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Friday 14 August 2026

Samsung and SK hynix push AI deeper into fabs as semiconductor manufacturing enters autonomous era

As the world enters an AI-powered era where the persistent need for more complex architectures is driven by rising demands for higher computing performance, one bottleneck confronting...

Friday 14 August 2026

Interview: 'Modern warfare is a battle of PAs'–Transcom targets overseas defense, LEO satellite growth

Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, defense awareness is rising rapidly worldwide, with drone and counter-drone technologies becoming...

Friday 14 August 2026

Gem Terminal's second-quarter profit hits 16-quarter high on copper and connector demand

Gem Terminal Industry said its net profit in the second quarter of 2026 reached a 16-quarter high as niche products and improved production efficiency in Taiwan and Vietnam lifted...

Friday 14 August 2026

ATEN lifts second-quarter profit on higher sales, pricing, utilization

ATEN International said its second-quarter 2026 revenue rose 19% year-over-year, while gross margin improved to 62% from 59% and pretax profit jumped 235%. The Taiwan-based keyboard-video-mouse...

Friday 14 August 2026

Kaohsiung mayor, BOT, SEMI address low-carbon power for chips, AI

The "Net Zero City: International Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology Seminar on New Low-Carbon Power Solutions for AI and...

Friday 14 August 2026

Hyundai's robot foundry bet outpaces its local supply chain

Hyundai Motor Group and the South Korean government are accelerating a KRW9 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) robot and AI investment...

Friday 14 August 2026

Kaori Heat Treatment to invest NT$3 billion in Taiwan and Thailand expansion

Kaori Heat Treatment has approved a major capacity expansion in Taiwan and Thailand as demand rises for AI cooling components and fuel cells. The heat-treatment maker said its board...

Friday 14 August 2026

Korea's CNT pellicle race heats up as aweXome Ray pushes toward EUV commercialization

As South Korea's major memory manufacturers race to secure next-generation lithography technologies for increasingly advanced process nodes, the approaching High-NA EUV era is adding...

Friday 14 August 2026

Grand Process's Challentech partners with Japan's Seiki for bonding tech

Artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) continue to drive demand for advanced packaging, where bonding technology...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taiwan's carbon fee era begins, science parks roll out measures

Taiwan began charging companies for carbon emissions in 2026 as part of its push toward net-zero by 2050, with the initial filing deadline...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taiwan's packaging and integration ecosystem positions it as the backbone of CPO scaling, Ayar Labs says

The technical feasibility of co-packaged optics (CPO) has been demonstrated repeatedly at major industry conferences in recent years...

Thursday 13 August 2026

Taiwan notebook industry, 2Q 2026

Thursday 13 August 2026

Samsung delays High-NA EUV adoption until 1nm production in 2030

Samsung Electronics plans to introduce high-numerical-aperture extreme ultraviolet (High-NA EUV) lithography into mass production at its 1nm node around 2030, according to South Korean...

Thursday 13 August 2026

SK Hynix expands EUV roadmap with High-NA tools and PSM adoption

SK hynix said it is advancing its use of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography for the mass production of next-generation DRAM, with high-numerical-aperture (High-NA) EUV equipment...

Thursday 13 August 2026

South Korea plans new sovereign wealth fund to back AI, robots, supply chains

South Korea plans to establish a strategic investment account with at least 20 trillion won in assets within the Korea Investment Corporation in 2027 as it moves to strengthen its...

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