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Tuesday 24 March 2026
TSMC's Wei draws battle lines between US AI and China's hardware in robotics race
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei's recent remarks on the global robotics landscape have sparked an industry debate over whether the US or China holds the upper hand in the race to commercialize...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Crude oil price rise ripples through automotive supply chain, squeezing parts makers
Global crude oil prices have swung higher in recent weeks, sending ripples through energy markets that are now coursing swiftly into downstream manufacturing. Few sectors have felt...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Small nations face structural limits in AI sovereignty, Swiss expert says
As global momentum builds around "sovereign AI," smaller economies face structural constraints in achieving technological independence, particularly in compute infrastructure and semiconductor...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Boston Dynamics rival Ghost Robotics brings its Pentagon-proven robotic dogs to Taiwan
As the US Department of Defense (DoD) accelerates the adoption of AI and autonomous systems, quadruped robots have emerged as a key area of focus — and a growing opportunity...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Ghost Robotics seeks Taiwan supply chain ties for quadruped robots
Ghost Robotics, a US-based developer of quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), has expressed interest in collaborating with Taiwan's supply chain as it moves to enter the local...
Monday 23 March 2026
India's FDI reset opens controlled door to Chinese participation in semiconductor supply chains
India's decision to ease foreign direct investment (FDI) restrictions for neighboring countries marks a calibrated shift in policy that could reshape its electronics and semiconductor...
Monday 23 March 2026
Explainer: Why Nvidia's Groq LPU runs on Samsung silicon— Groq's scale and inference strategy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang highlighted at GTC 2026 that AI has shifted from early model training to an era defined by inference and agent computing. To meet growing inference demands,...
Monday 23 March 2026
Taiwan central bank revise 2027 GDP growth upward
Taiwan's central bank sharply raised its 2026 GDP forecast to 7.28%, citing substantial capex from international cloud service providers and aggressive investment expansion by domestic...
Monday 23 March 2026
TSMC supports local suppliers to reduce supply chain risks
Jeng-Ywan Jeng, a professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), recently highlighted TSMC's efforts to...
Monday 23 March 2026
Weekly news roundup: geopolitics, AI memory, racing for semiconductor control
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 16-22, 2026:
Monday 23 March 2026
Facing regulatory and competitive pressures, Apple CEO signals alignment with China
Apple CEO Tim Cook struck a conciliatory tone at the China Development Forum, praising Chinese developers and manufacturing capabilities while emphasizing shared goals in innovation...
Monday 23 March 2026
Can Elon Musk's Terafab turn chip independence into reality—or is it too ambitious to succeed?
Elon Musk has unveiled one of his most ambitious industrial visions yet: a "Terafab" that would allow Tesla and SpaceX to design and manufacture their own semiconductors for artificial...
Monday 23 March 2026
Commentary: CPO mass production put to test as photonic integration faces challenges
Driven by massive demand from cloud AI, silicon photonics continues to gain momentum. At the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2026), industry players engaged in in-depth...
Monday 23 March 2026
Allied Circuit eyes 2Q27 mass production in Vietnam, targets LEO satellite market with Meiko
The global PCB industry continues to deepen its Southeast Asia footprint. Among the latest moves, Allied Circuit (ACCL) and Japanese firm Meiko have recently announced a joint venture...
Monday 23 March 2026
India roundup: India eyes key hub for semiconductors, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing

India is rapidly positioning itself as a strategic hub for semiconductors, clean energy, and advanced...