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Thursday 17 September 2026
South Korea's medical device city opens physical AI institute, aiming to train 1,400 workers in five years
Wonju, a South Korean city of about 360,000, roughly 90 minutes east of Seoul, opened a government-funded institute on Thursday, September 17, to train more than 1,400 workers in artificial...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Dassault Systemes shifts to AI-native platforms, stakes its next phase on Taiwan
Dassault Systemes marked 20 years in Taiwan with a sharper message about where it plans to go next. The company said it is moving beyond AI-enabled software and toward an AI-native...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Taiwan machine tool makers target aerospace, semiconductor boom at major trade shows
Taiwanese machine tool manufacturers are taking part in two major manufacturing trade shows in Europe and the US this September. The participation reflects a shift in Taiwan's machine...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Column: China tightens rare earth controls, exposing hidden vulnerabilities in Taiwan's supply chain
China's rare earth export controls are changing the rules governing global critical mineral supply chains. For Taiwan, the real concern is not that China could suddenly halt all exports...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Physical AI targets factory assembly pain points

Deloitte Taiwan has warned that only 3% of companies have broadly integrated physical AI into operations, while just 5% say it has already...

Thursday 17 September 2026
South Korea's chip boom lifts 2027 corporate tax above KRW200 trillion

South Korea's semiconductor boom is spilling over from corporate profits into government tax revenue. Corporate tax revenue for fiscal...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Charts: Taiwan's chip packaging growth runs deeper than ASE

Taiwan's back-end semiconductor sector is growing well beyond its largest player. The 24 listed packaging and testing firms tracked...

Thursday 17 September 2026
Samsung looks to outside suppliers as HBM boom shifts priorities
Samsung Electronics has long benefited from a level of vertical integration few technology companies can match, spanning smartphones, memory, chip design, foundry manufacturing and...
Thursday 17 September 2026
Charts: Memory chip designers carry Taiwan's IC design rebound
Taiwan's IC design sector is growing fast, but the gains are concentrated in memory. Combined January–August 2026 revenue at the 105 listed chip designers tracked by DIGITIMES...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Analysis: Jensen Huang is in Trump's ear; what it means for Taiwan's chip supply chain
"The narrative is much more practical," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said of China's approach to artificial intelligence (AI) at the All-In Summit 2026, contrasting it with US warnings...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Taiwan, South Korea should stop comparing, says DIGITIMES chairman

As global AI investment continues to expand and US-China geopolitical pressure intensifies, how Taiwan and South Korea can preserve...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Google outlines AI compute expansion, speeds TPU cycle to 6 months

DIGITIMES Intelligence said Google used SEMICON Taiwan 2026 to outline the direction of its AI infrastructure strategy, focusing not...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
SK Hynix union approves revised pay deal after 25-vote rejection

SK Hynix's production workers' union has approved a revised pay agreement that raises the cash share of employee profit-sharing bonuses,...

Wednesday 16 September 2026
TSMC's overseas expansion faces talent management gap, says co-COO Y.J. Mii
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chairman C.C. Wei and co-chief operating officer (co-COO) Y.J. Mii participated in the "Cross-Generational Dialogue: Questions and...
Wednesday 16 September 2026
SK Hynix, Intel in talks on US production to ease memory crunch
SK Hynix is in talks with Intel about a potential deal that could give the South Korean company its first memory chip manufacturing operation in the US, as tight supply pushes customers...