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Tuesday 24 March 2026
Excellence Optoelectronics accelerates Mexico plant ramp-up, eyes robot and ECU markets
Excellence Optoelectronics (EOI) is preparing for volume production to begin in July at its soon-to-be-completed Phase 1 plant in Mexico, aiming for an 80% utilization rate by year-end...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Trump administration's 'Pax Silica' fund to strengthen global semiconductor and AI supply chains
The Trump administration set up a US$250 million fund intended to grow out of its "Pax Silica" initiative launched in December 2025, aimed at supporting global supply chains for semiconductors,...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
TSMC's Wei draws battle lines between US AI and China's hardware in robotics race
TSMC chairman C.C. Wei's recent remarks on the global robotics landscape have sparked an industry debate over whether the US or China holds the upper hand in the race to commercialize...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Nvidia opens server racks to rival chips, expanding cloud infrastructure role

Nvidia is expanding its role in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure by designing server racks that can accommodate processors...

Tuesday 24 March 2026
Huawei's Ascend 950PR debuts with nearly 3x H20 performance, targets China's AI compute gap
Huawei has officially launched its Ascend 950PR processor and introduced the Atlas 350 AI accelerator card equipped with this chip, marking the commercial debut of its next-generation...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Crude oil price rise ripples through automotive supply chain, squeezing parts makers
Global crude oil prices have swung higher in recent weeks, sending ripples through energy markets that are now coursing swiftly into downstream manufacturing. Few sectors have felt...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Small nations face structural limits in AI sovereignty, Swiss expert says
As global momentum builds around "sovereign AI," smaller economies face structural constraints in achieving technological independence, particularly in compute infrastructure and semiconductor...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Commentary: From chip performance to inference economics, Jensen Huang rewrites AI industry trends at GTC
Over the past three years, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has returned to the same two-axis chart at each annual GTC conference — but the story that chart tells has shifted...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
The chip gap: How Alibaba is pulling away from Tencent in China's AI arms race
Alibaba Group has been quietly building something big. Over recent years, it has pushed steadily into in-house chip development — moving from design and research all the way...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
2026 SelectUSA Investment Summit to spotlight Taiwan-US trade and investment ties
The upcoming SelectUSA investment summit is approaching, and Taiwanese firms are expected to be a major presence as they seek to integrate more closely with the US market. As the Taiwanese...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Interview: The quantum clock is ticking — here's which industries need to move now
Enterprises have a 2035 deadline. That is when the US government expects companies to have completed their migration to post-quantum cryptography — a safeguard against the encryption-breaking...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Commentary: Trump's Middle East AI data center push under threat from Iran conflict
In May 2025, US President Donald Trump led a major investment delegation to the Middle East targeting key allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The delegation...
Tuesday 24 March 2026
Ghost Robotics seeks Taiwan supply chain ties for quadruped robots
Ghost Robotics, a US-based developer of quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), has expressed interest in collaborating with Taiwan's supply chain as it moves to enter the local...
Monday 23 March 2026
Grab expands beyond SEA with strategic push into Taiwan
Grab has unveiled a major move in its international growth strategy, announcing plans to acquire Delivery Hero's Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan — marking its first significant...
Monday 23 March 2026
Meet the duo bridging Jensen Huang to Taiwan at GTC 2026
At Nvidia's GTC 2026 conference last week, two figures were notable in helping CEO Jensen Huang connect with major Taiwanese business partners.