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Monday 21 September 2026
SDC president declares foldable leadership, urges Korea to defend OLED advantage

Facing aggressive expansion by Chinese competitors, Samsung Display (SDC) president and Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA) chairman...

Monday 21 September 2026
Europe's hydrogen trucks chase commercialization
Major European truck makers and suppliers are accelerating alliances to push hydrogen vehicles and refueling infrastructure, as Europe tightens emissions rules and automakers race...
Monday 21 September 2026
Taiwan delays 2026 power rate decision as war drives fuel costs higher

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs delayed a 2026 electricity rate decision on September 18 after the Middle East war pushed up fuel...

Monday 21 September 2026
Rebellions chips process over 4 billion tokens a day for SK Telecom
South Korean AI chipmaker Rebellions has expanded its neural processing units (NPUs) across four commercial SK Telecom services, with the infrastructure now processing about 14 million...
Monday 21 September 2026
Tower Semiconductor to make Japan its largest optical chip base

Tower Semiconductor plans to make Japan its largest manufacturing base for optical communications semiconductors after expanding silicon...

Monday 21 September 2026
TSMC builds Kaohsiung hub to speed advanced packaging tests
TSMC is building an advanced packaging validation hub in southern Taiwan as rapid chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) expansion puts pressure on equipment and materials suppliers to...
Monday 21 September 2026
Wiwynn chair says AI hardware is being reshaped by power, cooling, interconnect demands

AI computing is changing how global hardware is designed, built, and deployed, with implications that extend well beyond Taiwan's tech...

Monday 21 September 2026
Acer taps local health data to build sovereign healthcare AI

Acer Medical said Taiwan's and South Korea's long-standing health insurance and medical...

Monday 21 September 2026
Shell oil shortage puts Volkswagen contract under review as Europe's aftermarket feels the strain

A Middle East war-driven oil squeeze is rippling beyond fuel stations and into Europe's auto repair network, with global implications...

Monday 21 September 2026
Largan makes seventh land, factory purchase of 2026 in co-packaged optics push

Major Taiwanese optical lens maker Largan Precision announced on September 17 that it acquired around 7,468.43 square meters of land...

Monday 21 September 2026
Acer founder says slowing AI development will be hard, amid call for AI slowdown

Acer founder Stan Shih stated that slowing artificial intelligence (AI) growth is not easy, as semiconductor capacity is still insufficient...

Monday 21 September 2026
DB HiTek gains pricing power as 8-inch supply tightens

South Korea's DB HiTek is gaining pricing power as tightening 8-inch foundry supply, high utilization, and stronger demand for power-management...

Monday 21 September 2026
Weekly news roundup: AI boom strains chips; Google's TPUs pay off, China eyes 3nm without EUV
This week's reports centered on intensifying competition and bottlenecks across the semiconductor and AI supply chains, from Sandisk's unusual engineering push in Korea and Google's...
Monday 21 September 2026
Syensqo showcased advanced materials enabling AI-era semiconductor manufacturing at SEMICON Taiwan 2026

Syensqo, a leading global supplier of advanced materials and chemical solutions, showcased its advanced materials portfolio for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing,...

Monday 21 September 2026
US-Mexico trade talks put AI servers in focus as Taiwan ODMs seek common ground

The US is reportedly pressuring Mexico to tighten rules of origin for AI hardware to limit the use of components produced outside North...