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Monday 12 October 2026
Former iPhone display plant in Japan reportedly to enter AI chip supply chain
A former iPhone display factory in Mobara, Japan, is set for a new role in the semiconductor supply chain, with Shinko Electric Industries planning to convert the site into a production...
Monday 12 October 2026
Kawasaki Heavy Industries bets JPY550 billion on physical AI, robotics
Kawasaki Heavy Industries is betting on physical AI as part of a multibillion-dollar growth plan to modernize factories, address labor shortages, and expand robotics across shipbuilding,...
Monday 12 October 2026
Mistral unveils ML4 open-weight model, touts edge over Chinese rivals
French AI startup Mistral has launched a public preview of Mistral Large 4 (ML4), a 1-trillion-parameter AI model whose weights are scheduled for public release in late October 2026,...
Monday 12 October 2026
Taiwan GDP growth hits 11% as government plan for AI dividend advances
Taiwan's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is projected to reach 11.05% in 2026, a 39-year high, driven by its technological advantage in artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors,...
Monday 12 October 2026
ICT inflation impact limited as supply shock falls short
Prices for electronic components such as memory, advanced copper foil, glass fiber cloth, and ABF substrates have been rising for some time as makers pass on costs amid tight supply...
Monday 12 October 2026
DIGITIMES Insight: Why AI is shifting telecom traffic to the uplink
AI is changing the logic of telecom traffic growth, with Ericsson and industry researchers warning that mobile networks must now handle not only more data, but also more uplink traffic,...
Monday 12 October 2026
Nanya Plastics deepens push into power engineering as AI infrastructure demand rises
Nanya Plastics Corporation is expanding into heavy electrical equipment and power engineering, a move that could ripple beyond Taiwan as global demand for AI data centers, grid upgrades,...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Vicor widens AI server power patent fight, seeking new US import ban on Foxconn, Quanta and Delta
Vicor Corporation is trying for the second time this year to get AI server power hardware from Taiwan's largest server makers barred from the US. It has won such a ban before.
Sunday 11 October 2026
Changs Ascending September revenue jumps 92% on semiconductor plant buildouts
Changs Ascending said orders tied to semiconductor customers' new plant construction, equipment arrivals, and project acceptance schedules were gradually fulfilled and recognized as...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Amtran September revenue hits nearly 7-year high on non-TV, OLED monitor shipments
Amtran reported September 2026 revenue of NT$3.45 billion (US$107.87 million), up 26.4% month-over-month and 32.5% year-over-year, as higher-end display shipments and stable OLED monitor...
Sunday 11 October 2026
System integration emerges as Taiwan's next drone industry edge for defense scale-up
As defense technology and unmanned vehicles increasingly extend beyond traditional defense industries into the ICT and semiconductor sectors, Taiwan's manufacturers are being urged...
Sunday 11 October 2026
Taiwan eases IFRS sustainability disclosure rules, cutting mandatory scope
Taiwan has relaxed its IFRS sustainability disclosure rules for listed and OTC companies, shrinking the number of firms required to fully comply from an originally planned 1,970 to...
Saturday 10 October 2026
TPCA Show 2026 to spotlight AI computing, Unimicron chair keynote
As explosive AI computing demand drives hardware architecture change, Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA) is set to open its annual flagship event, with the 21st International...
Saturday 10 October 2026
Semco moves glass substrates to package-level testing
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (Semco) has reportedly completed initial reliability testing of its 100mm glass substrates and moved to package-level verification using customer chips, marking...
Saturday 10 October 2026
SK Hynix sends memory chips into orbit for testing
SK Hynix's dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and Universal Flash Storage (UFS) products have reached orbit aboard a South Korean satellite that successfully established communication...