Taiwan's economy has stayed in "booming" territory for a record 10th consecutive month, according to the monitoring indicator compiled by the National Development Council (NDC), the government's monthly gauge of the business cycle. The streak, which began in December 2025, reflects continued strength in shipments of electronic and information and communications technology (ICT) products, and surpasses the previous high of nine straight months set from February to October 2021.

C Sun Mfg announced on October 30 that it would subscribe for 1,900 lots of Nemstek's privately placed common shares as a strategic investor, giving it an expected stake of approximately 4.68% upon completion. The investment is intended to combine the companies' plasma treatment, thermal processing and automation capabilities as advanced packaging moves toward higher-density integration.

ASE Technology Holding (ASEH) expects gross margins in its packaging and testing business to remain above 30% in 2027 as growing demand for AI-related advanced packaging helps the company move beyond the profitability ceiling that has historically constrained the industry.

KLA Corporation, the US maker of semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment, is evaluating a manufacturing foray in India and is considering one or two applications under the country's Semicon 2.0 incentive scheme, The Economic Times reported on October 29, citing people familiar with the developments. KLA did not respond to the newspaper's queries.

Intel told Taiwanese chip equipment and materials suppliers that they need spare parts and service capability in place early if they want its business. The company said this at a supplier forum held by industry group SEMI in San Francisco ahead of the SEMICON West trade show.

After The New York Times reported that a female executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed International was under investigation for allegedly conducting espionage activities for China, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company's dealings with Megaspeed were normal and involved no irregularities.

Intel's growing server business is strengthening its operating recovery, but a factory disruption and a prolonged PC downturn threaten its ability to convert demand into near-term sales. Its third-quarter results show why the turnaround now depends as much on supplying data centers as on reviving the client business that has long anchored the company.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) saw its revenue grow 39.3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026. That was the cloud unit's fastest pace in nearly five years and its sixth straight quarter of acceleration. Segment sales reached US$46.0 billion, which puts AWS at a US$184 billion annualized run rate. Operating income rose 55% to US$17.8 billion.

AI chipmakers' rising memory performance requirements are accelerating the shift from sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) to HBM4E, according to analysis of the South Korean supply chain. Major AI semiconductor customers are already pushing HBM4E development, potentially shortening HBM4's mass-production cycle, while suppliers' development and manufacturing capabilities, thermal management, and customer validation remain decisive.

Strong demand for AI applications and cloud services is driving investment in high-performance computing chips and AI servers, prompting Taiwan manufacturers to expand capacity and borrow from banks while retaining cash. At the same time, banks' property-related loan balances continue to decline as credit resources flow into production and the real economy.

STMicroelectronics (ST) reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of US$3.76 billion, above the midpoint of its guidance, as AI data center and low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite demand lifted communication equipment and computer peripheral sales by 64% year-over-year. Gross margin reached 37.3%, up 410 basis points from a year earlier, and non-US GAAP earnings per share came in at US$0.37. Free cash flow was US$351 million.

Taiwan's semiconductor rise was built on a powerful division of labor: world-class IC design feeding increasingly advanced foundries, supported by packaging, testing, and an unusually dense electronics manufacturing base.

Intel's server expansion is drawing equipment and materials suppliers into a capacity push, but the benefits will arrive in stages. Management's October 29 earnings-call comments identified three distinct constraints: wafer production, packaging substrates, and lost output from its disrupted Israel factory. Resolving them and bringing additional manufacturing capacity online will take time.

Eternal Materials posted earnings before taxes (EBT) of NT$388 million (approx. US$11.92 million) in September 2026, surging 158.28% year-over-year and up 44.47% from August, as revenue from semiconductor advanced packaging materials and precision equipment both reached record highs for a single month.

STMicroelectronics is turning a demand recovery into stronger factory economics, with communications and embedded-processing products driving the improvement. Yet the widening loss in its power semiconductor business shows that higher sales have not restored portfolio-wide profitability, leaving manufacturing utilization and product mix central to the next stage of the recovery.

Intel is cutting manufacturing costs for its newest processors, but the gains are reaching individual products and its foundry business at different speeds. Its October 29 earnings call showed improving factory execution alongside unfinished work on product margins and external customer programs, making process progress an incomplete measure of the manufacturing turnaround.

Intel's growing AI PC sales are coexisting with a shrinking PC market, as memory constraints weaken purchases and computer makers reduce processor inventories. The distinction matters for the company's manufacturing response: a better product mix can support Intel's position without restoring overall PC demand, while capacity released by weaker client sales takes time to become server supply.

The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) expects its members' total output to exceed NT$9.1 trillion (US$279.5 billion) in 2026, a 40.9% year-over-year increase driven by growing AI semiconductor demand. TSIA chairman and TSMC deputy co-chief operating officer Cliff Hou also called for stable power supplies and support for reassessing nuclear plant restarts, provided that regulations and safety requirements are met.

Samsung Electronics has secured a 2nm foundry order from Taiwan-based ASIC design house Faraday Technology. This win expands the application scope of Samsung's 2nm process from mobile devices to cloud AI and high-performance computing (HPC), and is expected to help broaden its advanced-process customer base and strengthen the competitiveness of its foundry business.

GlobalFoundries (GF) is betting on specialty semiconductor technologies to capture AI demand beyond advanced processors, targeting opportunities in data center connectivity, power management, automotive electronics and humanoid robots as artificial intelligence moves into physical applications.

Intel has agreed to acquire Israeli quantum software company Classiq, as CEO Lip-Bu Tan positions quantum computing as a "third pillar" alongside CPUs and GPUs. The deal, whose price has not been disclosed, is reportedly valued at about US$2.3 billion and is expected to close in the first half of 2027, according to Reuters.

ASE Technology Holding reported net profit of NT$26.996 billion (US$831 million) for the third quarter of 2026, a 28% increase from the previous quarter and a 148% gain from a year earlier. The result marked the semiconductor packaging and electronics manufacturing services provider's highest profit in nearly 19 quarters. ASE also increased its 2026 capital expenditure budget by US$1 billion to US$11.5 billion and said spending is expected to rise again in 2027.

AI is driving strong demand for silicon photonics, but LandMark Optoelectronics' planned sixfold capacity expansion over two years still falls short of customer requirements. The optical communications epitaxy supplier posted third-quarter 2026 net income of NT$621 million (US$19.1 million), up 33% quarter-over-quarter and 5.28 times year-over-year, while major customers have already placed orders covering more than six months.

A fire broke out at the Innovation Plant of semiconductor epitaxial wafer maker Episil on October 28. The extent of equipment damage, the scope of production stoppages, and the recovery timeline remain under clarification. With certain products from Episil already experiencing tight supply, largely driven by wafer manufacturing customers lacking internal adjustable capacity, any damage to existing mass-production equipment risks widening the current supply gap.

AUO has approved the sale of its Taichung Plant Phase II facilities and related infrastructure to TSMC for NT$38.8 billion (US$1.2 billion), excluding taxes, and has terminated a planned NT$19.7 billion sale of its Huaya facilities to Quanta after the two companies failed to agree on usage specifications and delivery schedules. AUO expects the Taichung transaction to generate approximately NT$18.5 billion in disposal gains after related transaction costs and estimated taxes.