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Tuesday 15 September 2026

Panasonic Energy eyes JPY1 trillion yen AI storage revenue by 2028

Panasonic Energy, the battery unit of Panasonic Holdings, is betting big on energy storage for AI data centers as demand for backup...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs builds flagship Taiwan pavilions at international expos to boost auto parts exports

The world's largest automotive aftermarket trade fair, Automechanika Frankfurt, was held in Germany from September 8 to 12. Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said Taiwan...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

AI's next bottleneck may be profitability, not compute, SK chair warns

For years, as the heat surrounding AI continued to build, competitiveness across the industry was largely measured by brute-force computing power. The broader infrastructure race was...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

South Korean firms hold 80% of the automotive OLED market

South Korean panel makers command about 80% of the automotive OLED market, according to Sigmaintell, as electrification and smarter vehicles keep demand for car displays stable and...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Taiwan's carbon pricing enters new phase with carbon fee, ETS on parallel tracks

Taiwan's carbon fee has officially taken effect, marking a major step in the country's efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, while the government is preparing to introduce an...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Hyundai Motor Group bets on data, Nvidia, and in-house AI to speed autonomous driving rollout

Hyundai Motor Group is moving to standardize its autonomous driving hardware, deepen its data pipeline, and accelerate in-house AI development as it prepares a staggered rollout of...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Edimax, Comtrend 1H26 operations under pressure from weaker India orders, rising component costs

Network equipment maker Edimax Technology and its subsidiary Comtrend were affected by changes in customers' shipping cycles in the first half of 2026. Coupled with rising costs for...

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Global data center capex could reach US$31.6 trillion by 2050 as AI demand surges

PwC and Oxford Economics jointly released their Global Data Centre Outlook 2026–50 in early September, projecting cumulative global...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Exclusive: China's 8-inch SiC suppliers turn to pricing discipline after 6-inch price war
As the silicon carbide (SiC) industry shifts from 6-inch to 8-inch wafer manufacturing, leading China-based substrate suppliers are...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Sigmaintell: Memory shortage to ease in 2027 before chip growth hits 2029 wall
After months of tight supply and sharp price increases in 2026, the global memory market is expected to see its supply-demand gap narrow...

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Swiss drone maker shifts production to Taiwan
Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) is working with Swiss drone company Jedsy through its investment in Earthbook, bringing...

Monday 14 September 2026
UAE commits EUR40B to expand Germany ties in AI, energy and defense
The United Arab Emirates said it plans to invest EUR40 billion in Germany, or about US$46 billion, across artificial intelligence, energy and defense as it deepens economic and strategic...

Monday 14 September 2026
Fujitsu's Monaka targets 2027 mass production with TSMC 2nm boost
Fujitsu is preparing to take its advanced AI CPU overseas, with sales set to begin as early as 2027 in Japan, the US, and Asia. The company is betting on Monaka, a high-efficiency,...

Monday 14 September 2026
AI power demand pushes Taiwan to overhaul energy rules
Electricity demand from AI data centers and other high-tech industries is pushing governments and large cloud service providers to focus more on grid stability and backup supply. In...

Monday 14 September 2026
Samsung, SK Hynix reject US$19 billion power prepayment as Korea speeds chip expansion
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have rejected a proposal to prepay KRW25 trillion (approx. US$18.7 billion) in electricity bills, highlighting...

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