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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,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Quanta founder Bai-li Lin honors Kwoh-ting Li's role in Taiwan's tech rise
The fourth K.T. Li Award ceremony was held at the Far Eastern Shangri-La in Taipei on November 10, with former President Ing-wen Tsai delivering remarks and presenting the awards....
Thursday 12 November 2026
Kia plans US$1.5 billion India plant expansion, spurring Korean suppliers
Kia is considering investing about US$1.5 billion to expand its plant in Andhra Pradesh, India, while South Korean auto-parts makers have pledged follow-on investments. If approved,...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Universities aren't factories: Can a hot-rodding spirit drive semiconductor innovation?
The National Science and Technology Council's Department of Engineering and Technologies recently issued a call for proposals encouraging academia to modify expensive semiconductor...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan's overseas cloud backups strengthen government resilience
Taiwan has completed encrypted, split backups of national and local tax data on overseas cloud platforms, part of a broader effort to keep government services operating during emergencies...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Taiwan proposes expanding protected technology list to 46 items
Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has proposed expanding the list of national core key technologies from 42 to 46 items, with four additions covering satellite...
Thursday 12 November 2026
Aleees splits LFP cathode production between Taiwan and US
Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry (Aleees) plans to make lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material precursors in Taiwan and process them in the US under a North American customer...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
AI server tracker: Beyond GPUs, chassis, power supplies, rail kits and cooling capture a bigger growth story
Taiwan's AI server component suppliers are surpassing last year's revenue well before December. Eleven of the 13 companies tracked across chassis, power supplies, rail kits and thermal...
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Samsung reportedly buys four silicon photonics patents from Rockley
Samsung Electronics acquired four US silicon photonics patents from UK-based Rockley Photonics in September 2026, South Korea's Shinailbo reported on November 11, citing US...