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Monday 3 August 2026

Memory makers lift capex as Kioxia holds spending to defend NAND lead

Major memory suppliers are increasing capital spending as AI-related demand from U.S. technology companies accelerates, but Kioxia is keeping investment comparatively tight. According...

Monday 3 August 2026

CSCC opens Pingtung R&D center to target battery, semiconductor supply chains

China Steel Chemical Corporation has opened a new research and development center at its Pingtung plant as it expands into lithium battery anode materials, advanced carbon materials,...

Monday 3 August 2026

CXMT closes in on LPDDR6 mass production, challenging Samsung, SK Hynix

CXMT is nearing the end of research and development validation for LPDDR6, bringing it closer to mass production of next-generation mobile DRAM and intensifying competition with Samsung...

Monday 3 August 2026

MA-tek sells Shanghai unit, expands AI market push in Japan and the US

MA-tek announced on July 31, 2026, that it will sell 80% of its Shanghai subsidiary for about CNY1.9 billion (US$281.4 million), as...

Monday 3 August 2026

Renesas plans to phase out Takasaki factory production and expand R&D focus

Renesas Electronics plans to gradually end production at its Takasaki factory in Japan over the next two to three years while strengthening...

Monday 3 August 2026

TSMC Kumamoto fab faces first major quake test with chip-material supplies secured

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan's Kyushu region on July 28, drawing attention to the recovery of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's Kumamoto plant,...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan auto market braces for second-half sales push as new models arrive

Taiwan's auto market is entering its traditional second-half sales season with a wave of new models, but expectations for 2026 remain divided. Mainstream automakers are betting that...

Monday 3 August 2026

South Korea accelerates LEO satellite ambitions, targets sovereign communications network by 2035

As Starlink's subscriber base has surpassed 12 million and rivals such as OneWeb and Amazon's Project Kuiper continue expanding their constellations, South Korea only officially launched...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan manufacturing business climate improves in June, headlined by electronics sector

Taiwan's manufacturing climate improved in June 2026, with the electronics sector once again showing the clearest visibility, according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research...

Monday 3 August 2026

Agentic AI exposes urgent legal accountability gaps, South Korean scholar warns

Agentic AI is reshaping how work is delegated among intelligent systems, yet legal frameworks have failed to keep pace with the growing...

Monday 3 August 2026

Taiwan steps up investment in AI startups, compute infrastructure

The AI boom has been lifting Taiwan's upstream, midstream and downstream supply chains, but the country's application development remains...

Sunday 2 August 2026

TASA opens space startup base to push Taiwan toward satellite ODM

The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) opened its new space startup accelerator, TASA iSPARK, on July 31 at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University's Boai campus in Hsinchu. The center said...

Sunday 2 August 2026

Lawmakers debate wealth-sharing policies as AI-related gains push Taiwan toward K-shaped economy

Taiwanese electronics companies listed on the stock exchange posted a combined 33.7% increase in pre-tax profits for 2025, outpacing the 12.86% growth for all listed companies, while...

Sunday 2 August 2026

Pittsburgh, Switzerland experts challenge Taiwan to move beyond robotics hardware

As AI shifts toward agentic and physical applications, industry observers say competition will no longer hinge on hardware manufacturing alone, but on the ability to integrate hardware...

Saturday 1 August 2026

Obituary: Powerchip chairman Frank Huang dies after reshaping Taiwan's DRAM and foundry industry

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC) chairman Frank Huang died on July 31, 2026, at age 76, closing a career that spanned...

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