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Monday 5 January 2026
TSMC's US fabs expose structural cost gap with Taiwan

The economics of advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the US differ sharply from those in Taiwan, and TSMC's experience in Arizona...

Monday 5 January 2026
NAFCO posts record December revenue and is optimistic for 2026
The National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation (NAFCO) revenue for December 2025 hit a new record of NT$405 million (approx. US$12.9 million), up 7.84% month-over-month and 19.61% year-over-year...
Monday 5 January 2026
Taiwan fortifies silicon shield with 2026 push to set global chip agenda
As AI server and semiconductor companies look set to close out a profitable 2025, recent Chinese military encirclement exercises and live-fire drills around Taiwan have once again...
Monday 5 January 2026
DIGITIMES chair warns against head-on competition with China's strength
As global tech companies navigate increasingly complex geopolitical tensions and shifting supply chains, strategic positioning against Chinese competitors has become a critical question...
Monday 5 January 2026
Taiwan ramps up drone procurement in 2026, testing mass-production capacity
Taiwan is set to dramatically scale up its military drone production starting in 2026 as the Ministry of National Defense prepares to order nearly 50,000 units, a move intended to...
Monday 5 January 2026
Taiwan power chipmakers bank on AI data centers and auto orders for 2026 growth
Taiwan's power semiconductor suppliers are positioning for steady growth through 2026. The momentum comes from two fronts: artificial intelligence data centers adopting new power...
Monday 5 January 2026
Taiwan IC design industry faces intensifying G2 pressures in 2026
Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) design sector faces intensified challenges as 2026 begins that may push its global revenue ranking to third place, largely due to competitive pressures...
Saturday 3 January 2026
Chang Wah accelerates Asia expansion as chip packaging booms
Chang Wah Electromaterials and its affiliate Chang Wah Technology are expanding operations across Taiwan, China, and Malaysia as global chipmakers and packaging houses ramp up capacity...
Friday 2 January 2026
Asus to pause new smartphone launches in 2026, maintain mobile operations
Smartphone distributors in Taiwan have recently said they are no longer able to obtain Asus handsets through local agents and claimed they had received information indicating that...
Friday 2 January 2026
IC substrates and networking PCBs grow; materials and equipment face shortages
The PCB industry is making large upgrades. The largest beneficiaries of the AI boom are IC substrate makers that are part of the advanced chip packaging supply chain, such as Unimicron...
Friday 2 January 2026
Twoway chair indicted in Taiwan for alleged attempted breach of trust
Twoway Group announced on December 31, 2025, that its chairperson, Bi-shuang Chen, along with other business personnel, has been indicted by the Taoyuan District Prosecutors' Office...
Friday 2 January 2026
Budget impasse halts Taiwan's first quantum-classical hybrid platform, undermining computing sovereignty
Taiwan's push to build strategic AI, robotics, and quantum computing infrastructure is facing delays after the National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC) NT$10.85 billion (approx...
Friday 2 January 2026
Taiwan's AI and robotics agenda stalls as legislative deadlock over 2026 budget continues
Taiwan's drive to scale artificial intelligence and robotics faces a critical setback as political deadlock in the Legislative Yuan blocks passage of the 2026 central government budget,...
Friday 2 January 2026
Foxconn partners with Pace CCS to advance carbon capture tech in Taiwan
Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision) has teamed up with UK-based carbon capture and storage (CCS) design firm Pace CCS to establish a joint laboratory in Taiwan, focusing on developing corrosion-prevention...
Friday 2 January 2026
SanDisk, Micron vie for PSMC's Tongluo fab capacity
Market rumors and formal statements indicate two major memory companies, SanDisk and Micron, have approached PSMC about capacity cooperation at PSMC's new 12-inch fab in Tongluo,...