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Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan's quantum push gathers momentum as Asus, Compal and global tech giants join forces
Taiwan is strengthening its quantum technology ecosystem through coordinated government research and industry collaboration, bringing together international technology companies, academic...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Tekscend's cost strategy and global edge
As global foundry capacity expands and market dynamics shift, competitive pressures have intensified significantly across major manufacturing regions, particularly in mature process...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Innovation, AI investments will shape the future, says Kinpo president Hsu
The award ceremony for the fourth K. T. Li Award was held in Taipei on November 10, with this year's awards presented by former President Ing-wen Tsai to Kinpo-Compal Group president...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung Display, BOE weigh low-cost OLED panels as phone sales fall
Samsung Display, BOE Technology Group and Tianma Microelectronics are considering cheaper OLED panels for budget smartphones to boost factory utilization as handset sales decline,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Apple, Samsung reportedly developing new foldable glass for 2028
Apple and Samsung Electronics are working with suppliers on foldable phone glass that is thinner at the hinge and thicker elsewhere, a design they are considering for 2028 models,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Electronica forum identifies wages, energy as Europe's tech bottlenecks
The biennial Electronica trade show opened in Munich on November 10, 2026, with industry leaders warning that high wages, energy prices, and bureaucracy continue to undermine Europe's...
Thursday 12 November 2026
AI server tracker: ODM/EMS giants scale up, but optical suppliers show who captures the next wave
Taiwan's AI infrastructure expansion is producing different growth patterns across system manufacturers and optical suppliers. All six original design manufacturers and electronics...
Thursday 12 November 2026
TECO pivots to AI infrastructure services with Japan project
TECO Electric & Machinery is expanding into global AI computing infrastructure, announcing on the November 11 that it will partner with AI cloud service provider GMI Cloud and...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Samsung, AMD team up to upgrade chip testing
Samsung Electronics and AMD are teaming up to upgrade the Korean chipmaker's semiconductor manufacturing test infrastructure, combining AMD's new EPYC Embedded 9006 processors with...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Ennoconn posts record third-quarter revenue, targets 20% ROE by 2030
Taiwan industrial PC maker Ennoconn Technology reported record revenue and profit for the third quarter of 2026. It said it expects strong growth in both measures in 2027, supported...
Thursday 12 November 2026
China spy allegations intensify as Taiwan revokes Alice Huang's entry permit
The FBI has launched an investigation following an alleged extramarital affair involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed who...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Mitsui Kinzoku bets on AI copper foil with JPY190 billion investment in Malaysia plant
Mitsui Kinzoku will invest about JPY190 billion (approx. US$1.2 billion) to build a copper foil plant near its existing Malaysia site, targeting demand from optical communications...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan mobilizes academic R&D to address post-Moore semiconductor equipment gaps
Taiwan is stepping up efforts to develop next-generation semiconductor research equipment, as conventional commercial tools increasingly fall short of emerging R&D requirements...
Thursday 12 November 2026
SoftBank takes JPY768 billion AI hit, rethinks equipment strategy
SoftBank Group (SBG) posted a JPY768 billion (approximately US$4.85 billion) net loss for the first half of fiscal 2026, from April to September 2026, its first loss in nearly two...
Thursday 12 November 2026
iPhone, enterprise ICT lift Taiwan's telecom trio in October
Strong iPhone sales and 5G upgrades, combined with continued revenue recognition from AI data center (AIDC), cloud, and enterprise information and communications technology (ICT) projects,...