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Friday 30 January 2026

ASIC server demand boosts Taiwan's high-end CCL shipments

Cloud service providers (CSPs) continue to maintain strong capex, driving steady growth in AI servers and high-speed network switches markets while elevating the grade of copper-clad laminate (CCL) materials. As orders for high-end products gradually increase, Taiwan's top three CCL manufacturers are set to deliver significant revenue growth with double-digit year-over-year gains in 2025.

Friday 30 January 2026

Taiwan pledges full US cooperation to build new non-China supply chain

On January 28, 2026, Minister of Economic Affairs Ming-Hsin Kung highlighted Taiwan's commitment to comprehensive collaboration with the US in developing a "non-China" supply chain, marking a new milestone following recent agreements such as the Taiwan-US investment cooperation MOU and the Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD).

Friday 30 January 2026

MediaTek and Arm-backed Arbor drives layered growth with AI strategy

As generative AI gradually extends from the cloud to enterprise and edge environments, industry competition is shifting from a single high-performance computing platform toward multi-layered application scenarios. With expanding demand across use cases, market competition is evolving from a single technology path to a layered market structure that clearly segments large cloud data centers, enterprise data centers, and Small Office, Home Office (SOHO) personal applications. This segmentation is also reshaping supply chain roles and collaboration.

Friday 30 January 2026

US-China rivalry enters next phase: Nvidia's H200 chips get Beijing's nod

Recent reports from mainland China indicate that authorities have approved the import of an initial batch of Nvidia's H200 chips. The move highlights yet another turn in the intensifying US–China technology rivalry.

Friday 30 January 2026

AI integration drives cautious optimism in global collaborative robot market

The collaborative robot (cobot) industry, a pivotal segment for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, anticipates new growth opportunities despite a weak economic recovery, according to leading manufacturers Universal Robots and Techman Robot. Both companies predict AI to be the main catalyst for expansion in 2026.

Friday 30 January 2026

Altos taps Acer's regional footprint to ride enterprise AI boom, eyes double-digit growth in 2026

Altos Computing, Acer's AI server solutions subsidiary, is optimistic about its 2026 outlook as enterprise AI adoption gains momentum across Asia-Pacific. With a growing project pipeline and rising demand for practical AI deployments, the company expects a significant portion of its opportunities to convert into orders, supporting its double-digit growth goal for the year.

Friday 30 January 2026

Taiwan pledges equal incentives for US investors under new MOU, with no cap on subsidies

Taiwan is stepping up efforts to anchor global investment at home, offering equal incentives to US and foreign firms even as cross-border commitments under the Taiwan–US Investment Cooperation MOU remain asymmetric.

Friday 30 January 2026

Dixon gears up for massive scale-up amid global memory volatility

Dixon Technologies saw negative impacts due to the memory price rise for the third quarter of fiscal 2026. During an earnings call, management outlined plans to navigate global supply chain pressures while targeting long-term revenue of INR1 trillion (US$10.89 billion) over the next three to four years. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, the company posted consolidated operating revenue of INR106.78 billion, up from INR104.61 billion a year earlier, supported by consolidated operating EBITDA of INR4.21 billion.

Friday 30 January 2026

Tex Year Industries eyes strong 1H26 growth on India, Vietnam capacity, and specialty chemicals

Tex Year Industries anticipates returning to growth in 2026 following a slight revenue decline in 2025, driven by expanded production capacity in India and Vietnam and the maturation of its high-end specialty chemical segment. The company remains cautiously optimistic despite ongoing geopolitical and economic challenges.

Friday 30 January 2026

AsiaTech Imaging expects strong first-quarter revenue growth following difficult 2025 performance

Asia Optical's subsidiary AsiaTech Imaging forecasts a 20-30% sequential revenue increase in the first quarter of 2026, signaling a recovery from a difficult 2025, President Iris Wu said during an online earnings call on January 28. Full-year revenue is expected to surpass 2025 levels.

Friday 30 January 2026

MediaTek, Alchip, Marvell clash for ASIC runner-up spot

The competition among cloud service providers (CSPs) and AI companies for application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) has entered a new phase with Microsoft officially launching its Maia 200 chip. Industry forecasts indicate that 2027 will be a breakout year when multiple major players ramp up ASIC production simultaneously.

Friday 30 January 2026

With Techman Robot, JPP brings AI automation to the factory floor

Techman Robot, a global leader in collaborative robotics, has helped Jinpao Precision (JPP), a high-tech manufacturer of precision metal components, complete a large-scale automation overhaul—an uncommon achievement in the aerospace industry, where production is often defined by low volumes and high variability.

