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Monday 11 May 2026
Samsung reportedly offers above-law severance in China while monitor sales linger
Samsung Electronics is offering severance packages above China's statutory requirements while restructuring parts of its consumer electronics business in the country, signalling a...
Monday 11 May 2026
Taiwan targets three key sectors in upcoming 6G era
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has launched a new next-generation communications program under its A+ Industrial Innovative R&D Program, aiming to steer company research...
Monday 11 May 2026
ASE, Wus to jointly build Kaohsiung advanced packaging plant by 2029
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) and PCB manufacturer Wus Printed Circuit are teaming up to build a new packaging facility in southern Taiwan, as the world's largest chip assembler...
Monday 11 May 2026
AI boom drives Taiwan's semiconductor testing industry into record expansion

To secure a foothold in the booming market for advanced AI chip packaging and testing, Taiwan's outsourced semiconductor assembly and test...

Monday 11 May 2026
Weekly news roundup: Taiwan freezes trading in MediaTek; 2D NAND shortage spirals
Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of May 4-10, 2026:
Monday 11 May 2026
AI surge drives Taiwan push for second-source PCB materials as market booms
The global copper-clad laminate market expanded sharply as AI computing demand forced higher-spec hardware, and Taiwan's printed circuit board supply chain moved to secure second-source...
Monday 11 May 2026
Taiwan, Germany extend joint EV battery R&D to 2029
Taiwan and Germany signed a Science and Technology Arrangement (STA) in 2023 to promote joint research in semiconductors, hydrogen energy, artificial intelligence (AI), and other fields...
Monday 11 May 2026
Gigabyte's Giga Computing bets on South Korea's sovereign AI boom

Gigabyte Technology subsidiary Giga Computing is expanding aggressively in South Korea, positioning itself to benefit from a surge in demand...

Monday 11 May 2026
Taiwan's EV charging companies find Europe's real opportunity in energy trading

As Europe accelerates the build-out of infrastructure for battery electric vehicles (EVs), the region has become one of the world's most...

Monday 11 May 2026
GSEO reports strong growth as it expands into new markets
Genius Electronic Optical (GSEO), the Taiwanese optical lens manufacturer known for supplying high-end smartphone camera components, reported strong revenue growth in April as the...
Monday 11 May 2026
From Basement to Deep Space: How AON3D is Redefining High-Performance 3D Printing

Montreal-based AON3D is setting a new standard through its mastery of high-performance materials and precision 3D printing technology.

Monday 11 May 2026
DaoAI Brings Agentic AI to AOI with Feature Cognition Inspection at Its Core

As global manufacturing accelerates its smart-factory transition, computer vision is taking on an increasingly critical role in industrial quality inspection. Canadian...

Sunday 10 May 2026
Coupang Taiwan details local response to 2025 breach affecting 200,000 accounts, launches bug bounty
Coupang Taiwan’s chief information security officer spoke at CYBERSEC 2026 in Taiwan to detail a November 2025 customer data breach that exposed information from about 33.7 million...
Saturday 9 May 2026
EU's new cyber rules are forcing a shift from AI hype to human-led defense
At CYBERSEC 2026 in Taiwan, cybersecurity vendors are moving beyond single-product performance and focusing instead on operational resilience — helping enterprises maintain business...
Saturday 9 May 2026
Samsung accelerates Pyeongtaek fab expansion as memory supercycle builds
Samsung Electronics is reportedly moving up construction of the final production line at its Pyeongtaek semiconductor campus, accelerating one of its largest capacity-expansion projects...