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Thursday 10 September 2026
Taiwan EV charging operators face profit squeeze despite rapid network expansion
Taiwan's EV charging industry remains in a fiercely competitive, fragmented phase, according to Blockcert chairman Chang Chung-I. While charging stations may appear to offer an unattended...
Thursday 10 September 2026
MicroIP lands NT$630 million AI smart-building contract in northern Taiwan
MicroIP said on Sept. 10 that it secured a systems integration contract worth about NT$630 million for a major AI smart residential project in northern Taiwan. The agreement is expected...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Samsung pushes into display-equipped smart glasses as Meta leads market
Samsung Electronics has begun developing its first smart glasses with an in-lens display, asking Samsung Display in August to develop a microdisplay that meets requirements for form...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Taiwan quantum leap expands scope to drug and finance
Taiwan's five-year National Quantum Team program is set to conclude in December 2026, and the government's second-stage quantum research initiative will begin in January 2027. The...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Navigating economies of scale: how South Korea and China are reshaping the OLED market
Economies of scale occur when a company's average cost per unit falls as overall production volume increases. In the competitive display industry, reaching this state relies on either...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers partners with Earthbook, Jedsy to tap Taiwan's medical drone logistics market
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) is stepping into Taiwan's emerging low-altitude economy, partnering with Taiwan-based drone-data and AI platform Earthbook and Swiss medical...
Thursday 10 September 2026
AUO matching glass substrate size stokes TSMC collab speculation
AUO is accelerating its transformation by extending its established large-format panel manufacturing capabilities into advanced semiconductor packaging.
Thursday 10 September 2026
Taiwan nuclear drill simulates drone attack, drawing on Ukraine war lessons
Taiwan is planning to deploy drone detection and countermeasure systems at nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure to strengthen its ability to respond to security threats...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Europe's BEV running costs now 33% below ICE
Daily operating and maintenance costs for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in Europe are now 33% lower per kilometer than those for comparable internal combustion engine (ICE) cars,...
Thursday 10 September 2026
AI semiconductor equipment boom redraws Taiwan IPC market: Edge AI, advanced packaging lift high-end demand
AI and high-performance computing (HPC) demand is sustaining strong investment in advanced semiconductor processes, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and advanced packaging, lifting the...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Elmos locks in SK keyfoundry wafer supply through 2037 as 8-inch capacity tightens

Germany's Elmos Semiconductor has secured wafer capacity from South Korea's SK keyfoundry through 2037, expanding an 18-year manufacturing...

Thursday 10 September 2026
STMicroelectronics ties AI data center carbon cuts to power design, not location
STMicroelectronics (ST) recently shared its perspective on balancing AI growth with sustainability during a press conference in Taiwan. The company emphasized that controlling carbon...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Phison pushes in-house AI solutions as August revenue surges to record high
Phison Electronics continues to benefit from the rapid growth in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, AI inference, and enterprise storage, with its Phison AI Data...
Thursday 10 September 2026
SK Hynix says 3D DRAM will borrow from logic foundry playbook
SK Hynix is signaling a shift in memory design that could matter far beyond South Korea. By adopting logic foundry techniques for 3D DRAM, the company is moving toward a future where...
Thursday 10 September 2026
Korea puts KRW250 billion behind free national AI service as frontier-model fund takes shape
South Korea's science ministry has budgeted KRW250 billion (US$184.6 million) for 2027 to run "AI for all," a state-funded program that aims to give every citizen free access to chatbots...