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Tuesday 21 April 2026

Taiwan has more than 260,000 job vacancies, with manufacturing accounting for 32.4%

Taiwan's artificial intelligence (AI) servers and advanced-process chip manufacturing businesses are booming, with related manufacturing industries also benefiting. According to a...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Samsung scales MRAM to 8nm, setting 5nm showdown with TSMC in 2027

Samsung is accelerating its push into magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), positioning the technology as a strategic pillar alongside DRAM and high-bandwidth memory (HBM)...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Seiko Epson unveils long-term vision for sustainable growth

Seiko Epson, which marked its 50th anniversary in 2025, recently launched a long-term vision plan, the Engineered Future 2035, addressing AI, geopolitical shifts, and digital transformation...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

China amping up DRAM integration: GigaDevice expands into DRAM through CXMT tie-up

GigaDevice is moving into DRAM through a KRW1 trillion (US$680 million) related-party deal, combining CXMT's manufacturing capacity with its own sales network in a move that could...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

AI demand inflates silicon valuations across TSMC, Nvidia supply chain

"Silicon inflation" is no longer a metaphor — it is reshaping Taiwan's capital markets. TSMC and Nvidia are at the center, pulling growth across the entire electronics supply...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Foreign carmakers in China turn to local tech to regain lost ground

In China's vast auto market, foreign brands — and the joint ventures they once dominated — have been steadily overtaken by domestic...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Semiconductor materials supply shifts to risk sourcing under price and geopolitical pressure

In 2026, critical semiconductor materials face a perfect storm of rising prices, shortages, and geopolitical disruption. Lead times for multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) and power...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Nissan slashes rare earth in EV motors, cutting China supply risk

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has sharply reduced its reliance on critical minerals in its latest electric vehicle design, highlighting how automakers are re-engineering core components...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Mercedes-Benz taps Samsung SDI for first-ever EV battery partnership

Samsung SDI has signed a multi-year agreement to supply electric vehicle (EV) batteries to Mercedes-Benz, marking its first confirmed entry...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Beyond the workhorse: CMC maps AI, autonomy, and lifestyle as the new commercial vehicle agenda

The commercial vehicle sector is at an inflection point. As software-defined vehicles (SDVs) and autonomous driving reshape the global automotive industry, China Motor Corporation...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Samsung's HBM4 yield improves, 4nm PMBIST upgrade receives praise from Nvidia

Samsung Electronics is accelerating its catch-up in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market against leader SK Hynix by advancing its sixth-generation HBM4. A key factor is Samsung's...

Tuesday 21 April 2026

Vivo boosts high-end lineup in Taiwan, aiming for 40% sales growth with new X300 series phones

Vivo unveiled its latest mobile lineup for Taiwan at its annual launch event on April 16, including the flagship X300 Ultra and X300 FE smartphones, alongside accessories such as teleconverter...

Monday 20 April 2026

Taiwan textile firms branch into aerospace and drones with high-performance materials

Taiwan's manufacturers are no longer content with making sportswear and bicycle parts. Faced with margin pressure and slowing demand in traditional end markets, a growing number of...

Monday 20 April 2026

AI chip rivalry escalates: ABF substrate sells out for Unimicron, Kinsus, Nan Ya PCB

AI GPUs, CPUs, and ASICs are driving demand for increasingly larger sizes and higher layer counts in substrate technology. The supply-demand gap for high-end ABF substrates continues...

Monday 20 April 2026

AI boom lifts Taiwan's chip testing firms to record 1Q26

As artificial intelligence chips increasingly migrate to advanced manufacturing nodes, the complexity — and duration — of semiconductor testing is rising sharply. That...

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