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Monday 1 June 2026
Taiwan's AI boom has a blind spot — and lenders are filling it
Taiwan's economy has become one of the most closely watched in the world, riding a surge in global demand for semiconductors and advanced AI servers that have powered exports and private...
Monday 1 June 2026
Interview: Sharp CEO taps Foxconn ecosystem for brand revival
Sharp President and CEO Tetsuji Kawamura said the company has eased some long-standing management pressures, but its main challenge now is to expand its brand, develop new businesses,...
Monday 1 June 2026
Column: As token costs collapse, AI infrastructure splits into five layers
Falling inference prices and tightening data regulations are pushing AI compute beyond the hyperscale data center — reshaping infrastructure decisions for enterprises, governments,...
Sunday 31 May 2026
WinWay to double test capacity with NT$3.5B southern Taiwan plant
WinWay Technologies, a major test interface provider, followed ASE Holdings in holding a groundbreaking ceremony for its new plant at the Renwu Industrial Park in southern Taiwan....
Sunday 31 May 2026
United Integrated Services sees AI capex boom extending fab order visibility to 2030
United Integrated Services, a key fab-building partner for TSMC and Micron, said the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom is continuing to drive semiconductor capital spending...
Sunday 31 May 2026
GIS takes AR and optical communication opportunities to pave transformation
Facing memory shortages and Sharp's plan to shut down its Guishan K2 plant by the end of 2026, GIS chairman Hsien-Ying Chou said the company faces greater operational challenges in...
Sunday 31 May 2026
AI demand and transport costs fuel continued price hikes in 2Q26
As the Middle East conflict escalates and demand for AI applications grows, product quotations continue to rise in the second quarter of 2026. Chen-Cheng Pan, chairman of silicone...
Sunday 31 May 2026
AUO sees automotive orders setting up revenue gains from 2026
AUO said its automotive business has entered a high-growth phase, with annual orders for in-vehicle products now exceeding current-year revenue. The company expects revenue benefits...
Sunday 31 May 2026
The humanoid race is no longer about the robot — it's about who can deploy at scale
The conversation about humanoid robotics I observed over two days in Sunnyvale had a different quality from what I remembered a year ago. The demos were real. The deployments were...
Sunday 31 May 2026
Huawei's Aito M9 turns the luxury SUV into a rolling AI platform
In aerodynamics, the Aito M9 underwent more than 100 engineering refinements, achieving a drag coefficient of just 0.249 Cd — among the lowest ever recorded for a full-size sport...
Sunday 31 May 2026
Yageo eyes AI liquid-cooling dealmaking, targets protection components
Yageo chairman Pierre Chen, who has become Taiwan's richest man, reiterated at the company's recent shareholders meeting that the group will not sit out opportunities in the AI applications...
Sunday 31 May 2026
Silicon Motion lays out AI-focused storage roadmap for edge, enterprise and automotive
Silicon Motion Technology (SMI) has released a portfolio of AI-optimized storage controllers and products ahead of Ccmputex 2026, targeting edge inference, AI PCs, enterprise AI infrastructure...
Sunday 31 May 2026
60% of smart factories underperform as South Korea expert eyes tacit knowledge for manufacturing AX
South Korea is treating AI transformation as a future test of manufacturing competitiveness. The challenge now is not only installing smart systems, but converting frontline workers'...
Sunday 31 May 2026
LinkerBot deal brings AI bionic hands closer to mass market
LinkerBot, a leading Chinese developer of robotic dexterous hands, has acquired Jingling Zhikang in a strategic move that could push AI-powered bionic hands from high-cost rehabilitation...
Sunday 31 May 2026
Nvidia, Microsoft and Arm hint at 'new era of PC' ahead of Computex
Nvidia, Microsoft and Arm posted identical messages on X on Friday, each displaying the words "A New Era of PC" alongside the geographic coordinates of Taipei — a coordinated...