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Wednesday 6 May 2026

From China to Arizona: How AI and TSMC are redrawing Taiwan's economic map

Taiwan's decades-long tilt toward China is giving way to a sharper, US-focused strategy. Semiconductor expansion and surging demand for AI infrastructure are redrawing the island's...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

SoftBank, Intel target HBM limits with 9-layer memory

SoftBank's memory unit SAIMEMORY is preparing to present a new 3D DRAM technology developed with Intel, as the AI hardware industry seeks ways to ease the power and heat constraints...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Southeast Asia's fab deficit threatens a chip boom shutout

Global semiconductor sales are projected to reach US$1 trillion this year and could double to US$2 trillion by 2035, driven by rapid growth in AI data centers. But the boom is also...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

Samsung board chairman warns strike could disrupt chip output

Samsung Electronics' labor dispute is widening beyond a fight over bonuses, after board chairman Shin Je-yoon made a rare appeal for management...

Wednesday 6 May 2026

How Plug and Play is bridging Taiwan's deep tech startups with Silicon Valley capital

For much of the past decade, Taiwan watched from the sidelines as global venture capital poured into software. The island's world-class manufacturers, semiconductor giants, and precision...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

South Korea eyes memory-led AI order against Nvidia

As AI shifts from training to inference and from single-task use to multi-agent collaboration, South Korea's semiconductor industry is seeking to recast the market around memory rather...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

European delegation meets Taiwan industry to bolster counter-drone cooperation

A European delegation's closed-door talks with Taiwanese industry on counter-drone systems highlight accelerating global security implications as drone warfare evolves rapidly, informed...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

AI and chips propel US back to top of Taiwan's trade chart

Trade between Taiwan and the US reached US$78.25 billion in the first quarter of 2026, driven primarily by advanced node chips and AI servers. This marks the first time in 25 years...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

AMI capacity sold out through 2028 as CCL makers race for high-end tools

The PCB industry is entering a new phase of transformation in the AI era, as rising demand for high-frequency and high-speed applications...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Taiwan networking vendors lose sync with global rebound, raising competitive and supply risks

The global broadband customer premises equipment market entered a bottoming-and-rebound phase in 2026 after a prolonged inventory correction. Still, Taiwan networking vendors are losing...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Taiwan's TCC plots European listing as green revenues overtake home market

Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) Group Holdings is evaluating a listing in Europe as it expands its low-carbon cement and green energy businesses across the region. Europe already accounted...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Ubiqconn establishes R&D base in Shalun to build collaborative unmanned vehicle ecosystem

Ubiqconn Technology said it moved into the Shalun Artificial Intelligence Industrial Zone and established an R&D base to create Taiwan's first application ecosystem for a collaborative...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Univacco eyes 2027 Vietnam plant ramp-up for CPO and advanced packaging materials

Univacco said its Vietnam plant will begin mass production in the second quarter of 2027 as the company moves to position itself in the co-packaged optics and advanced packaging materials...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Ta Tun Electric posts record first quarter revenue and profit on ultra-high-voltage projects

Ta Tun Electric Wire and Cable reported record quarterly revenue, gross margin and profit for the first quarter, driven by sales of ultra-high-voltage products and steady Taiwan Power...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Apple's AI-driven architecture shift could reshape Taiwan supplier roles and industry competition

Apple's product strategy is moving toward an AI-centered architecture, prioritizing on-device intelligence, tighter chip integration, and system-level design, a shift that could change...

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