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Tuesday 14 July 2026

Samsung brings HBM, logic, and optics together in packaging push

Samsung Electronics is developing advanced packaging technology that combines high-bandwidth memory (HBM), logic chips and silicon photonics (SiPh) as it seeks to address the rising...

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Column: Physical AI's rivalry shifts from companies to states

At the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo at the end of May 2026, a conference that had originally focused on technology and commercialization...

Tuesday 14 July 2026

Interview: UK's AI sovereignty pitch — research at home, scale with Taiwan

As the world enters an AI-centric era, the global race for technological leadership is no longer defined only by who can build the...

Monday 13 July 2026

Yulon Nissan revenue hits five-month high on stronger June sales

Yulon Nissan reported June 2026 revenue on July 13, posting NT$1.236 billion(US$38.53 million), down 1.91% year on year but up 13.63% from May. The automaker said the monthly result...

Monday 13 July 2026

Taiwan's auto parts makers pivot to high-tech as AI cooling, chip equipment demand surges

Taiwan's automotive parts makers are accelerating their transformation into high-tech suppliers as the global expansion of advanced...

Monday 13 July 2026

Trump admin reportedly urged Apple to procure chips from Intel in exchange for dropping tariffs

Reports have emerged that Apple may have managed to avoid 100% tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, partly by agreeing to...

Monday 13 July 2026

Pegatron June revenue rose 15.9% on server shipments and AI expansion

Pegatron reported June revenue of NT$91.296 billion (US$28.43 billion), up 15.9% year over year and down 4.9% from May, as shipments increased on the gradual rollout of its new server...

Monday 13 July 2026

TSMC June 2026 revenue surges 68% as AI demand continues to fuel growth

TSMC reported another month of strong revenue growth, underscoring continued demand for advanced chips used in AI applications. According to the company's June revenue report, consolidated...

Monday 13 July 2026

China's 2030 target for 30% NEV adoption raises the stakes for foreign automakers

China is tying its climate agenda more closely to industrial policy. The State Council's newly released Action Plan for Carbon Peaking...

Monday 13 July 2026

Aker rides on auto and industrial demand for quartz shipments

Aker said auto and industrial control customer demand drove double-digit revenue growth in the first half of 2026, while AI-related power components also saw a sharp increase in shipments...

Monday 13 July 2026

Tencent seeks control of Manus after China blocks Meta's US$2 billion AI deal

Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder in Manus, leading a proposed buyback of the AI agent startup after Chinese regulators...

Monday 13 July 2026

MiniMax bets US$2 billion on AI infrastructure as lock-up selloff deepens its split with Z.ai

Chinese artificial-intelligence developer MiniMax is raising HK$16 billion (approx. US$2.04 billion) through a share placement and convertible bonds to accelerate spending on AI infrastructure...

Monday 13 July 2026

Weekly news roundup: TSMC widens AI chip lead as HBM and CoWoS bottlenecks reshape supply chains

AI demand is still outrunning advanced semiconductor capacity, putting foundry output, HBM supply, packaging and server infrastructure at...

Monday 13 July 2026

China's Nvidia H200 pivot reveals why CUDA still rules AI

China is preparing to allow a limited number of Nvidia H200 AI accelerators into the country, giving Alibaba, ByteDance, and DeepSeek...

Monday 13 July 2026

Europe, UK, and US financial sectors respond differently as advanced AI reshapes industry and regulation

Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a growing focus for financial regulators and technology companies across Europe, the UK, and the US, with authorities placing increasing...

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