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Wednesday 6 May 2026

Synnex posts record first-quarter revenue and profit as AI demand drives semiconductor and cloud sales

Synnex Technology International Corp. reported record consolidated results for the first quarter as accelerating AI commercialization drove triple-digit growth in data-center products...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Taiwan drone makers expand into Eastern Europe as Ukraine cuts China supply risk

Ukraine is accelerating efforts to reduce its dependence on China's supply chain, while Taiwanese drone makers expand production in Poland and Lithuania, reshaping Eastern Europe's...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Largan Industrial Optics and Apollo Power to supply renewable electricity to semiconductor suppliers

Largan Industrial Optics and Apollo Power announced a green power cooperation agreement on May 5 to supply renewable electricity to global high-tech manufacturing, aiming to support...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Hengs Technology shifts to recurring revenue as O&M business matures in 2026

Hengs Technology, a Taiwan solar system integrator and operator, said its operations and maintenance business would enter a harvest phase in 2026, supporting another year of strong...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Seetel secures JC-STAR dual certification to enter Japan energy storage market

Taiwan startup Seetel New Energy announced on May 5 that its self-developed energy management and battery management systems have passed Japan Cyber STAR certification from the Information-technology...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

From China to Arizona: How AI and TSMC are redrawing Taiwan's economic map

Taiwan's decades-long tilt toward China is giving way to a sharper, US-focused strategy. Semiconductor expansion and surging demand for AI infrastructure are redrawing the island's...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

SoftBank, Intel target HBM limits with 9-layer memory

SoftBank's memory unit SAIMEMORY is preparing to present a new 3D DRAM technology developed with Intel, as the AI hardware industry seeks ways to ease the power and heat constraints...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Southeast Asia's fab deficit threatens a chip boom shutout

Global semiconductor sales are projected to reach US$1 trillion this year and could double to US$2 trillion by 2035, driven by rapid growth in AI data centers. But the boom is also...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Samsung board chairman warns strike could disrupt chip output

Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is widening beyond a fight over bonuses, after board chairman Shin Je-yoon made a rare appeal for management...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

How Plug and Play is bridging Taiwan's deep tech startups with Silicon Valley capital

For much of the past decade, Taiwan watched from the sidelines as global venture capital poured into software. The island's world-class manufacturers, semiconductor giants, and precision...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

South Korea eyes memory-led AI order against Nvidia

As AI shifts from training to inference and from single-task use to multi-agent collaboration, South Korea's semiconductor industry is seeking to recast the market around memory rather...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

European delegation meets Taiwan industry to bolster counter-drone cooperation

A European delegation's closed-door talks with Taiwanese industry on counter-drone systems highlight accelerating global security implications as drone warfare evolves rapidly, informed...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

AI and chips propel US back to top of Taiwan's trade chart

Trade between Taiwan and the US reached US$78.25 billion in the first quarter of 2026, driven primarily by advanced node chips and AI servers. This marks the first time in 25 years...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

AMI capacity sold out through 2028 as CCL makers race for high-end tools

The PCB industry is entering a new phase of transformation in the AI era, as rising demand for high-frequency and high-speed applications...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Taiwan networking vendors lose sync with global rebound, raising competitive and supply risks

The global broadband customer premises equipment market entered a bottoming-and-rebound phase in 2026 after a prolonged inventory correction. Still, Taiwan networking vendors are losing...

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