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Tuesday 15 September 2026

South Korea updates AI safeguards as Microsoft sets shutdown rules

South Korea is updating its artificial intelligence security guidance as companies deploy AI agents capable of operating with limited...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Micron's record Taiwan payout fails to end union demand for 15% of profits

Micron Technology's Taiwan union is pressing for a permanent profit-sharing formula despite the US memory chipmaker announcing its largest employee rewards package to date, leaving...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Minebea Mitsumi pauses M&A to chase AI hardware demand

Minebea Mitsumi has halted its push for new acquisitions and is shifting resources toward producing ball bearings, motors and actuators for AI hardware, as demand tied to data centers,...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Samsung's Cheonan plant reallocates packaging capacity from Exynos to HBM

Samsung Electronics is accelerating the restructuring of its semiconductor packaging footprint. Its Cheonan facility is gradually phasing out packaging operations for the Exynos mobile...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix diverge on cell design for sub-10nm DRAM in 2028

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are preparing to move DRAM below the 10nm threshold in 2028, with the two memory makers pursuing different...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

OEM/EMS AI servers: August revenue trends, operational outlook

Taiwan's original equipment manufacturer/electronics manufacturing services (OEM/EMS) sector is witnessing a structural split between...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

AI server tracker: CCL makers outpace PCB and substrate suppliers as server demand grows

Taiwan's copper-clad laminate (CCL) makers significantly outpaced printed circuit board (PCB) and IC substrate suppliers in August, as stronger server demand, pricing and product-mix...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs shares power grid experience at APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting

Vice Minister of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Chien-hsin Lai recently led a delegation to Beijing, China, to attend the 16th APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting (EMM)....

Tuesday 15 September 2026

HS Hyosung joint venture to invest KRW1.2 trillion in Ulsan silicon anode plant

HS Hyosung Energy Solution Korea, a joint venture formed by South Korea's HS Hyosung Group and Belgian materials leader Umicore, signed...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Panasonic Energy eyes JPY1 trillion yen AI storage revenue by 2028

Panasonic Energy, the battery unit of Panasonic Holdings, is betting big on energy storage for AI data centers as demand for backup...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs builds flagship Taiwan pavilions at international expos to boost auto parts exports

The world's largest automotive aftermarket trade fair, Automechanika Frankfurt, was held in Germany from September 8 to 12. Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Taiwan...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

AI's next bottleneck may be profitability, not compute, SK chair warns

For years, as the heat surrounding AI continued to build, competitiveness across the industry was largely measured by brute-force computing power. The broader infrastructure race was...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

South Korean firms hold 80% of the automotive OLED market

South Korean panel makers command about 80% of the automotive OLED market, according to Sigmaintell, as electrification and smarter vehicles keep demand for car displays stable and...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Taiwan's carbon pricing enters new phase with carbon fee, ETS on parallel tracks

Taiwan's carbon fee has officially taken effect, marking a major step in the country's efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, while the government is preparing to introduce an...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Hyundai Motor Group bets on data, Nvidia, and in-house AI to speed autonomous driving rollout

Hyundai Motor Group is moving to standardize its autonomous driving hardware, deepen its data pipeline, and accelerate in-house AI development as it prepares a staggered rollout of...

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