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Thursday 6 August 2026

Taiwan's KOYO-1 satellite validates homegrown FOG technology, opening doors to global space supply chains

Taiwan's aerospace industry has reached another milestone with the successful launch of the KOYO-1 CubeSat in July 2026, helping local suppliers advance further into the global space...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Dark fiber essential for next-gen distributed AI centers

All-photonic networks (APN) are emerging as critical infrastructure for 6G, AI computing and smart cities. Nvidia's plan to expand...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Interview: Ayar Labs CEO sees CPO scale-up volumes rising in 2028-2029

The 2026 Open Compute Project (OCP) APAC Summit will be held in Taipei on August 11-12, bringing together global cloud service providers (CSPs), semiconductor firms, silicon photonics...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Myson Century expands health supplement business into Malaysia

Myson Century is taking its Chun Ho Biotech brand overseas through an expansion into Malaysia as part of a broader push to build a one-stop health and wellness ecosystem. The Taiwanese...

Thursday 6 August 2026

Wistron reports strong first-half profit and expands AI capex in Taiwan and the US

Wistron said on August 4 that it delivered strong first-half 2026 results and expects artificial intelligence demand to remain robust in the second half. The Taiwan-based electronics...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Mitsubishi Electric, Daikin expand US production to meet data center cooling demand

Mitsubishi Electric is establishing a cooling-equipment production company in Ohio, joining Daikin Industries in bringing manufacturing...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

LG Electronics posts strong second quarter as new businesses drive growth

LG Electronics reported consolidated revenue of KRW23.83 trillion (US$16.7 billion) and operating profit of KRW1.58 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in the second quarter of 2026 as AI cooling,...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Fanuc raises fiscal 2026 outlook as costs and supply bottlenecks weigh on profits

Fanuc said first-quarter orders for fiscal 2026 surged 37% year-on-year to a record JPY281.9 billion, even as the industrial robot maker drew market concern for raising its full-year...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Taiwan approves NT$27B plan to commercialize 6G, satellite, and all-optical AI networks

Taiwan is moving from early-stage research into commercialization of next-generation communications technologies after the Executive Yuan approved a NT$27 billion (US$833 million)...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Naver taps Brookfield for up to US$9 billion in data center financing

Naver is considering an asset-light structure for a US$10 billion data center expansion under which a Brookfield-led investment vehicle...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix expansion puts Korea's chip supply chain to the test

Daeduck Electronics plans to invest KRW497 billion(US$349.50 million) in semiconductor production facilities through 2027, its second...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

SK Hynix to hold late-August groundbreaking for US$3.9 billion Indiana chip packaging plant

SK Hynix plans to hold a formal groundbreaking ceremony in late August for its US$3.9 billion advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, as the memory maker expands...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Samsung, SK Hynix reportedly test AMEC tools to guard against tighter US curbs

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix reportedly began testing etching equipment from China's Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) about two years ago for possible use at their Chinese...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Taiwan fund launches US$800M guarantee plan for US investment

Taiwan's National Development Fund said it will commit US$800 million to a financing guarantee mechanism aimed at helping local companies...

Wednesday 5 August 2026

Macroblock returns to profit as display demand and new products support outlook

Macroblock's return to profitability in the second quarter points to a steadier recovery in the LED display supply chain, with implications for customers and competitors across Asia,...

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