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Monday 2 November 2026
Taiwan’s R&D investment reaches NT$1.13 trillion in 2025
Master’s degree holders remain the backbone of Taiwan’s technology R&D workforce, while locally trained PhD students generally show weaker research capabilities, according...
Monday 2 November 2026
Weekly news roundup: Taiwan debates talent distribution; SK Hynix looks beyond HBM
This week’s coverage highlights intensifying competition and capacity constraints across the global semiconductor industry. Taiwan faces debate over whether public R&D funding...
Monday 2 November 2026
Column: Samsung's memory boom reshapes its investment strategy
Samsung Electronics has never had more capital at its disposal. The company reported operating profit of KRW89.5 trillion (approx. US$67 billion) in the second quarter of 2026 and...
Monday 2 November 2026
Nvidia's Korea robotics push gains ground as LG starts data factory operations
Nvidia's robotics partnerships in South Korea are moving beyond initial agreements, with LG Electronics beginning partial operations at its robot-training Data Factory and LG Innotek...
Monday 2 November 2026
Humanoid robots, robotaxis take center stage at Korea's FIX 2026
South Korean companies showcased humanoid robot components, dual-arm machines, and autonomous driving systems at FIX 2026 in Daegu, offering a look at how developers are bringing automation...
Sunday 1 November 2026
The 20% problem: why Taiwan's imported equipment parts still carry 70% of the cost
Taiwan can manufacture some of the world's most advanced chips, package them into increasingly complex AI systems, and connect much of the surrounding electronics supply chain within...
Sunday 1 November 2026
TWM's BNPL users rise 49.9% as Taiwan targets gig-worker demand
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) said its buy now, pay later (BNPL) service is expanding beyond e-commerce checkout to travel, pet care, and other consumer scenarios, driven by the growth of atypical...
Sunday 1 November 2026
Six decades in the making: Why the world can't easily copy Taiwan's chip ecosystem
Taiwan's semiconductor strength is often described today through leading-edge process nodes, advanced packaging capacity, or its pivotal role in the global AI supply chain. At the...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: The manpower problem behind Taiwan's semiconductor resilience
Taiwan's semiconductor industry has earned its reputation for chip dominance through decades of sustained investment in solving some of the world's hardest technological challenges...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: Taiwan builds the AI backbone — but can it capture the AI economy?
Taiwan already manufactures much of the physical infrastructure on which the AI boom depends. Advanced logic, packaging, substrates, testing, power delivery, cooling, and server assembly...
Saturday 31 October 2026
TSIA 30: AI is breaking the sequential supply chain — Taiwan may be built for what comes next
The AI hardware race is usually measured in nanometers, memory bandwidth, and accelerator performance. But another constraint is emerging much earlier in the development process: whether...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Compeq plans sustained investment as AI infrastructure, LEO satellite demand grows

Compeq Manufacturing is reshaping its product portfolio and expanding capacity in Taiwan and overseas as demand rises for AI data center infrastructure and next-generation low Earth...

Saturday 31 October 2026
Ibiden expands AI packaging substrate capacity for Intel from 2029
Ibiden on October 29 raised its fiscal 2026 forecast, projecting consolidated net profit to rise 40% year-over-year to JPY89 billion (US$563 million) and revenue to increase 36% to...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Renesas expands AI data center capacity, targets 33.2% margin in 2026
Japan’s Renesas Electronics expects strong demand for AI data centers, industrial applications, and automotive semiconductors to drive 2026 revenue to JPY1.6668 trillion (US$10.55...
Saturday 31 October 2026
Infineon's 300mm GaN push turns Europe's power-chip strength into an AI infrastructure bet

The aggressive deployment of infrastructure-scale AI projects is rapidly driving up compute demand as chip architectures continue to scale across...