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Tuesday 9 June 2026
Nvidia-SK Hynix pact sharpens memory race with Samsung, Micron
Nvidia's multiyear technology partnership with SK Hynix could reinforce the South Korean chipmaker's role in the AI memory supply chain, raising pressure on Samsung Electronics and...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Topco monthly sales hit third-highest level on chip materials demand
Topco Scientific said strong demand from artificial intelligence and high-performance computing drove higher shipments of advanced-process materials, lifting consolidated revenue in...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Taiwan suppliers target physical AI platforms as robotics race moves beyond hardware
Computex 2026 closed last week with physical AI among its central themes, and robots emerging as one of the clearest ways to demonstrate it. Yet, unlike CES, where robot makers competed...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Yesiang begins shipping recycled filters as 2nm demand lifts AMC market
Taiwan's Yesiang has started volume shipments of a newly certified recycled advanced micro-contamination (AMC) filter as semiconductor makers push deeper into 2nm and smaller nodes...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Taiwan server makers post strong May sales as AI demand continues to drive orders
Taiwan's leading server manufacturers reported strong May sales, underscoring how global AI infrastructure spending is reshaping demand for data center hardware. The gains point to...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
YMTC returns to South Korea's consumer SSD market after four-year absence
Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) is bringing its consumer SSD brand ZHITAI back to South Korea after a four-year absence, as major memory makers devote more resources to high-bandwidth...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Astrogate expands from wireless projection to AR and drones
Wireless technology provider Astrogate, founded in 2019, has built a Taiwan-based R&D operation into a business platform spanning wireless projection, AR smart glasses, and drones,...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
AI chip race lifts semiconductor equipment sales to record US$36.55bn
Global semiconductor equipment sales hit a record first-quarter 2026 high, as the AI buildout lifted investment in leading-edge logic, DRAM and advanced packaging.
Tuesday 9 June 2026
LG Innotek expands Vietnam substrate plant as AI servers strain RF-SiP supply
LG Innotek is expanding semiconductor substrate production in Vietnam as rising demand for server components reshapes capacity across the substrate industry, fueling expectations that...
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Analysis: ASICs are coming for Nvidia's GPU dominance — and it could happen next year, says DIGITIMES analyst
Jensen Huang spent nearly two weeks in Taiwan for GTC Taipei and Computex 2026 before flying to Seoul on June 5 — and even on the streets of South Korea, he returned to the same...
Monday 8 June 2026
Molex expands in Taiwan as AI interconnect demand splits between copper and optics
Molex is building out a dual-track strategy for AI interconnects, backing both copper and optical solutions as customers pursue different deployment paths, while expanding its Taiwan...
Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia-Microsoft AI PC alliance raises fears of South Korea being sidelined in next AI era
Nvidia and Microsoft have teamed up to launch RTX Spark, an AI PC superchip that could reshape personal computer architecture and intensify competition for AI leadership, according...
Monday 8 June 2026
V2X data becomes latest target in rising geopolitical tensions
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) data management has become the latest battlefront in geopolitical tensions, with recent maneuvering in China, the US, and Europe drawing the most attention...
Monday 8 June 2026
Uneec breaks into IT, liquid cooling racks on AI demand
Demand for artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing server chassis manufacturers to expand into the server rack business. Chenming Electronic Tech (Uneec) is optimistic about its rack...
Monday 8 June 2026
NTT taps Korean, Taiwanese partners for JPY70 billion-plus IOWN fund

NTT plans to establish an investment fund of more than JPY70 billion (approx. US$440 million), with major South Korean and Taiwanese...