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Tuesday 29 September 2026
Advantech's North America expansion signals a deeper shift toward local manufacturing, services

Advantech is expanding manufacturing, engineering, and fulfillment capabilities in North America as demand grows for locally designed...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Taiwan PCB output hits record high on AI demand, putting NT$1 trillion year within reach

AI server, high-speed networking, and memory demand continued to lift Taiwan's PCB industry in the second quarter of 2026, boosting...

Tuesday 29 September 2026
Global 2026 EV sales to grow just 6.5% as Chinese exports become primary driver
DIGITIMES Intelligence forecasts global electric vehicle (EV) sales to reach 22.34 million units in 2026, representing a modest 6.5% year-over-year increase—a sharp deceleration...
Monday 28 September 2026
South Korea's HBM-linked exports surge as Taiwan, Malaysia emerge as high-value destinations

South Korea's exports of the customs category that carries high-bandwidth memory (HBM) are no longer a two-destination story. Unit-value...

Sunday 27 September 2026
Meta Muse fuels agentic AI demand, tightening CPU supply

Meta's AI assistant Muse is drawing strong market response, and the rise of agentic AI is drawing attention to AI infrastructure shortages...

Sunday 27 September 2026
South Korea's 300mm research gap: Daejeon pitches an open fab as a US$1.46 billion fix
Daejeon is seeking to build a roughly KRW2 trillion (approx. US$1.46 billion) national semiconductor research hub centered on an open 300mm manufacturing and demonstration fab, aiming...
Saturday 26 September 2026
US and Chinese accounts of Xi's Washington visit agree on the framework, not the fine print
Chinese President Xi Jinping's September 23-25 state visit to Washington ended without a joint statement, leaving the White House fact sheet and Beijing's official readouts as the...
Saturday 26 September 2026
Interview: Taiwan's H2U helps companies manage employee health with AI, eyes third markets with South Korea
When companies discuss ESG, they often emphasize environmental issues and compliance while paying less attention to employee health, a key component of the social dimension, according...
Saturday 26 September 2026
Samsung foundry recovery gains pace, but 2nm, Taylor fab remain hurdles

Samsung Electronics' foundry recovery is gaining pace as higher utilization, firmer pricing, and stronger advanced-node demand improve...

Saturday 26 September 2026
Wi-Fi 7 drives enterprise network refresh as channel inventories normalize

Europe's enterprise networking market is emerging from a two-year inventory correction as Wi-Fi 7 adoption accelerates and pulls spending...

Friday 25 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix in the running for PS6 GDDR7 orders
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly in the running to supply 24Gb GDDR7 memory for Sony's next-generation PlayStation, as tight memory supply complicates planning for the...
Friday 25 September 2026
BOE supplies panel for LG's 5K Mini LED gaming monitor
China's BOE is supplying the panel for LG Electronics' 27-inch UltraGear evo 27GM950B, putting the display maker's technology in one of LG's premium gaming monitors as BOE expands...
Friday 25 September 2026
CPC, Taipower pay premiums to secure energy supplies, face financial strain

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East, along with continued tensions between the US and Iran, has kept international energy prices...

Friday 25 September 2026
Taiwan keeps door open for Chinese parts in drones

Taiwan is leaving room for Chinese-made components in parts of its commercial drone supply chain, with non-critical items such as passive...

Friday 25 September 2026
Interview: GMI Cloud bets on Taiwan as a proving ground for global AI expansion
GMI Cloud is making Taiwan a key part of its global AI infrastructure expansion, with a US$500 million investment in an AI factory powered by Nvidia's Blackwell GPUs. Announced in...