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Monday 15 June 2026
SAP says human-in-the-loop review is key to moving enterprise AI agents from POC to production
SAP reported that enterprise AI agents are shifting from proof of concept to real-world deployment as companies aim to embed generative AI into operational workflows such as finance...
Monday 15 June 2026
Samsung foundry chief sees 2028 profit path as bonus costs mount

Samsung Electronics' foundry division chief told employees on June 12 that a return to profitability in the contract chipmaking business...

Monday 15 June 2026
South Korea's chip equipment players ride the HBM4 wave

South Korea's semiconductor equipment supply chain saw a material pickup in orders in the first half of 2026 as Samsung Electronics...

Monday 15 June 2026
Taiwan's IC design sector posts sharpest gains in years; May data hints at further acceleration into 2H26
Taiwan's fabless semiconductor design sector posted its strongest year-over-year growth figures in years as of May 2026, with a cluster of memory-adjacent and storage chip makers leading...
Monday 15 June 2026
China's new EV rules push European luxury PHEVs to the exit

European luxury automakers are pulling back from China's plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) market after Beijing tightened eligibility requirements...

Monday 15 June 2026
Southeast Asia shifts from test-and-pack to multi-center advanced packaging hub

As global semiconductor supply chains are rebuilt, Southeast Asia is evolving from a back-end test-and-pack region into a resilient,...

Monday 15 June 2026
Taiwan firms ramped AI investment but must fix architecture to realize ROI

Taiwanese companies sharply increased enterprise AI investment and adoption in 2026, yet critical gaps in technology architecture and...

Monday 15 June 2026
Exclusive: Wiwynn triples capital, president says it signals confidence
Wiwynn, Taiwan's smallest-capital server ODM with the highest EPS, is set to triple its share capital after shareholders approve a retained-earnings-to-capital-increase plan in 2026...
Monday 15 June 2026
SK Hynix to test ChatGPT and Copilot as Samsung widens enterprise AI use
SK Hynix said it is evaluating external generative AI models, including ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot, as it pilots broader AI use across the company, following Samsung...
Monday 15 June 2026
Samsung's Exynos 2600 doubles on-device AI performance in MLPerf benchmarks
Samsung Electronics announced that its Exynos 2600 mobile application processor delivered more than double the on-device AI performance of the Exynos 2500, according to benchmark results...
Monday 15 June 2026
AI server tracker: Taiwan's AI supply chain posts triple-digit gains in May as server makers and memory chips surge
Taiwan's listed semiconductor and electronics companies posted robust revenue growth in May 2026, with the latest monthly data revealing a widening split between AI infrastructure...
Monday 15 June 2026
SK Hynix readies HBM4 packaging push as Nvidia demand grows

SK Hynix is bringing additional back-end equipment into its Cheongju P&T6 facility as it steps up mass-production preparations for...

Monday 15 June 2026
Exclusive: Wiwynn sees no AI bubble for 4 years as capex surges
Wiwynn president William Lin says AI demand has exceeded expectations, with orders so strong that even rapid global expansion still feels too slow. The server maker is expanding capacity...
Monday 15 June 2026
LG Energy Solution secures patent licensing deal with Sunwoda, ending two-year dispute
LG Energy Solution (LGES) reached a patent licensing agreement with Chinese battery maker Sunwoda, ending a two-year legal battle that had involved courts in Germany, China, and South...
Monday 15 June 2026
X app age rating raised to 19+ on South Korean Google Play Store after Grok's adult-content policy change
On South Korea's Google Play store, the X app (formerly Twitter) was reclassified to "19 and up" after the social platform updated its community guidelines to permit consensual adult...