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Friday 26 June 2026

Exclusive: SK Hynix races to build Yongin memory megasite as supply crunch deepens

The global memory market is facing a structural supply-demand imbalance that shows little sign of easing. Micron's stronger-than-expected...

Friday 26 June 2026

Taiwan revives NT$210 billion drone procurement plan amid industry hopes and concerns

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has revived a NT$210 billion (approx. US$6.6 billion) special bill for unmanned vehicle procurement after the Legislative Yuan in May 2026 stripped...

Friday 26 June 2026

Academia Sinica readies Taiwan-made quantum chip for engineering push

Academia Sinica has built a 20-qubit quantum chip from scratch, and the team now says the next phase is less about lab breakthroughs and more about engineering a scalable, reproducible...

Friday 26 June 2026

SK Hynix races to open Yongin triple-deck fab in 2027

SK Hynix is racing to complete the first cleanroom at its massive Yongin Semiconductor Cluster in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, by...

Friday 26 June 2026

Academia Sinica targets quantum chip manufacturing scale with Taiwan's semiconductor tool base

Academia Sinica's Center for Quantum Computer is focusing only on hardware, not algorithms or applications, and executive director Chii-Dong Chen said that approach is similar to the...

Friday 26 June 2026

Japan puts JPY101.6 trillion AI chip push at heart of JPY370 trillion growth roadmap

Japan is moving to anchor its long-term growth strategy around AI, semiconductors, and strategic infrastructure, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seeks to use state-backed investment...

Friday 26 June 2026

Fuji Electric-linked arrests expose rare earth compliance risks for Japanese tech firms in China

The detention of two Japanese nationals in China over suspected rare earth export violations is raising fresh compliance concerns for Japanese technology manufacturers operating in...

Friday 26 June 2026

SK Siltron to bring new 300mm wafer capacity online as AI demand lifts shipments

SK Siltron is preparing to bring a new silicon wafer manufacturing facility online in South Korea next month. The expansion comes as AI...

Friday 26 June 2026

Europe aggressively pursues non-red supply chains; Thunder Tiger showcases unmanned combat systems in Poland

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Thunder Tiger recently participated in the Taiwan Expo in Europe 2026 in Warsaw, Poland, showcasing its combat solutions. It said European...

Friday 26 June 2026

Analysis: Sidelined by Nvidia's Asia tour, Japan bets on Foxconn-Sharp for AI relevance

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is reshaping the dynamics of competition in the global technology landscape. From hyperscale data center expansion and government-backed sovereign...

Friday 26 June 2026

Quantum Systems to build 2,000 TerMIT unmanned ground vehicles for Ukraine

Friday 26 June 2026

Taiwan drone makers pivot to non-China supply chains to win overseas markets

Taiwanese drone manufacturers are accelerating their expansion into overseas markets as domestic defense and program budgets remain unstable, executives said, making international...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Taiwan electronics production jumps 93% in first five months of 2026 on AI boom

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) released industrial production statistics for May 2026 on June 24, reporting that Taiwan's computer, electronic products, and optical products...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Europe's AI infrastructure: the cost gap that policy cannot paper over

The EU currently hosts roughly 5% of the world's AI compute capacity. The US holds close to 75%. McKinsey projects European data center demand will grow from 10 GW of IT load in 2024...

Thursday 25 June 2026

Samsung chairman reviews HBM4 supply as revenue tops US$1 billion

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company's Cheonan plant on June 23 to review high-bandwidth memory production operations,...

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