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Tuesday 11 August 2026
ViTrox showcases AI packaging inspection solutions at SEMICON Taiwan 2026.

ViTrox, which aims to be the World's Most Trusted Technology Company, is excited to announce its participation in SEMICON Taiwan 2026, one of the world's leading semiconductor...

Tuesday 11 August 2026
Air freight tightens in Asia as tariff-driven ocean demand fades

Entering the third quarter, the air freight market has split along regional lines, with Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and...

Tuesday 11 August 2026
Chinese automakers push Europe share to 9% as trade fight intensifies
Chinese automakers captured 9.5% of Europe's new-car market in the first half of 2026, up from 5.0% a year earlier, as their expansion continued quarter-by-quarter. The gains have...
Tuesday 11 August 2026
UK Semiconductor Center makes Taiwan debut at SEMICON, strengthening strategic ties

The UK Semiconductor Centre (UKSC), a leading organization in the UK semiconductor ecosystem, will lead a delegation of British semiconductor...

Tuesday 11 August 2026
Samsung set to double BOE TV panel orders as Korean TV makers reshuffle suppliers

Samsung Electronics is expected to double its purchases of TV LCD panels from BOE in 2026 while cutting orders from CSOT, as Samsung...

Tuesday 11 August 2026
PSA, NTUT sign NT$50 million AI research and talent deal
Passive System Alliance (PSA) Group and National Taipei University of Technology have signed a three-year industry-academia agreement worth NT$50 million to advance artificial intelligence...
Tuesday 11 August 2026
Taiwan optical firms diverge in CPO push as Corning looms large

Co-packaged optics (CPO) remains a key focus in the AI era. Beyond advanced packaging and testing, compound semiconductors, and other...

Monday 10 August 2026
SK Hynix weighs stake sale in US$3B Chongqing chip packaging plant

SK Hynix is considering options for its semiconductor packaging and testing facility in Chongqing, China, including bringing in an...

Monday 10 August 2026
Hotai Leasing to debut on the Taiwan stock market on August 11

Hotai Motor's all-round mobility services unit, Hotai Leasing, will officially launch its public listing on August 11. Hotai Leasing...

Monday 10 August 2026
Samsung HBM4 yield nears 80% as production race with SK Hynix heats up

Samsung Electronics has reportedly pushed the production yield of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) close to 80%, marking...

Monday 10 August 2026
OCI rides AI, space solar boom as SpaceX deepens polysilicon ties
South Korean solar polysilicon supplier OCI Holdings is capitalizing on its increasingly scarce position as a non-China supplier, benefiting not only from growing solar demand from...
Monday 10 August 2026
SK Hynix faces US patent fight over HBM, 3D NAND

SK Hynix is facing an expanding US patent dispute with MonolithIC 3D. A second US International Trade Commission (USITC) investigation...

Monday 10 August 2026
Semiconductor material prices surge across silicon wafers, specialty gases and advanced packaging
Demand for advanced processes and packaging continues to rise, while the Middle East conflict is lifting energy and raw-material costs and tighter Chinese controls on strategic-mineral...
Monday 10 August 2026
Interview: Nvidia sees Taiwan as more than an assembler — an engineering partner

Taiwan's role in the global AI supply chain is shifting from manufacturing toward engineering, Nvidia networking senior vice president...

Monday 10 August 2026
Hiwin earns S&P and DJSI sustainability recognitions on four-way carbon cuts
Hiwin, a major precision motion components maker, has accelerated its sustainability transformation in recent years and achieved two major milestones: it was included in the DJSI Emerging...