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Friday 18 September 2026

Housing slump and plant builds diverge as Tung Ho Steel sees AI demand support

Electric-arc furnace steelmaker Tung Ho Steel said Taiwan's real-estate slowdown has dragged down rebar orders in 2026, while high-tech investment and plant construction have strongly...

Friday 18 September 2026

Samsung Display reportedly taps Sunic for KRW300 billion RGB OLEDoS push

Samsung Display (SDC) is reportedly preparing to invest about KRW 300 billion in a 12-inch RGB OLED-on-Silicon (OLEDoS) production line, moving the next-generation microdisplay technology...

Friday 18 September 2026

Micron's Taiwan investment passes US$47 billion as it rallies fab construction suppliers

Micron held a conference for Taiwanese suppliers on September 17 under the theme of building at speed and growing at scale. The event...

Friday 18 September 2026

FCS Group eyes North America layout, as plastics industry turns to material innovation

The spotlight has been on industry innovation at the 2026 Taipei International Plastics and Rubber Industry Show (TaipeiPLAS), as Taiwan's...

Friday 18 September 2026

Taiwan prepares 150-qubit quantum computer RFP, seeks 'win-win' partnerships with global suppliers

Taiwan is moving closer to issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for its quantum computing system project.

Friday 18 September 2026

Taiwan's small businesses race into AI, raising the stakes for execution

Taiwan's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are making plans to adopt AI, according to a new survey that suggests the debate...

Thursday 17 September 2026

SK Hynix looks beyond HBM as inference workloads diversify

SK Hynix is expanding its memory strategy beyond the conventional GPU-HBM pairing as inference workloads split between latency-sensitive services and capacity-heavy, long-context a...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Asia's healthcare AI moves from trials to real-world deployment

At a healthcare AI forum in Wonju on Thursday, September 17, speakers from Taiwan and China argued that AI for hospitals must be built for local patients, local languages, and local...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Deloitte Taiwan seminar highlights system integration as Physical AI moves into industrial applications

Taiwan's next opportunity in Physical AI may depend less on individual robot components than on its ability to integrate hardware, software, sensing and control into deployable industrial...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Samsung bets on zHBM as 2.5D memory nears its limits

Samsung Electronics is betting on vertically stacked zHBM to move memory beyond the physical constraints of conventional 2.5D architectures, setting a system-level target of raising...

Thursday 17 September 2026

TSMC reconsiders 12-inch equipment donation as Taiwan overhauls scope of research partnership

TSMC's planned donation of 12-inch equipment is facing changes as the government adjusts the scope of a semiconductor collaboration project, while Taiwan's National Science and Technology...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Ardentec, Sigurd race into silicon photonics TIA testing as US client books capacity

The global optical communications module market continues to grow, and Taiwan's test and packaging companies are moving to capture demand in silicon photonics (SiPh) transimpedance...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Tier IV open-sources self-driving AI chip design to challenge Nvidia

Japanese autonomous driving developer Tier IV is developing an AI chip and will release its chip design and related toolchain as open...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Samsung Galaxy S27 series rumored to feature 4 models, reshaping flagship lineup with display and camera upgrades

Samsung Electronics is expected to launch its Galaxy S27 series in early 2027, marking what could be its most significant product lineup restructuring in years. Market reports indicate...

Thursday 17 September 2026

Why Taiwan's tech needs better storytelling to win global capital

Taiwan has demonstrated its strong R&D and innovative capabilities in tech, but the challenge remains in propelling these technologies to global markets. In the opinion of Edison...

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