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Sunday 13 September 2026
AI, 5G upgrades lift Taiwan's top three telecoms in August
Strong demand for AI and AI data centers, along with a wave of enterprise information and communications technology (ICT) projects moving into delivery, helped Taiwan's top three telecom...
Sunday 13 September 2026
AI server exports to US slow; electronics parts jump 1.5 times in August
Taiwan's Ministry of Finance on September 9 said electronic parts exports reached US$32.22 billion in August 2026, a record monthly high, rising US$11.83 billion, or 58%, from the...
Sunday 13 September 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan optics race beyond 1.6T

Taiwan's optical communications supply chain is entering a more consequential phase of the AI infrastructure cycle. Demand is broadening...

Sunday 13 September 2026
HannStar to halve panel output as layoffs and a management exit fuel closure talk
HannStar Display is preparing to cut output at its only fab roughly in half, alongside a workforce reduction that industry sources put at as much as 70% — being carried out through...
Saturday 12 September 2026
Taiwan sees AI-era power upgrade openings in France
Taiwan's power and energy companies are looking to grow their presence in Europe. To support that push, the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) organized...
Saturday 12 September 2026
ViTrox sees chip inspection moving upstream as advanced packaging raises defect costs
Advanced packaging is stretching semiconductor inspection in two directions at once: packages are getting larger while the features inside them are getting smaller.
Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan unfazed by Trump's renewed chip tariff threat as MOU already locks in preferential US treatment
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected visit to the US on September 24, US President Donald Trump has again discussed the issue of bringing chip manufacturing back to the...
Friday 11 September 2026
ficonTEC breaks CPO test bottleneck, teams with Hermes Testing
German silicon photonics (SiPh) test equipment maker ficonTEC has broken through a major bottleneck in co-packaged optics (CPO) "electrical-in, optical-out" testing and launched what...
Friday 11 September 2026
AUO, Innolux accelerate shift from displays to AI, CPO, advanced packaging
Taiwan's panel makers posted mixed August results as the industry's strategic focus shifts beyond monthly revenue toward AI, advanced packaging and co-packaged optics (CPO). AUO and...
Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan govt boosts EDA R&D to target global gaps
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) briefed Premier Jung-tai Cho on September 10, 2026, at an Executive Yuan meeting on the Chip-Driven, Taiwan-wide semiconductor...
Friday 11 September 2026
China's energy storage capacity surges 50-fold in five years, sparking crackdown on lithium battery expansion
China's energy storage industry has expanded at breakneck speed since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan, growing 50-fold in just five years. The government is now applying the...
Friday 11 September 2026
AI packaging turns to glass, with TGV metallisation persisting as key technical hurdle
Taiwan supply-chain sources said low-CTE glass fibre cloth used in high-end substrates remains tight, while glass-core substrates for next-generation packaging are still in technical...
Friday 11 September 2026
Micron brings forward record pay amid Taiwan strike threat
Micron has announced its FY26 pay package for more than 60,000 employees worldwide, the largest in the company's history. For the first time, every employee will receive merit-based...
Friday 11 September 2026
Global drone supply chain accelerates de-China shift, Taiwan wins

Foreign drone makers are increasingly turning to Taiwan as a hub for non-China drone supply chains, drawn by the island's component...

Friday 11 September 2026
Taiwan tech minister in Europe to advance semiconductor cooperation

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Minister Cheng-Wen Wu visited the UK and Belgium in early September to advance Taiwan-Europe...