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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...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Taiwan manufacturing PMI jumps to 60.3% as AI and semiconductors tighten supply

Taiwan's manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 60.3% in April 2026, marking the seventh consecutive month of expansion and the strongest pace since September 2021, the Chung-Hua...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Samsung reportedly eyes SiC foundry reboot, targets 2028 mass production

Samsung Electronics is reportedly restarting its silicon carbide (SiC) wafer foundry business, aiming to tap into the fast-growing next-generation power semiconductor market, reinforce...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

SK Hynix weighs memory plant shift as HBM demand outlook changes

SK Hynix is considering a shift in its DRAM investment strategy at its new M15X memory production base in Cheongju, South Korea, from...

Tuesday 5 May 2026

Kioxia, SanDisk to unveil 3D flash architecture targeting 1,000-layer milestone

Kioxia and SanDisk are set to present a new 3D flash memory architecture aimed at extending NAND scaling beyond 1,000 stacked layers, as memory makers seek ways to overcome the physical...

Monday 4 May 2026

ADT lands US AI chip deal using Samsung 4nm

ADTechnology said it has signed a KRW40 billion (US$27.1 million) turnkey contract with a US-based AI fabless company to develop and supply HPC SoC chiplets for AI data-center applications...

Monday 4 May 2026

Exclusive: How China's disposable-car shift is pulling Taiwan's tech ecosystem in

China's supply chain is laying the groundwork for a structural shift in car ownership and product lifecycles, as the concept of disposable cars takes shape amid rapid change in global...

Monday 4 May 2026

Samsung strike exposes AI-era pay divide, raises HBM supply risks

A looming strike at Samsung Electronics is exposing deeper fractures than a typical labor dispute, with widening pay gaps, divisional tensions,...

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