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Friday 19 June 2026

Research Insight: Fukuta expands small power modules as drones and robot dogs drive growth

As global EV market growth slows, motor makers that once relied on EV power systems are moving faster to find new growth engines. Fukuta...

Friday 19 June 2026

Df-OS targets traceability gap in India's electronics manufacturing

India's air-conditioner supply chain may be becoming an early test case for a broader electronics manufacturing challenge: how to trace products, components, process data, and defects...

Thursday 18 June 2026

AI data center boom drives Taiwan passive component makers to record sales

Demand in the passive components market is recovering significantly, lifting operating momentum at Taiwan's two leading suppliers, Yageo and Walsin Technology. Average book-to-bill...

Thursday 18 June 2026

NIO founder warns China's auto market could shrink by 20% this year

Nio founder and chairman William Li warned at the 2026 China Auto Chongqing Summit that China's auto industry has entered its "most brutal final stage," saying 2026 passenger-vehicle...

Thursday 18 June 2026

BMW opens Neue Klasse reservations early; car business margin forecast unexpectedly cut in half

Although BMW's Neue Klasse BEV lineup is receiving strong market feedback and demand, it is also facing challenges due to weakness in the Chinese auto market and the conflict in the...

Thursday 18 June 2026

AI chip boom strains probe card supply, Taiwan test interface maker weighs prepayment deals

MPI Corporation, a major probe card supplier, said AI demand is tightening supply across the probe card market and extending order visibility, with the company considering a prepayment...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Unitree IPO tests China's bet on low-cost humanoid robots

Unitree Robotics is heading toward a Shanghai listing with a pitch drawing attention well beyond China: humanoid robots can be built...

Thursday 18 June 2026

SpaceX acquires Cursor to bolster xAI and court AI developers

SpaceX has agreed to acquire AI coding tool developer Cursor for US$60 billion, in a deal that underscores how competition in the AI...

Thursday 18 June 2026

G7 AI talks reveal trust gap behind US model power

The world's most powerful AI companies entered the G7 summit in France this week with a message for democratic governments: frontier AI needs global rules, but those rules are increasingly...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Acer founder outlines New WangDao leadership white paper at Tokyo AI forum

The founder of Acer Group traveled to Tokyo to present a Taiwan-origin leadership framework and release a multilingual white paper on...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Samsung said to open fab data to suppliers in AI factory push

Samsung Electronics is developing and operating a data-sharing platform with semiconductor materials, components and equipment suppliers,...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Meta puts brakes on AI use as token costs hit tech giants

Meta's internal AI costs have spiraled, and a broader pullback in spending by major tech companies is bringing a long-ignored contradiction into focus: the business logic of AI is...

Thursday 18 June 2026

Taiwan 2026 GDP could top 10%, says Minister of Economic Affairs

Taiwan's 2026 GDP growth is on track to exceed 10% as AI demand powers the island's economy, Minister of Economic Affairs Ming-hsin Kung said, adding that this level of growth may...

Thursday 18 June 2026

SK Hynix scraps degree rules to court AI chip talent

SK Hynix has eliminated degree requirements from its regular recruitment process for new employees, as the memory chip giant seeks...

Thursday 18 June 2026

WUS and its subsidiary keep complementary AI partnership

A recent open letter from the UK-based fund Palliser Capital called Taiwanese printed circuit board (PCB) maker WUS Printed Circuit one of the most undervalued AI PCB companies in...

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