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Tuesday 28 April 2026

Samsung fast-tracks Pyeongtaek fabs to turn HBM4 edge into AI memory scale

Samsung is accelerating one of its most aggressive memory capacity buildouts in years, aiming to bring its Pyeongtaek Line 4 fab, or P4,...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

New flagship launches expected to narrow Taiwan phone shipment decline in the second quarter

The Taiwan smartphone market showed resilience after the Lunar New Year peak as manufacturers introduced multiple new flagship models, and industry sources said the launches should...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Taiwan payment firm targets small merchants to push non-cash transactions past NT$10 trillion

Systex Fintech said it will focus on onboarding small merchants who currently transact in cash to help drive the island's non-cash transaction value from NT$6 trillion in 2023 toward...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Kakao Mobility launches Level 4 robotaxi, scales AI mobility platform

South Korea's leading mobility platform, Kakao Mobility is accelerating the commercial rollout of Level 4 autonomous driving, placing artificial intelligence at the center of a "physical...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

TSMC 2nm leak case results in NT$150M fine for TEL; company says no confidential data was leaked and discussions are underway

In the trade secret leak case involving TSMC's 2nm process, the Intellectual Property and Commercial Court ruled on April 27, 2026, that Tokyo Electron (TEL), the equipment supplier...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Why the AI boom still runs through Taiwan — and why that won't change

As trade tensions simmer and geopolitical flashpoints multiply, Taiwan's technology sector is holding firm. Anchored by surging AI infrastructure demand and a pivotal shift in how...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Commentary: What Amap reveals about AI navigation, data control

AI-powered navigation platforms such as China's Amap are forcing a rethink of how convenience, competition, and data governance intersect. The debate in Taiwan over Amap's near-real-time...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

LG Display posts strongest 1Q26 profit in five years, signals end to job cuts

LG Display reported its strongest first-quarter operating profit in half a decade and signaled an end to years of workforce restructuring,...

Tuesday 28 April 2026

Commentary: Tim Cook's sole omission during 15-year tenor

On December 6, 2022, Tim Cook stood on a construction site in Phoenix, Arizona, alongside President Biden, TSMC founder Morris Chang, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. It was the tool-in...

Monday 27 April 2026

Taiwan IPC players shift to edge AI solutions: Growth opportunities and supply chain challenges in 2026

Large Taiwanese IPC players begin reaping early edge AI deployment dividends in 2025, with estimated 2026 revenue growth of 12%.

Monday 27 April 2026

Tmytek expands testing capacity with new high-frequency lab

As 6G standardization accelerates and low-Earth-orbit satellite applications gain traction, the communications industry is entering a new phase — one defined by the native integration...

Monday 27 April 2026

Taiwan's Rapidtek establishes link with second IoT CubeSat in orbit

Rapidtek Technologies said its second 8U Internet-of-Things CubeSat, Black Kite-2, developed under a startup satellite program led by Taiwan...

Monday 27 April 2026

TSMC trade secret theft ends in 10-year sentence, $4.6M fine against Tokyo Electron

A Taiwanese court handed down its harshest ruling yet in a semiconductor trade secret case on Monday, sentencing a former TSMC engineer to 10 years in prison and fining Japanese equipment...

Monday 27 April 2026

Taiwan's supply chain remains irreplaceable as AI hardware demand continues to surge

Global cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to expand their procurement of AI servers from Taiwan, while high-end GPUs and TPUs manufactured by TSMC are in short supply. Analysts...

Monday 27 April 2026

HCL-Foxconn JV taps Taiwan's CTCI to build India OSAT facility

The HCL-Foxconn joint venture has selected Taiwan-based engineering firm CTCI as the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner for its upcoming outsourced semiconductor...

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