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Friday 24 April 2026

TSMC CoPoS equipment orders face reshuffle with legal turmoil at Taiwanese equipment maker

The semiconductor packaging equipment sector is experiencing order shifts linked to significant executive changes at a key Taiwanese supplier, raising concerns over TSMC's chip-on-wafer-on-substrate...

Friday 24 April 2026

Heran's three-brand strategy targets all appliance segments, with Yamada brand driving 2026 growth

Taiwan-based appliance maker Heran's shift to a multi-brand, multi-product strategy signals that mature appliance markets can still expand by segmenting price tiers; global consumers...

Friday 24 April 2026

FSET eyes local battery recycling and storage by 2027

Amid rising electricity demand driven by geopolitical tensions and AI growth, Formosa Smart Energy Tech (FSET) is advancing its battery recycling and energy storage strategy to build...

Friday 24 April 2026

SK Hynix deepens TSMC ties with HBM4, advances memory-logic integration

SK Hynix showcased its latest high-bandwidth memory (HBM) technologies at TSMC's North America Technology Symposium 2026, highlighting...

Friday 24 April 2026

MODA encourages Taiwanese firms to invest in computing power; Foxconn submits project proposal

The government has included AI computing infrastructure within the scope of major digital public construction projects, using tax incentives to boost private-sector investment. Minister...

Friday 24 April 2026

Exclusive: Google ramps new TPU servers, Taiwan suppliers gain share

Google's unveiling of its eighth-generation tensor processing unit (TPU) at Cloud Next 2026 is expected to drive the next wave of growth...

Friday 24 April 2026

Taiwan aims to close drone supply chain gaps by 2027

Taiwan-made drones have been exported to Poland, the Czech Republic, the US, and Austria, yet four core technology modules still rely on foreign suppliers, raising questions over whether...

Friday 24 April 2026

Europe's humanoid robot push stalls on safety rules and liability gaps

Europe's largest applied research organization, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, is widely seen as a bridge between scientific research and...

Friday 24 April 2026

ITRI Leads Taiwan SpaceTech startups into Europe, secures UK??France partnerships

The rapid growth of the global low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications sector, coupled with intensifying competition in next-generation communications technologies,...

Friday 24 April 2026

Taiwan expands industry collaboration to advance unmanned vehicle R&D

Taiwan's military-industrial sector, led by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology (NCSIST), recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Taiwan's...

Friday 24 April 2026

Interview: Taiwan-Korea cooperation not limited to memory giants; Hwaseong City aims to expand alliances

When it comes to Taiwan-Korea semiconductor cooperation, the outside world often focuses on orders and R&D between memory giants such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and TSMC...

Friday 24 April 2026

Taiwan plans 130-hectare industrial zone in Tamsui for science city

Following Nvidia's decision to establish its overseas headquarters at the Beitou-Shilin Technology Park (BSTP) in Taipei, space constraints in northern Taiwan have prompted Advanced...

Thursday 23 April 2026

SpaceX eyes GPU push as Tesla taps Samsung for chip upgrade

SpaceX is exploring in-house production of graphics processing units (GPUs) as it cites potential chip supply constraints, even as Tesla...

Thursday 23 April 2026

Samsung and LG turn to AI at WIS 2026 to tackle sluggish consumer electronics market

Faced with declining hardware sales as high interest rates and shrinking demand crunch the global consumer electronics market, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are pursuing strategies...

Thursday 23 April 2026

SaiMemory wins NEDO backing for next-generation ZAM memory, partners with Intel

SaiMemory, a next-generation memory developer established by SoftBank, said on April 22 that its development project has been selected...

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