inference economy,"...

Friday 21 August 2026
Longcheer and Luxshare move into robot ODM
China consumer electronics ODMs are extending their R&D, supply chain integration and mass production capabilities into the embodied AI robot market. Longcheer announced on August...
Friday 21 August 2026
How credit allocation is becoming part of the AI supply chain
As artificial intelligence (AI) evolves, shifting bottlenecks reflect the maturity of the AI boom. Initial constraints emerged at the semiconductor level with GPUs, high bandwidth...
Friday 21 August 2026
Column: Is 800V really 'high voltage'? —AI data centers revive an old power debate
High-voltage direct current (HVDC) is currently one of the hottest areas of technology and product development for AI data centers. It is not only the first layer of what Nvidia CEO...
Friday 21 August 2026
Charts: Foxconn is losing share of Taiwan's EMS revenue as Quanta and Wistron near double
The sub-sector's dominant supplier grew 37.9% year to date and still ranks only seventh of 20, while the other 19 companies grew 56.9% between them.
Thursday 20 August 2026
Why Chinese automakers are racing into humanoid robots
As subsidies for China's new energy vehicle market gradually wind down and automaker margins continue to narrow, Beijing is shifting policy support toward embodied AI and humanoid...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Aurotek targets humanoid robot rollout gap with Physical AI push
Aurotek Corporation is accelerating its push into the robotics market, unveiling its first lights-out factory solution integrating multi-brand, multi-form-factor robots at Automation...
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
Nvidia physical AI executive Madison Huang appears at Beijing WRC after LG Seoul visit
Two days after visiting LG Electronics' robotics hub in Seoul, Nvidia executive Madison Huang was in Beijing on August 20 for the 2026 World Robot Conference (WRC), highlighting the...
Thursday 20 August 2026
Unitree post-IPO: Chairman Wang weighs profit, scale and 80% home-robot threshold

Unitree Robotics' August 19 listing on China's STAR Market brought the humanoid robot maker into the public-market spotlight, but attention...

Thursday 20 August 2026
AI drives network equipment demand as parts shortages deepen
AI data center expansion and rising demand for enterprise network upgrades continue to lift the network equipment market, giving several vendors better order visibility. But surging...