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Wednesday 24 June 2026
Bridging potential: how AI training empowers international talents in Taiwan's semiconductor industry.

The integration of artificial intelligence into the semiconductor industry is no longer merely a competitive advantage - it has become a core driver of modern enginee...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
China's chip-equipment push starts to weigh on Japanese suppliers

China's push to build a domestic semiconductor equipment industry is beginning to cut into revenue at major Japanese toolmakers, with...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Samsung pushes memory supply deals as demand spreads beyond HBM

Samsung Electronics is putting long-term memory supply agreements higher on its second-half agenda as demand from data centers broadens...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Europe's quantum patents hit record growth, but startup funding loses steam

At VivaTech 2026 in Paris last week, Philippe Keryer, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Thales, identified Europe's core quantum...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Spectrum Electrics opens Taoyuan plant to boost power equipment push and North America orders
Spectrum Electrics opened its Guanyin second plant in Taoyuan on June 23, marking a strategic shift toward power equipment and electromechanical operations as the firm pursues overseas...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Hushan's ADAS camera module moves into volume ramp as aftermarket demand holds in North America
Hushan, a global automotive door-handle maker, said on June 23 that its ADAS automotive camera module has entered a volume ramp as long-term rigid demand in North America's aftermarket...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Gem Terminal bets on specialty copper to capture AI server cooling demand

Gem Terminal Industrial Co. said its strategic transformation into specialty copper materials drove record quarterly profits in the...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
SoftBank rejects space data centers and commits to Earth-based AI compute

SoftBank Group said it will prioritize building large-scale terrestrial AI data-center capacity rather than pursuing space-based data...

Wednesday 24 June 2026
Foldable iPhone centers on South Korean OLEDs for supply in 2026
Samsung Display (SDC) has reportedly won Apple's production approval for the OLED modules used in its first foldable iPhone and has officially begun production for initial shipments...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
EU eyes tariffs on Chinese PHEVs as BEV curbs prove ineffective
The EU has imposed higher tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles (BEV) for more than a year, but the impacts have been limited. According to foreign media reports, the EU is...
Wednesday 24 June 2026
LG's space bet targets 2030 gains, with SpaceX talks adding lift
LG Group is expanding into the space industry, using affiliate-made components, rover concepts, and CubeSat systems to enter satellite supply chains and validate its technologies in...
Tuesday 23 June 2026
Huawei renews Wi-Fi 6 patent push, putting networking equipment makers on alert

Huawei has continued to pursue patent litigation against networking equipment makers in Europe in recent years, with its latest case...

Tuesday 23 June 2026
NYCU, Phison join forces to build AI heterogeneous computing resource management platform
Taiwan's National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and Phison Electronics are teaming up to build a GPU resource management platform to improve the efficiency of computing resource...
Tuesday 23 June 2026
WeMo bets on asset-light, open-platform model to scale Taiwan's MaaS ecosystem and drive growth for the next decade
Approaching its 10th anniversary, Taiwan-based shared mobility company WeMo Scooter is doubling down on an open-platform strategy to cement its position in the Mobility-as-a-Service...
Tuesday 23 June 2026
South Korea takes physical AI push from policy to practice

South Korea has moved its Physical AI Alliance from a policy-setting body into an operational platform, as the government and companies...