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Tuesday 21 April 2026
China unveils 10 measures for Taiwan; Taiwan's MOEA affirms independent economic goals
Chinese authorities announced 10 new policies related to Taiwan following the meeting between China's president Xi Jinping and the chairperson of the Kuomintang political party in...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Electronic system design industry sustains double-digit growth in 4Q25, driven by strong SIP and services demand

The global electronic system design industry closed 2025 on a strong footing, with revenue reaching US$5.47 billion in the fourth quarter—up...

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Qualcomm Chief reportedly seeks memory and manufacturing deals in South Korea

Qualcomm Chief Executive Cristiano Amon is expected to meet senior executives from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix during a recent visit...

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Taiwan has more than 260,000 job vacancies, with manufacturing accounting for 32.4%
Taiwan's artificial intelligence (AI) servers and advanced-process chip manufacturing businesses are booming, with related manufacturing industries also benefiting. According to a...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
AI demand inflates silicon valuations across TSMC, Nvidia supply chain
"Silicon inflation" is no longer a metaphor — it is reshaping Taiwan's capital markets. TSMC and Nvidia are at the center, pulling growth across the entire electronics supply...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Google's AI chip push targets inference boom as battle with Nvidia enters new phase

Google is accelerating its push into the AI chip market, positioning its custom tensor processing units (TPUs) as a viable alternative to...

Tuesday 21 April 2026
Middle East transshipment and supply chain shifts double SE Asia freight rates
Given the US-China trade war, many Taiwanese businesses and Chinese manufacturers relocated production lines to Southeast Asia, boosting shipment demand from the region. Now, escalating...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Analysis: Amazon's 11-year chip journey crowns Anthropic and OpenAI as top Trainium customers
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy declared in his latest shareholder letter that the company's self-developed chip business is booming, surpassing US$15 billion in annualized AI revenue through...
Tuesday 21 April 2026
Foxconn Industrial Internet to mass-produce CPO all-optical switches in 3Q26 with over 10,000 units target
Brand Cheng, chairman of Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), a cloud networking business under Foxconn, recently announced ongoing advancements in technologies, including co-packaged...
Monday 20 April 2026
Analysis: How TSMC avoids memory's boom-and-bust cycle
Ahead of TSMC's earnings call, DIGITIMES senior analyst Luke Lin explained that TSMC typically does not revise its full-year revenue forecast or capital expenditure during...
Monday 20 April 2026
AI boom lifts Taiwan's chip testing firms to record 1Q26
As artificial intelligence chips increasingly migrate to advanced manufacturing nodes, the complexity — and duration — of semiconductor testing is rising sharply. That...
Monday 20 April 2026
India notifies Dholera chip SEZ, signaling diversification of global semiconductor supply chain
India's notification of a special economic zone in Dholera for the country's first chip fabrication plant marks a potential turning point in global semiconductor supply chains, promising...
Monday 20 April 2026
Naura revenue climbs on China chip tool demand, margins tighten amid rising costs and competition
China semiconductor equipment maker Naura Technology delivered strong 2025 revenue growth on rising chip tool demand and domestic substitution, but weaker margins and intensifying...
Monday 20 April 2026
South Korea's DeepX moves DX-M1 AI chip into mass production; builds up inventory to address supply constraints
South Korean AI semiconductor startup DeepX has entered mass production and supply for its in-house neural processing unit (NPU), the DX-M1, as it seeks to scale revenue amid tightening...
Monday 20 April 2026
Taiwan's high growth and low inflation stand out amidst global economic downturn
As global research institutions downgrade their economic forecasts for 2026 in the wake of the joint US-Israel strikes on Iran, Taiwan has stood out as a rare exception to the worldwide...