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Monday 10 August 2026
Taiwan drones still rely on foreign chips despite shift away from China

Demand for non-China drone supply chains is clear in Europe and the US, while calls to reduce reliance on Chinese suppliers have recently...

Monday 10 August 2026
BIOSTAR to Showcase at EMBEDDED WORLD NORTH AMERICA 2026

BIOSTAR, a leading manufacturer of edge AI solutions, industrial motherboards, and edge computing systems, today announces its participation in embedded world North America...

Monday 10 August 2026
Kinko July revenue jumps to 12-year high on optical demand
Kinko Optical reported July consolidated revenue of NT$524 million, the highest level in nearly 12 years, as Taiwan's optical industry entered its peak season. The result rose 93.16%...
Monday 10 August 2026
Column: Greening the Gobi Desert—how China built Inner Mongolia's wind power ecosystem

Driven by global net-zero commitments and China's "dual carbon" goals of peaking carbon emissions before achieving carbon neutrality,...

Monday 10 August 2026
South Korea charges into the humanoid robot race as conglomerates mobilize

The global humanoid robot race is heating up, with the US and China battling for technological and market leadership, but a third...

Monday 10 August 2026
China’s new renewable rules drive a surge in hydrogen investment
China’s tighter renewable-energy compliance rules have opened the way for green hydrogen, green ammonia, and green methanol to be included in the country’s minimum renewable-energy...
Sunday 9 August 2026
Commentary: From free flow to tight control — how tech talent became a national security asset

Tech talent has moved from being simply a hiring priority to a matter of national security. As major economies increasingly tie talent...

Sunday 9 August 2026
Rethinking road safety: Why existing safety standards can no longer keep pace with autonomous vehicles' advances

AI is moving from infotainment into steering, braking, and other core driving functions, raising safety questions that matter far beyond...

Sunday 9 August 2026
Rohm sees AI server demand lift first-quarter profit 4,825%
Rohm Semiconductor reported sharply higher first-quarter results on August 5, 2026, as recovering demand for automotive power semiconductors and strong AI-linked data center business...
Sunday 9 August 2026
Ajinomoto rides advanced packaging boom as ABF demand surges

Ajinomoto raised its full-year forecast on August 6 as growing demand for AI servers and high-performance computing lifted sales of...

Sunday 9 August 2026
Macronix, Winbond post record July revenue as memory prices rise
Taiwan memory chipmakers Macronix International and Winbond Electronics both posted record monthly revenue in July, extending strong second-quarter momentum as tight supply and rising...
Sunday 9 August 2026
Hanwha Aerospace turns trillion-won profit into AI, unmanned warfare push
South Korea's Hanwha Aerospace posted a second-quarter 2026 operating profit of more than KRW1 trillion (approx. US$704.9 million), highlighting its ability to expand military exports...
Saturday 8 August 2026
TSMC, ASE, WPG: the white-knight battles that built Taiwan's chip empire

Powerchip chairman Frank Huang, who spent much of his career mirroring the trajectory of Taiwan's memory and foundry industries and...

Saturday 8 August 2026
Interview: Lightmatter maps CPO future with Nvidia NVLink, Taiwan supply chain
The 2026 OCP APAC Summit will take place in Taipei on August 11-12. Ahead of the event, Lightmatter founder and CEO Nicholas Harris spoke exclusively with DIGITIMES about the company's...
Saturday 8 August 2026
Taiwan team builds high-performance MoS2 transistor to ease 2D semiconductor limits
Taiwan researchers announced on August 6 that they had developed a high-performance monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) top-gate transistor designed to address a long-standing interface...