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Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan speeds chip materials push with consumables, ITRI says

Taiwan is accelerating its drive for semiconductor materials self-reliance by starting with consumables and building toward higher-value...

Monday 24 August 2026

ASE's Huang urges AI profits to fund R&D for CPO, PLP

As chip processes move to 2nm and advanced packaging accelerates heterogeneous integration, semiconductor materials are shifting from...

Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan semiconductor materials team up to build local supply chain

Taiwan's semiconductor materials industry is entering a new window of opportunity as advanced semiconductor process and packaging technologies...

Monday 24 August 2026

Podcast highlights: TSMC Arizona's profit turnaround, US manufacturing viability pressures South Korean memory makers

DIGITIMES analyst Luke Lin noted on a recent podcast that when reviewing TSMC's semiannual and first-quarter 2026 financial reports, the operational health and profitability of its...

Monday 24 August 2026

USITC opens cylindrical battery probe as China-Korea competition intensifies

The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has opened a trade investigation into certain cylindrical batteries and related products...

Monday 24 August 2026

Half of GenAI projects stall at PoC as data gaps widen

As generative AI spreads rapidly across enterprise operations, gaps in data foundations and governance are emerging as a key dividing line in how quickly AI projects move forward....

Monday 24 August 2026

AI packaging demand exposes supply-chain gaps for Taiwan materials makers

AI demand is pushing semiconductor manufacturing deeper into advanced packaging, and ASE vice president Hiro Huang said suppliers are meeting less than half of overall demand. He warned...

Monday 24 August 2026

iCometrue to Showcase Glass-Based AI Multichip Packaging Solutions at SEMICON Taiwan 2026

Interested in solving microcrack issues in through-glass via (TGV) fabrication? Want to learn how to supply 1,000 Watts, 1 Volt and 1,000 Amperes electricity to semiconductor...

Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan's 'invisible champions' in chip materials are about to become visible, says GlobalWafers' Doris Hsu

Advanced process technology and new device architectures are reshaping the semiconductor supply chain — and the pressure is shifting...

Monday 24 August 2026

AMRA expands robot testing standard to cover legged systems

The Autonomous Mobile Robot Alliance (AMRA), formed by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute and industry, academia, and research partners, has released a new standard...

Monday 24 August 2026

AI chip boom lifts South Korean semiconductor materials makers' profits in 2Q26

The AI semiconductor investment boom is increasingly spilling over into the materials supply chain. South Korea's major semiconductor materials suppliers broadly improved profitability...

Monday 24 August 2026

Xiaomi unveils second-generation humanoid robot at Beijing conference

Xiaomi unveiled its second-generation humanoid robot at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing, where the machine made its first...

Monday 24 August 2026

Taiwan lifts 2027 tech budget, studies new TTA site in BSTP

Taiwan's Executive Yuan approved a larger 2027 technology budget of NT$229.2 billion (approx. US$7.2 billion), an increase of NT$25.9 billion from 2026, as the government also raised...

Monday 24 August 2026

MediaTek wins Google TPU deal on three key strengths

Taiwan's IC design industry is set to keep growing strongly in 2026, with revenue expected to rise 10%, driven mainly by companies involved in AI and AI ASIC projects such as MediaTek,...

Saturday 22 August 2026

Automation Taipei 2026: If AI is advancing so fast, why is the factory floor still so hard to automate?

For all the extraordinary progress made by artificial intelligence, the physical world remains stubbornly difficult to automate.

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