Friday 30 January 2026

Greatek hits full capacity on AI-driven flip chip, QFN packaging demand

Powertech Technology (PTI) and its subsidiary test and assembly firm Greatek jointly held an online investor conference to discuss future operations. Greatek president Yu-Chang Chi said that driven by sustained demand from AI and memory customers, flip chip and QFN packaging lines have reached full capacity. Bumping packaging capacity is also expected to be fully utilized in the coming quarters, leading to a positive outlook for first-half 2026 performance.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Taiwan, US expand AI, drone cooperation under Pax Silica framework

Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, Ming-hsin Kung, joined senior US State Department officials on January 27, 2026, in the US to conclude the sixth US-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue (EPPD). The two sides signed a joint statement on the Pax Silica Declaration and US-Taiwan Cooperation on Economic Security.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Foxconn Industrial Internet drives growth in high-end computing market through cloud and AI server focus

Foxconn's subsidiary, Foxconn Industrial Internet (FII), is accelerating its operational shift toward the high-performance computing market, driven by dual engines of cloud and AI businesses. FII highlighted that in 2025, cloud service provider (CSP) related operations will become the main growth driver, especially as AI servers and high-performance general-purpose servers ramp up. This expansion in cloud product lines not only fuels rapid revenue growth but also significantly enhances FII's product mix and profitability structure.

Thursday 29 January 2026

A year of transformation: Tesla pivots to Robotaxis and domestic chip production

Tesla is entering what executives describe as a "turning point" year. As the company pushes forward with robotaxi deployment and Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology, it must also navigate potential bottlenecks in global semiconductor supply that could define its medium-term growth.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Musk moves Tesla past Model S and X, betting on robots and AI

Tesla reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that topped Wall Street's profit expectations despite the fact that its revenue had slipped and vehicle deliveries continued to decline.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Microsoft tops US$50b cloud milestone as AI capex surges and Copilot adoption accelerates

Microsoft's earnings conference call for the fiscal second quarter of 2026 underscored a company accelerating into an AI-first era—while also confronting investor scrutiny over the scale of its infrastructure spending.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Upstream firms say US investment unprofitable if gross margin below 50%

Following the signing of the Taiwan-US investment cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU), the next step is to finalize the agreement on reciprocal trade (ART) between the two countries. As Taiwanese supply chains pursue strategies of making collective moves in the US, some companies express willingness to follow the lead of TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker who is investing enormous sums in building wafer fabs in the US. However, upstream players admit that with high production costs in the US, investments may not be profitable unless their gross margins exceed 50%.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Sunny Optical restructures as China's lens makers face layoffs prompted by smartphone slump

China's optical industry is confronting significant challenges as several lens module manufacturers reportedly plan layoffs early in 2026, prompted by sluggish smartphone sales and intense price competition. Industry sources indicate that the sector's difficulties are unlikely to abate in the coming year due to persistent market and macroeconomic pressures.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Semco and LG Innotek push into humanoid robot supply chain

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology advances, the robotics market is maturing rapidly. South Korean electronic component makers are reportedly viewing robots as their next growth engine. According to ChosunBiz, major South Korean component manufacturers now consider parts for humanoid robots among key mid-to-long-term growth drivers.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Taiwan and Germany expand trade ties as demand for chips and green tech rises

As demand accelerates for digital transformation, energy transition, and smart manufacturing, Taiwan and Germany appear poised to expand cooperation across a widening range of industries, including semiconductors, advanced machinery, green technologies, and applied innovation.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Column: How chip value spillover is redefining Taiwan's economic and industrial trajectory

I describe the close integration of Taiwan's semiconductor and electronics industries as the spillover of chip economic value. In earlier phases of the industry, economic value creation in electronic systems was highly concentrated at the chip level. Advancing process nodes alone was sufficient to capture most of the value. That model no longer holds. Today, improvements in manufacturing technology must propagate beyond wafer fabrication to packaging, testing, and ultimately system-level integration to translate into tradable economic value.

Thursday 29 January 2026

Why can't tech giants escape China's smartphone production grip?

Global technology companies, including Google, are increasingly shifting new product introduction (NPI) stages away from China to reduce geopolitical risks, with recent reports indicating Google has begun relocating NPI for its premium smartphones to Vietnam. Industry insiders note initial progress but emphasize significant structural hurdles in this complex transition.

Wednesday 28 January 2026

Mouser Electronics expands manufacturer lineup with 63 new partners in 2025

Mouser Electronics, a global authorized distributor of electronic components and industrial automation products, added 63 new manufacturers to its line card in 2025, further increasing the range of components available to design engineers and purchasing professionals. The distributor also introduced more than 40,000 new part numbers over the year.

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