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Monday 13 July 2026

MediaTek revenue beat lifts second-quarter outlook as seasonal demand builds

MediaTek reported June 2026 revenue of NT$58.012 billion (US$1.81 billion), up 22.30% month over month and 2.80% year over year, and said second-quarter revenue reached NT$152.183...

Monday 13 July 2026

AI buildouts accelerate MLCC shortages; Taiwan firms eye 2H26 spillover orders

As AI server supply chains move into the component stocking phase, the market for high-end passive components has heated up sharply, with tight supply of multilayer ceramic capacitors...

Monday 13 July 2026

AI era accelerates Foxconn's shift to global 24-hour cybersecurity coverage

Foxconn is using AI and coordinated security teams across Asia, Europe and the Americas to defend against cyberattacks as enterprises...

Monday 13 July 2026

MA-tek hits record June revenue on rising AI chip testing demand, CPO complexity

Semiconductor testing company Materials Analysis Technology (MA-tek) reported June 2026 revenue of NT$558 million (approx. US$17.41 million), up 2.56% from May and 11.01% year over...

Sunday 12 July 2026

Taiwan PCB leaders launch fundraising wave for AI data centers

Taiwan's PCB industry is entering a new expansion cycle as investment in AI data centers and other emerging applications accelerates...

Sunday 12 July 2026

InP supply crunch leaves South Korea exposed

Coherent has agreed to prepay AXT US$22.3 million under a three-year agreement for committed 6-inch indium phosphide substrate capacity, showing how buyers are moving to reserve future...

Sunday 12 July 2026

Porsche warns China luxury car demand remains weak, product gap may extend to 2028

German luxury carmaker Porsche reported global deliveries of 122,300 vehicles in the first half of 2026, down 16% from a year earlier, with sales in the China market remaining weak...

Sunday 12 July 2026

South Korean startup CSO eyes global Earth observation market as optical payload heads for orbit

South Korean space optics startup CSO is preparing to launch its high-resolution optical payload aboard DaejeonSat, a domestically developed CubeSat scheduled to lift off on South...

Saturday 11 July 2026

Taiwan connector maker Bellwether turns high-current design into patent licensing moat

Bellwether Electronic has evolved from a connector and wire harness manufacturer into a technology developer shaping industry standards...

Saturday 11 July 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix margins seen near Micron's 80% level as memory prices surge

Global memory chipmakers are heading toward record revenue and profit in the second quarter of 2026, as AI infrastructure demand keeps...

Saturday 11 July 2026

Cisco says agentic AI will triple enterprise network traffic within three years

Agentic AI is putting new pressure on enterprise networks and cybersecurity infrastructure as companies accelerate internal deployment,...

Saturday 11 July 2026

Samsung's CXL 3.1 memory delay lays bare Intel, AMD server platform lag

Samsung Electronics has postponed mass production of its CXL 3.1 memory modules after delays to next-generation server processors from...

Saturday 11 July 2026

QuantumDiamonds sets up Asia HQ in Taiwan, installs first regional system at iST

Backed by support from the European Chips Act, German quantum startup QuantumDiamonds has completed a financing round totaling EUR91 million (approx. US$104.1 million), a move expected...

Saturday 11 July 2026

China's display makers raise billions to close the OLED gap — and South Korea is watching

Chinese display panel and materials companies are tapping capital markets to fund next-generation OLED, oxide and Mini LED technologies, drawing close attention from South Korea's...

Saturday 11 July 2026

Mobilint touts NPU for physical AI, with CEO urging South Korea to accelerate development

South Korean AI semiconductor startup Mobilint is gaining traction in physical AI with its neural processing units (NPU) for edge devices, as the AI boom spreads from cloud computing...

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